Tampere Lenin Museum

It was established in 1946 by the Finland–Soviet Union Society, and today it is run by The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas. It was the first museum dedicated to Lenin outside the Soviet Union, and is now the only surviving one located outside Russia.

Tampere Lenin Museum

Lenin Museum in Tampere, Finland
Former name	Finnish Lenin Museum Lenin Museo Tampere Workers’ Hall
Established	20 January 1946 (1946-01-20)
Location	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Coordinates	61°29′45″N 23°45′06″E / 61.4958°N 23.7517°E / 61.4958; 23.7517
Type	Multiple generational history
Historian	Finnish Labour Museum Werstas
Owner	Finland-Russia Society Finland-Soviet Union Society
Website	www.lenin.fi/en/

The museum is located in the Tampere Workers' Hall. Built in 1900, the building hosted underground meetings of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party in 1905 and 1906. During December 1905, Vladimir Lenin met Joseph Stalin in person for the first time at the Tampere conference of 1905 deliberating the civil disorder of the Russian Revolution of 1905.

The museum has a permanent exhibition with material related to Lenin's life and the history of the Soviet Union. It also organizes varying exhibitions on different themes. The museum was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples in 1986 by the council of Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the museum has developed a more critical view to Lenin's work and the Soviet Union.

In April 2024, the museum announced that it would close at the end of the year and reopen in February 2025 under the name Nootti, in reference to the Note Crisis in 1961 between Finland and the Soviet Union. The museum's director, Kalle Kallio, said that the changes were meant to reflect the changes in Finland–Russia relations and added that the museum's old name did not "do justice" to its exhibits.