Mannerheim Museum

The house in the Kaivopuisto district of Helsinki that now contains the Mannerheim Museum was built in 1874 and became known as the Boman Villa, after its first owner. It was the home of Baron Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal of Finland, from 1924 until his death in 1951, although he never actually owned it, but rented it from the industrialist Karl Fazer. Prior to his tenancy i...