{"id":9298,"date":"2022-01-04T13:30:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-04T11:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/?post_type=project&#038;p=9298"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:08:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T09:08:52","slug":"tankavaara-gold-prospector-museum","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/project\/tankavaara-gold-prospector-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Tankavaara Gold Prospector Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tankavaara Gold Prospector Museum is situated in the genuine gold district of Sodankyl\u00e4, in Northern Lapland (30 km to the South from Saariselk\u00e4). Tankavaara&#8217;s Gold Prospector Museum was founded in 1973 and it is the only international museum in the world displaying the past and the present of gold panning and prospecting. The basic exhibition presents the history of gold prospecting in Finnish Lapland, and the giant gold pan-shaped roof covers the Golden World, the international section of museum with more than 20 countries all over the world. There is also an extensive collection of gems and minerals in H\u00e4rk\u00e4selk\u00e4 building. On the outdoor museum area called \u201cAuraria\u201d you can see a collection of scale model replicas from gold rush centers around the world. The indoor pool in the museum also provides a chance to try one\u2019s panning skills in the winter.<\/p>\n<h4>Opening hours<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Summertime 1 June &#8211; 30 September: Daily 9 am-5 pm<\/li>\n<li>Wintertime 1 October &#8211; 31 May: Mon-Fri 10 am &#8211; 4 pm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More information: <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kultamuseo.fi\/museo\/pages\/en\/front-page.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tankavaara Gold Prospector Museum<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/107214682\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tankavaara Gold Prospector Museum is situated in the genuine gold district of Sodankyl\u00e4, in Northern Lapland (30 km to the South from Saariselk\u00e4). Tankavaara&#8217;s Gold Prospector Museum was founded in 1973 and it is the only international museum in the world displaying the past and the present of gold panning and prospecting. The basic exhibition [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8465,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[102],"project_tag":[117],"class_list":["post-9298","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-places-to-visit","project_tag-places-to-visit-in-saariselka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/9298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/project"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/9298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9302,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project\/9298\/revisions\/9302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"project_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_category?post=9298"},{"taxonomy":"project_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saariselka.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/project_tag?post=9298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}