Museums

Imatra Art Museum was founded in 1951. The creation of the museum was the result of the work of engineer Jalo Sihtola (1882-1969). The current premises of the art museum have been located in Kulttuuritalo Virra since 1998. The 600 square meters of exhibition spaces are divided into spaces for collection exhibitions and changing exhibitions. The museum's activities focus on Finnish visual arts. About 10 exhibitions are organized annually.

The museum's collection consists of 1600 works owned by the city of Imatra and the Imatra art association. Sihtola's Imatra collection, which is part of the collection of the city of Imatra, is nationally significant. It contains 1900th-century modernist art from Finland and other parts of Europe, a total of almost 400 works of art.

The art museum's collection includes works by e.g. From Akseli Gallen-Kallela and Hugo Simberg and from the following early 1900th century authors: Magnus Enckell, Verner Thomé, AW Finch, Yrjö Ollila, Mikko Oinonen, Juho Mäkelä, Tyko Sallinen, Eero Nelimarkka, Väinö Kamppuri, Uuno Alanko and Wäinö Aaltonen.

The 1950s, known as the decade of modernism, is represented by a very comprehensive group of works by Tuomas von Boehm. Also included are e.g. Otto Mäkilä, Ole Kandelin, Tapani Raittila, Helge Dahlman, Anitra Lucander, Ina Colliander, Aimo Kanerva, Per Stenius, Olli Miettinen, Unto Pusa, Unto Koistinen and Sam Vanni.

City Museum

Imatra City Museum was founded in 1981. The museum is located on the 2nd floor of Kulttuuritalo Virra, next to the children's section of the library. The Imatra city museum also includes the Industrial Workers' Housing Museum, which is open during the summer.

The exhibitions organized in the museum present the stages of the Imatra area and Jääske's engagement, for example the industrialization of the area and its effects. Imatra's tourism history also gets its share, which has been influenced by Imatra's location on the national border and along Vuoksi.

The museum's photo collection is particularly remarkable. The oldest glass negatives are from the end of the 1800th century. There are about 285 pictures in total. The city museum's image archive and information service serves everyone who needs images and information related to the history of Imatra.

Industrial Workers' Housing Museum 

Belonging to the Imatra City Museum Industrial Workers' Housing Museum is located by Vuoksi in Ritikanranta. Enso-Gutzeit Oy donated the area to the city of Imatra in 1972. Two buildings in the area were converted into museums in 1975.

The rooms of the wooden residential building represent living styles of different decades, from the beginning of the 1900th century to the 1960s. Built of stone, e.g. the courtyard building containing the sauna has been restored to its original appearance.