Protected building

Keski-Suomen kotitalousopisto

Jyväskylä

Why visit

The former Central Finland home economics institute and its buildings stand on the isthmus between Lakes Tuomiojärvi and Palokkajärvi, about three kilometres from the town of Jyväskylä.

Look for: Across the Saarijärventie road stand the buildings of the institute's former model farm, Uusi-Mankola, and beside them the old main house of the Mankola military estate.

About this site

The former Central Finland Domestic Science Institute, with its many buildings, is located on an isthmus between Tuomiojärvi and Palokkajärvi, approximately three kilometres from Jyväskylä city. On the western side of the institute area, on the other side of Saarijärventie, stand the buildings of the institute's former model farm Uusi-Mankola.

Adjacent to it is the old main building of the military official's residence Mankola. The institute area contains buildings from different periods.

Official description (Museovirasto) — machine-translated from Finnish