The Ida Aalberg Museum’s permanent exhibition honors the life work of Ida Aalberg, both as a renowned artist with an international career and as a private individual born in Janakkala. The exhibition emphasizes the unique history of the stationmaster’s house, which serves as the museum building, and the significance of the railways both for Ida Aalberg’s childhood home and for the village of Leppäkoski.

The former stationmaster’s house located between the school and the railway in Leppäkoski, Janakkala, is included in the agreement for the protection of nationally significant station areas. (YM, decision 9.12.1998, reference number 2/562/96). The stationmaster’s house is a rare specimen among railway buildings. It was built during the first phase of the oldest railway, and the stationmaster Antti Ahlberg, who lived there in 1862, was the father of the future great diva, actress Ida Aalberg. The house remained in the Ahlberg family until the early 20th century.

The Ida Aalberg Museum has been located in the stationmaster’s house since 1976. Initially, the museum building was rented from the State Railways and the museum consisted of only two rooms. The municipality of Janakkala purchased the building in 2002 and the museum building was restored according to the guidelines of the National Board of Antiquities. The exhibition was also renewed, and the museum was opened to the public in the summer of 2005. The entire building is now a museum.

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