The National Signals Museum

National Signals Museum opened its doors 1974 in the garrison of Riihimäki. The museum is concentrated on military communications and it holds Finland´s largest collection of military communication material. The museums basic exhibition contains several hundreds items and there are also occasional theme exhibitions.

The Signals Museum basic exhibition includes material from the times of beacons and messenger pigeons all the way to modern cellular phones. The museums collection holds rare items like a Hughes-telegraph, a radio controlled mine detonator and the famous ciphering device Enigma. Also handguns used by the signal troops are represented.