The sheds house a collection of various machines and equipment that have been used for work and  transportation in the local fields and forests.

14 A, Left Shed 

A traditional lapstrake rowing boat was built by the master boat builder Matti Paalanen, who lived in the village  of “Särkisalo.” During his lifetime, he constructed about 600 boats. This particular boat was acquired by the  museum in 1988, when Paalanen was already 88 years old. The exceptionally skilled master’s workshop was  moved to the exhibition building in 2012. In his youth, Paalanen carved log buildings. While building boats, he  improved the “Keitele” boat model, making it more stable than before. To improve the boat’s movement, he  rounded both the bow and stern. 

As an example of the transition from horse to tractor as a pulling machine, there is machine number 26 from  the house “Tavasti” located east of Konnevesi’s center. It is a self-binding reaper used even in the 2000s to  bind rye sheaves. Originally designed to be pulled by a horse, the machine was modified to be tractor-drawn.  The farm’s owner, Eino Hämäläinen, who mostly worked alone, lifted the sheaves tied by the machine onto  poles to dry. Sometimes he also made stooks. 

Shed A also contains sledges, carts, and tools for field cultivation. One special item is an award-winning cart  model produced between 1922 and 1946, designed with a very low center of gravity. Its advantage was that  the cart could be pulled across field ditches without the risk of the load tipping over. 

Next to the shed is an upside-down church boat. Beneath it is a tarred boat made by the boat maker Heikki  Vainio from the village of “Rossinkylä.” On the other side of the shed is a swing, but it is not currently  functional.

14 B, Lower Shed B 

This shed houses various agricultural machines, such as a threshing machine, a peat mill, a sled, and other  transport equipment. Also on display are a wooden water pipe, a laundry boiler, a feed mill, and many other  tools that were essential in earlier times.