The history goes back to the Amuri quarter 1779g., When it was founded Tampere. While citizens have allocated land for vegetable gardens on the outskirts of the new city. At the beginning of the 1800s years. here it is gushing wave of immigrants who needed somewhere to live. As a result, citizens had to abandon their land and give way to new residents. Amuri developed not only as agricultural, but also as an industrial area.

On the territory of the museum quarter is five houses and four outbuildings late XIX - nachalaXXvv. Visitors will see a communal apartment, room cobbler and baker, antique shop, haberdashery shop and a public sauna. At the turn of 1900s about 5,000 people lived in wooden buildings, representing ¼ of all housing. A feature of these houses was a communal kitchen for four families that housed four separate fire, allowing each owner at any time to prepare meals.

There is still preserved the atmosphere of the working quarters. As before, it employs a shoe shop (1906.), Bakery (1930.) And paper shop (1940.).

The museum is open to the public from May to September, and the local cafe "Amurin Helmy" takes tourists all year round.