The new permanent exhibition in the Gustaf Museum tells the story of the petulant paper mill owner in a completely new way.
Paper Devil offers an intensely dramatized and visual experience in the exhibition. The phases of the mill owner’s life takes the spectators from one scene to the next and from one atmosphere to another. Serlachius himself, his family, enemies and friends each have their say.
Gustaf Adolf Serlachius, who established a paper mill in Mänttä, was one of the pioneers of paper industry in Finland. He made path for Finnish forest industry’s later success. At the same time the determined mill owner literally made a path from Mänttä to world market for his products…