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[3] The original Milavida, where von Nottbeck's family lived, was a wooden villa built in 1860 next to Näsikallio.

[3] Peter's wife Olga von Nottbeck died while giving birth to twins in Baden-Baden in October 1898, and six months later Peter himself died after caecal surgery at a Parisian hospital.

Edvard von Nottbeck,[4] appointed guardian of the children, sold the palace to the city of Tampere in 1905.

During the Second World War, the building was inhabited by anti-aircraft forces and the bridge guards of the Pori railway.

The museum's main exhibition tells the story of von Nottbeck's factory family, which owned Finlayson's cotton mill.

[12][14] The museum has seen Salvatore Ferragamo's shoes, Valentino's evening dresses and Timo Sarpaneva's printed fabrics, among others.