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Museums 31 hits
The Museum Card allows you to visit magnificent museums.
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Turun yliopiston kasvitieteellinen puutarha
The collection of over 5000 plant species is a living display of the diversity of the plant kingdom.
Turku
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Ainola
Composer Jean Sibelius Home Ainola is a unique part of Finland’s national cultural heritage in Järvenpää, on the shores of Lake Tuusula. A visit to Ainola, preserved in its original form, is a...
Järvenpää
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Arctic Centre
Discover the everyday life in the Arctic, the lifestyles of northern peoples, and the challenges facing the region. Arktikum is located in Rovaniemi, close to the polar circle.
Rovaniemi
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Ateneum Art Museum
The home of Finnish art and part of the National Gallery. Finland's premier art museum showcases beloved works as well as acclaimed exhibitions from Finland and abroad.
Helsinki
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Espoo City Museum, KAMU
KAMU brings Espoo's history to life.
Espoo
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Glims Farmstead Museum
Located in the middle of modern-day Espoo, Glims still offers its visitors a glimpse of the countryside!
Espoo
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Heikkilä Museum
Heikkilä Local History Museum is open in the summer.
Kerava
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Helinä Rautavaara Museum
Named after the distinctive world traveller, the museum showcases the brave explorer's life's work and with cultures of the world.
Espoo
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Helsinki City Museum, Burgher´s House
Sneak in through the yellow gate and revel in the atmosphere of the 1860s in the oldest surviving wooden house in Helsinki.
Helsinki
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Holm House, Porvoo Museum
Located right in the middle of beautiful historical Porvoo, the Holm House emanates an 18th century merchant atmosphere.
Porvoo
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Johannes Lohilampi Museum
Life in the olden days at a 18th century cavalry upkeep farm.
Lohja
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Kajaani Art Museum
The living room of the city invites to meet and explore art. See enchanting contemporary art from Finland and abroad.
Kajaani
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Kauppilanmäki Outdoor Museum
Get to know the life of history and life of papermill workers and enjoy the lush park surrounding the museum.
Valkeakoski
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Kumpula Botanic Garden
The garden will reopen to the public in spring 2026.
Helsinki
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Kurikka Museum
Kurikka museum has a variety of exhibitions that present the history of Kurikka and its culture.
Kurikka
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Kylämäki Village of Living History
Kylämäki Village in Kurala is made up of four farms with buildings still standing at their original sites.
Turku
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Temporarily closed!MUSEUM
Nurmes Town Museum, Ikola Museum
Step into eastern Finland at the start of the 20th century. The idyllic grounds and buildings showcase what life was like in a peasant community during the 1900's.
Nurmes
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Oulu museum
A thousand stories to take you to the history of the western coast. The Koiramäki books -themed exhibition for children is a visitor favorite.
Oulu
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Radio and TV Museum Mastola
Hear and see the history of Finnish radio and TV, right in the shadow of old transmission towers.
Lahti
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Rauma Museum: Kirsti
The piquant courtyard showcases the life of a maritime family during the 20th century. This is how life in the UNESCO World Heritage town looked in the olden days.
Rauma
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Rauma Museum: Marela – Shipowner´s home
The life and lifestyle of a wealthy shipowner family in Rauma, UNESCO World Heritage town, at the turn of the 20th century during the golden age of seafaring.
Rauma
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Sailor´s home
Discover the historical building and the life of seafarers on the west coast of Finland.
Uusikaupunki
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Satakunta Museum, Building Heritage House Toivo and The home of the Korsman Family
Learn how to repair old houses with love and care at Toivo, or get to know how Finns lived in the 1950s' at the Korsman family home.
Pori
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Science Centre Pilke
See the forest like you've never seen it before - at the Science Centre Pilke
Rovaniemi
Exhibitions 35 hits
The Museum Card allows you to visit fascinating exhibitions.
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Vaasa 400 - tales of a city
The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through the city’s 400-year-long history.
Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa
6.2.2026 –
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13 Stories about Humane Design
The Alvar Aalto Museum’s summer exhibition in the Aalto2 Museum Centre’s Gallery tells 13 stories about Alvar Aalto’s design and...
Aalto2, Jyväskylä
26.4.2026 – 27.12.2026
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Shadows in Paradise – Malla Hukkanen’s Photographs from Aki Kaurismäki Film Productions
Malla Hukkanen’s photographs from internationally known Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki's films.
Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum, Savonlinna
26.9.2025 – 15.2.2026
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Henna-Riikka Halonen: Buoyant force
Buoyant Force (2025) is a ruin of the future, a museum, or a laboratory. It asks how to create a fictional sense of a world that is not...
Turku Art Museum, Turku
6.2.2026 – 22.3.2026
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Personae – Pictures of Personalities
Pictures of Personalities from the Art Collections of Åbo Akademi University Foundation at the Sibelius Museum
The Sibelius Museum, Turku
11.2.2026 – 31.5.2026
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Elina Ruohonen: Reset
Elina Ruohonen explores the forms and fusion of living beings, as well as a possible future in which the balance of power between species...
Turku Art Museum, Turku
27.3.2026 – 17.5.2026
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STORIES OF HOUSES – IN SEARCH OF THE WOODEN CITY
Old Kuopio Museum celebrates the 250th anniversary with an exhibition that invites visitors to take a peek into the Kuopio’s idyllic...
Old Kuopio Museum, Kuopio
25.4.2025 – 13.9.2026
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Timo Kokko: Green Anomie
The exhibition transforms the gallery into a green space where nature can only be experienced as preserved, artificial, and unchanging.
KUMMA, Kuopio
9.1.2026 – 8.3.2026
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In the Heart of Lake Saimaa
The exhibition tells a story of a city, a seal, people and life at a central crossroads of the unique Saimaa waterway.
Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum, Savonlinna
1.6.2021 – 31.12.2030
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Teemu Mäki – War and Us
The exhibition addresses wars, loss of biodiversity and the human relationship with violence andmortality
Lappeenranta Art Museum, Lappeenranta
3.10.2026 – 31.1.2027
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Pentti Kaskipuro
This extensive exhibition of the work of Pentti Kaskipuro, a Finnish graphic art master, offers a unique opportunity to explore his...
Sara Hildén Art Museum, Tampere
10.1.2026 – 19.4.2026
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Spartak Khachanov: The Impersonal
In the The Impersonal project, Spartak Khachanov highlights everyday life and food culture in reception centers, as well as the experiences...
Hotel and Restaurant Museum, Helsinki
5.6.2026 – 16.8.2026
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Ape Farm
In May, Mobilia opens the Ape Farm, where you can observe the fascinating adaptations of Finnish Monkeys—how the Honda Monkey has evolved...
The Automobile and Road Museum Mobilia, Kangasala
10.5.2025 – 19.4.2026
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Collection Löylypoika Auterinen
Gallery Elverket’s autumn and winter will be filled with an abundant, magical selection from a Finnish private collection.
Gallery Elverket, Raasepori
18.10.2025 – 19.4.2026
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Rainbow Family Stories
A photo exhibition curated by photographer Meeri Koutaniemi.
The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas, Tampere
20.9.2025 – 5.4.2026
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Our Changing City
Our Changing City26 November 2025–10 October 2027 Poikilo City Museum
Poikilo-museums, Kouvola Art Museum and City Museum, Kouvola
27.11.2025 – 10.10.2027
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Fantasy and Fact Exhibition – Teatteri Hevosenkenkä 50 years
The anniversary exhibition of Theatre Hevosenkenkä and KAMU Espoo City Museum invites you to step into a fairy tale and to discover the...
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
2.4.2025 – 1.3.2026
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Restaurant photographs from the 1960s and 1970s
Hotel and Restaurant Museum's photographic exhibition takes a look at the turbulent decades of the 1960s and 1970s from the perspective of...
Hotel and Restaurant Museum, Helsinki
19.9.2025 – 30.8.2026
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Aurinkolinna Sanatorium
This exhibition marking the 100th anniversary of Aurinkolinna (‘Sun Castle’) Sanatorium takes visitors on a journey through the...
Lahti Historical Museum, Lahti
12.9.2025 –
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Ostrobothnian Bridal Room
A peasant wedding in the Ostrobothnian countryside at the beginning of the 20th century usually lasted at least 3 days, The living-room in...
The Brage Open-Air Museum, Vaasa
24.4.2020 –
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Burn to be wild
Burn to be wild exhibition presents information on our own Northern coniferous forests and the use of fire in safeguarding their natural...
Haltia The Finnish Nature centre, Espoo
4.5.2024 – 6.4.2026
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The Museum Quarters - Open Air Museum
The open air -part of the Rautalampi Museum is free of charge. You will see different buildings and an old church boat used in the area...
Rautalampi museum, Rautalampi
6.5.2024 –
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Arctic Opposites
Renewed Arktikum Science Centre permanent exhibition is now open!
Arctic Centre, Rovaniemi
6.12.2024 –
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Rautalammin reitin varrelta
The new permanent exhibition of the Rautalampi Museum is open, welcome! The exhibition tells you stories from along the shores of the...
Rautalampi museum, Rautalampi
6.5.2024 –
Events 34 hits
The Museum Card allows you to enjoy diverse events.
Museum Card museums
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Guiding in Finnish: Laskiainen, winter traditions
Come and find out what traditions have been associated with the celebration of Laskianen in the past.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
15.2.2026
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Fantasy and Fact, guided tour in Finnish
Fantasy and Fact, guided tour in Finnish is related to the Fantasy and Fact Exhibition.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
15.2.2026
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Winter traditions in 'Laskiainen' and sledding
How was 'Laskiainen' celebrated in the past? Come and Learn more about the traditions (guiding in Finnish) and go down the slope. If...
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
15.2.2026
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Winter traditions in 'Laskiainen' and sledding
How was 'Laskiainen' celebrated in the past? Come and Learn more about the traditions (guiding in Finnish) and go down the slope. If...
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
15.2.2026
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A Self-Guided Activity Tour For the Whole Family: Wintertime For the Animals
Wintertime For the Animals - Independent tour for the whole family at Glims Farmstead Museum
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
15.2.2026
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Monikulttuurikalenteri2026: Light for Vesak: Making Lanterns
The art workshop introduces a calm way of working with light, shape, and steady handcraft.
Oulu Art Museum, Oulu
15.2.2026
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Guiding in Finnish: Laskiainen, winter traditions
Come and find out what traditions have been associated with the celebration of Laskianen in the past.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
17.2.2026
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Winter traditions in 'Laskiainen' and sledding
How was 'Laskiainen' celebrated in the past? Come and Learn more about the traditions (guiding in Finnish) and go down the slope. If...
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
17.2.2026
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Winter traditions in 'Laskiainen' and sledding
How was 'Laskiainen' celebrated in the past? Come and Learn more about the traditions (guiding in Finnish) and go down the slope. If...
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
17.2.2026
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A Self-Guided Activity Tour For the Whole Family: Wintertime For the Animals
Wintertime For the Animals - Independent tour for the whole family at Glims Farmstead Museum
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
17.2.2026
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Glims Workshop: Dinosaur finger puppet
Let's make a cheerful Dinosaur finger puppet out of felt!
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
18.2.2026
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A Self-Guided Activity Tour For the Whole Family: Wintertime For the Animals
Wintertime For the Animals - Independent tour for the whole family at Glims Farmstead Museum
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
18.2.2026
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A Self-Guided Activity Tour For the Whole Family: Wintertime For the Animals
Wintertime For the Animals - Independent tour for the whole family at Glims Farmstead Museum
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
19.2.2026
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Hiihtolomapäivät
Kylämäki Village of Living History, Turku
18.2.2026 – 19.2.2026
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A Self-Guided Activity Tour For the Whole Family: Wintertime For the Animals
Wintertime For the Animals - Independent tour for the whole family at Glims Farmstead Museum
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
20.2.2026
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A Self-Guided Activity Tour For the Whole Family: Wintertime For the Animals
Wintertime For the Animals - Independent tour for the whole family at Glims Farmstead Museum
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
21.2.2026
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LÖRDAGIS (Jori Hulkkonen, Miia Magia)
Museum of Technology, Helsinki
21.2.2026
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Fantasy and Fact, guided tour in Finnish
Fantasy and Fact, guided tour in Finnish is related to the Fantasy and Fact Exhibition.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
22.2.2026
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Fredagar på Sibbe: Juhani Aaltonen & Raoul Björkenheim
Juhani Aaltonen – fluteRaoul Björkenheim – guitar
The Sibelius Museum, Turku
27.2.2026
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Fantasy and Fact, guided tour in Finnish
Fantasy and Fact, guided tour in Finnish is related to the Fantasy and Fact Exhibition.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
1.3.2026
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Get to know Glims, guided tour in Finnish
Learn more about Glims and its history. The guided tour is in finnish.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
8.3.2026
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Get to know Glims, guided tour in Finnish
Learn more about Glims and its history. The guided tour is in finnish.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
15.3.2026
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Sibbe Live!: With Bass Clarinet from Finland
Mikko Raasakka, bass clarinet, Antti Vahtola, piano and voice Kirmo Lintinen – Timo Hietala – Jean Sibelius – Adina Dumitrescu –...
The Sibelius Museum, Turku
18.3.2026
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Get to know Glims, guided tour in Finnish
Learn more about Glims and its history. The guided tour is in finnish.
Glims Farmstead Museum, Espoo
22.3.2026
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This spring, museums all over Finland are offering many fantastic exhibitions. In addition to long-awaited classics, there will be intriguing modern art, internationally acclaimed photography, architecture and design. Learn more about what’s new this spring!
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In museums you can find a lot of things to do and see for people of all ages. With your Museum Card, you can for example set out for adventure in ancient castles, explore a submarine on Suomenlinna island, play at a toy museum, wash gold or climb into a plane or the cab of a train!
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