Exhibitions at the Museum

SHORELINES – URBAN LIVING BY THE WATER

Finland has 320,000 kilometres of shoreline – that’s eight times the Earth’s circumference! Seas, lakes and rivers are everywhere, with hundreds of kilometres of beaches found even in densely populated regions such as the capital and the southern town of Lahti. The proximity of water and beaches gives these cities a unique, vibrant identity, enhancing their liveability and competitiveness. Even so, urban shorelines could and should be integrated even more holistically as part of city life and the urban landscape. Many waterfront areas are undergoing intense development at the moment: Finnish cities are opening up towards the sea. Traditionally occupied by ports, factories and holiday villas, Helsinki’s shorelines are becoming home to new waterfront residential communities and recreational environments. Natural, undeveloped beaches and hard-edged industrial shorelines are being revitalized for new forms of urban usage. The city’s relationship with the waterfront is changing – and not for the first time in its history. Read more »

DECADES OF FINNISH ARCHITECTURE 1900–1970

The permanent exhibition takes its visitors on a journey into the Finnish architecture of the 20th century. Different features, technical solutions, materials and interior design are followed from decade to decade; from National Romanticism to Classicism and Functionalism, through the Modernism that created the country’s international reputation to the architecture of the 1970's. Read more »