The building housing the Museum of Finnish Architecture was built in 1899 by the famous architect Magnus Schjerfbeck. This Neo-Renaissance building was intended for the Scientific Societies, and the museum moved there only in 1981, 25 years after its founding.
In the collection, you can see installations, photographs, models, and video materials devoted to 20th-century Finnish architecture. Over the past decades, much has changed - in style, in the scale of construction, and all of this is reflected in the museum's permanent exhibition. In addition to the exhibitions, specialized lectures and seminars are regularly held here, bringing together historians and architects.
The museum's archives contain tens of thousands of photographs, slides, and drawings capable of interesting not only professionals, but ordinary visitors as well. It houses an extensive library of books on architecture, the largest in Finland. You can also buy publications on the relevant subject at the museum, prepared by the museum itself.
The collection is constantly being replenished with new exhibits connected not only with Finland, but also with other countries. The museum staff create impressive models and mock-ups of both existing buildings and bold projects of the near future.
