Helsinki Museums: description and reviews

Many travelers who have visited Finland note that the capital of this state differs from many European cities with original architecture, a special Scandinavian flavor and a sense of peace and tranquility.

Features of the city

The tourists who visit Helsinki for the first time are surprised by the unusual location of the city: arriving by sea, you immediately get to the city center from the gangway of the ship. There is one more fact that strikes inexperienced visitors to the city, a huge number of museums in Helsinki.

If you look in the advertising booklet or guide to the capital of Finland, you will not believe your eyes - there are 80 museums in the city. Most of the museums in Helsinki are dedicated to a particular event or era, they have very modest dimensions.

Art Museum

Art lovers should know that the Museum of Fine Arts in the Finnish capital exhibits very interesting subjects. It consists of two parts. The first is the museum of the Tennis Palace, and the second is the museum of Meilahti. It annually hosts many exhibitions of various subjects.

The overwhelming part of all the exhibits are the canvases of artists, which they kindly provide to the museum themselves, but there are a lot of works that the museum acquires at its own expense. Today this museum in Helsinki offers its visitors an extensive exposition consisting of more than seven and a half thousand paintings. Among them are the works of such famous masters as Jarnefelt, Simberg, Halonen.

Museum of Design

This museum in Helsinki is one of the oldest in the city. It was founded in 1873, when there was no such term as "design". At that time, the Society of Crafts existed in the city. It is it laid the foundation of the museum collection, acquiring hundreds of design items at the Vienna exhibition. They were visual aids for students who studied at the School of Applied Arts, as well as exhibits, admired by connoisseurs of grace and beauty.

For a century the collection was replenished with designer artifacts. In 1978, the museum was transferred to a building built by the architect Nyustrem in 1895. It is a real adornment of the city, past which it is impossible to pass - the original Neo-Gothic architecture and unusual design elements instantly attract the eye.

Expositions

On the ground floor of the museum there is a central exposition dedicated to the development of applied art in Finland. All exhibition halls have different subjects: furniture and interior items, utensils, accessories, unique patterns of needlework, etc. Here are also kept old photos, drawings, drawings, the most famous designers of the world.

On the second floor there are temporary exhibitions that demonstrate the achievements of modern design, which reflect the development trends. Here are stored unusual items that are striking in their originality.

Museum for connoisseurs of contemporary art

In the avant-garde building of a huge size is the Museum of Modern Art in Helsinki. This is a universal center of art and culture of the XXI century. In the spacious, unusually decorated rooms, twenty-five galleries are displayed, which show works of contemporary art.

Excursions to the Helsinki Museum of Art are unusual: accompanied by a personal audio guide. This is a special electronic multilingual device (5 languages), with which you can get acquainted with the exhibits presented. This museum provides everything that will help visitors feel comfortable: a restaurant, a cafe, a library.

Museum of Natural History

If you are interested in nature, you are fascinated by the history of flora and fauna development on our planet, then you should definitely visit the Natural History Museum in Helsinki. His visit is organized in an original and entertaining form. At the entrance, where visitors are greeted by a huge figure of an elephant, you will be asked to take a sheet with a crossword and a pencil printed on it. Going around all the expositions of the museum, you can gradually answer all the questions of the crossword.

The museum has four thematic sections. Of great interest is the hall, which recreates a night in Africa with the flicker of large bright stars, the cries of exotic birds, the huge behemoth that opens the mouth. Artfully executed models of a dinosaur, a giant squid, give a complete picture of these ancient inhabitants of our planet.

Small visitors can pat some of the exhibits, but only those for which there is a special icon - a small hand.

City Museum

Compared with other European capitals, the city of Helsinki is still very young. Nevertheless, its history is 450 years old. Helsinki City Museum, located on Senate Square, keeps a lot of interesting exhibits and documents related to the appearance and development of the Finnish capital.

Here you can visit the exposition "Horizons of Helsinki". The Finnish organizers of the exhibition divided the history of the city into three stages: the rule of Sweden, life in the USSR and independence. This museum includes eleven museum-branches, which are scattered throughout the city.

Seurasaari Museum

Many residents of Helsinki and visitors of the city like to rest in this picturesque place. The island of Seurasaari is connected to the mainland by a pedestrian bridge. Here, under the open sky is an interesting museum, which presents the country's provincial past.

From all over Finland, farm buildings, houses, windmills, stables, saunas and even an old church were brought here. There are yurts made of reindeer skins here. In ancient times Finnish reindeer breeders lived in them. On this wonderful island come tourists from all over the country. Here there are folk festivals with songs, dances. The newlyweds come to be married in an old wooden church. Here you will find a café and a restaurant, where you will be offered dishes of national cuisine.

Reviews of tourists

Most tourists believe that the Finnish capital is an amazing city, where there are many interesting monuments. Here, everyone can choose a museum that will be interesting to him. If you visit the city for the first time, then start an acquaintance with the City Museum, where you can find interesting documents related to the history of the city. A great impression is made by the oldest in the city of the Museum of Design. The museum on the island of Seurasaari not only allows you to find out how the Finnish peasants lived in the past, but also gives you the opportunity to relax in the bosom of nature.