Tag: Espoo
THE GALLEN-KALLELA MUSEUM
The atelier home designed by Akseli Gallen-Kallela is a museum exhibiting the artist’s life and work. The changing exhibitions illustrate Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s works through his contemporaries and modern art. Gallen-Kallela designed the Tarvaspää on the Laajalahti coast in Espoo as an atelier home. The national-romantic building has features of medieval castles and Italian renaissance architecture. The […]
ESPOO CAR MUSEUM
Pakankylä in rural Espoo houses a museum containing over one hundred cars and a number of two-wheel vehicles! All visitors will no doubt find their favourites among the colourful group of sports cars, American cars, famous Eastern European cars as well as various mopeds, motorcycles and bicycles. Both children and adults will have a good time […]
EMMA – ESPOO MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
EMMA is located in the exhibition centre WeeGee, which is a revitalised former printing house. The ferroconcrete and glass-based industrial facility and its 5,000 square metres serve as the canvas for the museum’s modern and contemporary art collection. Half of the space is occupied by the art collection of the Saastamoinen Foundation, a significant portion of […]