Following the explorers’ footsteps in the ancient Middle East
13.5.2022
The area now known as the Middle East was the birthplace of the oldest and largest empires of the past...
Exhibitions
The Homecoming exhibition creating a new way to illustrate Sámi culture
29.10.2021
In Mäccmõš, maccâm, máhccan – The Homecoming, works by Sámi crafters and pieces by contemporary artists interact with the collection..
The Homecoming exhibition opening at the National Museum taught operators to work as equals
19.10.2021
The Homecoming exhibition is a refreshing combination of culture-historical material, expression through contemporary art and culture-political debate. The exhibition connected..
The Sámi collection of the National Museum of Finland arrives in Sápmi
1.9.2021
Today, Wednesday, the Sámi Museum Siida received the National Museum of Finland’s collection of Sámi artefacts. The repatriation of cultural..
The Homecoming, opening in October, celebrates the repatriation of Sámi artefacts to the Sámi homeland, Sápmi
25.2.2021
Opening in October 2021, the exbition Mäccmõš, maccâm, máhccan – The Homecoming illustrates the vibrant Sámi culture and provokes thoughts..
The Smoke on the waves virtual presentation brings gaming technology to the museum – 3D models of the vessels will be published as open data
9.6.2020
The Fateful Svensksund exhibition will open at Maritime Centre Vellamo on 9 June 2020. One of the highlights of the..
Major exhibition about the Battle of Svensksund and the fortress city of Ruotsinsalmi opens in Kotka
29.5.2020
The Fateful Svensksund exhibition will open at Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka on 9 June 2020. It provides an unprecedented..
Inherit the Dust photograph exhibition became the topic of the summer
4.9.2019
The number of visitors at the exhibition by Nick Brandt came close to the Barbie exhibition last year, almost 100,000..
SEA MONSTERS – the monsters of old naval charts come to life on 12 April in the Maritime Museum of Finland’s new exhibition
11.4.2019
When the earth was flat and the seas teemed with monsters... The monsters of old naval charts have been brought..
TRACES exhibition at the National Museum of Finland from 5 April onwards
3.4.2019
The Inherit the Dust photo exhibition opening at the National Museum of Finland will be accompanied by a smaller exhibition..
Inherit the Dust – Photographs by Nick Brandt at the National Museum of Finland from 5 April 2019 onwards
3.4.2019
What kind of world will we be leaving behind? Will our legacy turn out to be nothing but dust? This..
The Ulvila coin hoard, conserved with the help of a Cultural Sponsor, will be exhibited in the National Museum of Finland
13.2.2019
The largest medieval coin hoard discovered in the area of present day Finland was found in October 2004 in connection..