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New book answers children’s questions about the trams in Helsinki
A new children’s book by the Helsinki City Museum, Tarinoita ratikoista, introduces young readers to a conductor, driver, tram stop wrestler […]

Results of the Helsinki Treasures survey shed light on Helsinki residents’ relationship to cultural heritage
Last summer, the Helsinki City Museum surveyed the city residents’ views on the cultural environment of Helsinki. The Helsinki Treasures […]

A New Book Based on Photos of Early 20th-century Helsinki by Ivan Timiriasew
Ivan Timiriasew (1860–1927) was a Russian cavalry officer and adjutant to the Russian Governor General in Finland. He also recorded […]

Blog post: New Eliel architectural competition – historical and cultural perspectives
Elielinaukio Square as cultural environment Elielinaukio Square plays an integral role in the architectural history of Töölönlahti Bay. Töölönlahti Bay […]

Helsinki City Museum has been recording Helsinki residents’ life and phenomena for 110 years now
This year marks the 110th anniversary of Helsinki City Museum’s operations. The City Museum records and studies Helsinki and life […]

Eliel Saarinen’s railway station as setting for New Eliel competition
The ongoing architectural competition for the re-development of Asema-aukio and Elielinaukio squares seeks ideas for infill construction in key spaces […]

Over a thousand works published online by the Helsinki City Museum
The Helsinki City Museum has published online over 1400 additional works. These works have previously been available for the public […]

Time Machine 2.0 virtual experience opens in honour of Signe Brander’s anniversary
This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of beloved Finnish photographer Signe Brander. To commemorate the occasion, Helsinki City Museum has created a new 2.0 version of the Time Machine virtual experience.

Helsinki City Museum has its third consecutive record-breaking year
In 2018, the museums of the Helsinki City Museum family were visited by a total of 444,898 people. The year […]

CITY MUSEUM THE MOST POPULAR MUSEUM IN 2018
The success story of Finnish museums continues. According to the preliminary information of the Finnish Heritage Agency, professionally maintained museums […]