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Advent calendar takes you to Children’s Town
The popular Advent calendar tradition continues at the Helsinki City Museum. This year, the stories will take visitors to the […]

What does Helsinki smell like?
What does the nose remember? What does Helsinki smell like? Can a museum experience be built on a single smell? […]

New light installation at the City Museum
Jaakko Niemelä’s light installation Shadow projects people walking through the streets of Helsinki on the wall of the museum’s courtyard. […]

Helsinki City Museum nominated for New museum of the year
Helsinki City Museum is running for New museum of the year (Europe) in the Leading Culture Destinations Awards.

A new visual identity for the museum came from old bus tickets and posters
Helsinki City Museum’s new visual identity is a playful combination of colours and fonts familiar from old public transport tickets, advertisements […]

Personal experiences and everyday life in the new Helsinki City Museum
The internationally renowned Museum of Broken Relationships will be one of the first exhibitions.

A new museum for Helsinki
Helsinki City Museum will open a new museum in 13 May 2016 in a unique location at the corner of the capital’s iconic Senate Square.

Film presentations at the City Museum coming to an end
For the past couple of decades, Helsinki City Museum has been arranging day-time presentations of Helsinki-themed films in the Kino […]

Time Machine under construction
Helsinki City Museum will open a new museum in May 2016 in a unique location in the Tori Quarters, next to the capital’s iconic Senate Square. One of the museum’s attractions will be the Time Machine, a space utilising new technology into which anyone can enter and experience Helsinki of the past.

Back to the Future Day presents Time Machine and other gadgets
“When this baby hits 88 MPH we’re gonna see some serious shit!” – Emmet ”Doc” Brown In honor of Back […]