Top Museums in Espoo, Finland
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- Mikael FHelsinki, Finland30,581 contributionsEspoo Museum of Modern Art (EMMA) is competing with Kiasma Art Museum in Helsinki. Espoo Museum is located in a grey dull building which is the former Weilin&Göös printing house from 1974. What it takes to buildings, Kiasma is located in a more striking building with more interesting architecture.
What it takes to exhibitions, it is hard to say which one is better. On this Espoo visit, there was a stunning exhibition "Chiharu Shiota: Tracing Boundaries". It is an immersive installation consisting of tautly crisscrossing threads. Visitors are entering the maze of yarn, which encloses a sequence of old doors that open alternative routes through the work.
Another impressive work was "Daniel Buren: Going for a Walk in a Zigzag". Buren created this enormous work consisting of countless folding screens, inviting visitors to take a walk through the zigzagging maze.
Daniel Buren is famous for his practice of using 8.7 cm-wide vertical stripes as a visual tool to reveal hidden aspects of familiar spaces. In May, you can find 105 striped flags filling Espoo’s Tapionaukio square. Museum’s personnel have also striped vests.Written 24 May 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Feier L1 contributionThis is a nice place to enjoy life and spend summer time with families. There is a beautiful lake and a small cafeteria near here.Written 23 July 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- AdventureHelsinki, Finland82 contributionsA nice little museum only 20 minutes or so outside Helsinki. It's an old farm house dating from the beginning of the 1800's. There are about 12 buildings to visit. The main house had an exhibition about Finnish bee keeping as well as a little gift shop. A small dwelling was decked out in the style of the late 1800's and early 1900's. Members of the museum staff were very knowledgeable and were ready to offer their help and answer questions. A little cafe was avaliable and they had chickens and sheep for the children to look at. A nice little place for a hours visit.Written 17 August 2021This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- Mikael FHelsinki, Finland30,581 contributionsThis specialty museum of play, toys, and childhood can be found in Tapiola. The last time we visited in 2018, the museum was located in the WeeGee Exhibition Center next door. Now it has got its own building.
This time there was so much action going on in this museum that we didn't take our shoes off but proceeded to EMMA which was our main goal. However, we made a short visit to the small Finnish Bell and Jewelry Museum Kruunu next door in the same building.Written 24 May 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - ekreleiEspoo, Finland32 contributionsOld cars in a barn. Two floors full of them. Some very nice items! The presidential car used by Mauno Kovisto for instance. Some russian-made luxury vehicles. Cars you recognice from old movies and so on.
If you use GPS to find this museum, you will be in for another nice surprise. The road around lake Bodom is beautiful. Take your time and enjoy.
Written 28 July 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Stephanie D5 contributionswe have been ah this place many times when visiting Pentala.
Nice place to get an impression of a fishermen life.
Combine the visit with a short work to the lake at Pentala island, or enjoy your time at the beach.Written 14 July 2022This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - JariJKKouvola, Finland5,324 contributionsSuomen Kellomuseo (The Finnish Museum of Horology) has about 6,000 watches. The oldest one is from the 1670s. They also have the world's only clocks ordered by Stalin with his own picture. You also see new design watches. This may be an extremely interesting place if you are interested in clocks.
Suomen Kellomuseo is situated in the museum center WeeGee with three other museums. Take a metro train (the subway) from the center of Helsinki to Tapiola, Espoo. From the metro station of Tapiola there is a marked route (follow signs) to WeeGee. The distance between the metro station and the museum is about 700 meters.Written 27 June 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - TiMaMezHelsinki47 contributionsThis is the worlds only student museum, owned and run by students. This is a lively experience on the Finnish technical students 'teekkari' and their culture, traditions and activities.
A free visit includes guided tour, and as the guides are technical students themselves the stories are just amazing fun. Guides speak several languages, so English is not a problem.
Exhibition starts from late 1800's and runs until today. You see Finnish student caps, boiler suits, decorations, art and a huge golden cow! The stories are the best, as the facts remain the same the stories do change from guide to guide :)
The museum is open during academic year, so do check opening hours from FB.Written 10 July 2018This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews. - Heli PHelsinki, Finland6,316 contributionsI have previously visited the Helinä Rautavaara collection when it was part of WeeGee and it was a delightfull and inspirational encounter of colours, artefacts, history and the determination of one woman. Now her life achievements have been reduced to a sterile sideshow to more politically correct issues of ethnic minorities and refugees. Even the few items in glass cases lack numbering and documentation. This is the heritage of a Finnish female, university graduate, who in the 1950's travelled alone to Africa and returned with precious seremonial artefacts. She followed the ancient Silk Route to India hitchhiking and wrote of her travels to a Finnish family magazine. After receiving a Fullbright scolarship to the United States she continued her journey by bicycle to Central and South America. Now she must be spinning in her grave.Written 22 June 2017This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
- JariJKKouvola, Finland5,324 contributionsThis is a nice museum about Espoo's history and nature. I loved to see all those old objects. My son was also very interested in them. The museum is located in the museum center WeeGee with three other museums. It is easy to go there from Helsinki, too. Take a metro train to Tapiola and follow a marked route.Written 28 June 2019This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews.
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