Art and design highlights

Museums and galleries

 Helsinki

Design Museum, Helsinki:
http://www.designmuseum.fi/en/

The Finnish National Gallery
http://www.fng.fi/frontpage

Museum of Finnish Architecture, Helsinki
http://www.mfa.fi/

Finnish Architecture
http://www.finnisharchitecture.fi/

Kamppi Chapel of Silence, Helsinki
http://www.helsinginkirkot.fi/en/churches/kamppi-chapel-of-silence


Espoo

WeeGee Exhibition Centre, Espoo
http://www.weegee.fi/en-US 

f.ex. EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art
http://www.emma.museum/en

The Gallen-Kallela Museum, Espoo
http://www.gallen-kallela.fi/english.html

Hvitträsk, Kirkkonummi
Home as a work of art from the period of national romanticism
http://www.nba.fi/en/museums/hvittrask

 Alvar Aalto

Aalto House, Helsinki
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/aaltohouse.htm

Studio Aalto, Helsinki
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/studioaalto.htm

Interior design by Alvar and Aino Aalto, Restaurant Savoy, Helsinki 
http://www.ravintolasavoy.fi/en 

Alvar Aalto Museum, Jyväskylä
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/index_en.htm

Experimental House Muuratsalo, Jyväskylä
http://www.alvaraalto.fi/experimentalhouse.htm

Design shopping

Design District Helsinki
www.designdistrict.fi/design-district

Design Forum Shop
http://www.designforum.fi/shop_en/about

For more ideas and list of design shops
http://www.visithelsinki.fi/en/see-and-experience/sights-and-attractions/design-attractions-in-helsinki

Information on glass design
http://www.visitfinland.com/article/on-finlands-magical-glass-trail/

 

Trips to places of interest

Fiskars Villlage, Fiskars
http://www.fiskarsvillage.fi/en