Saturday 18.5.2024 11 a.m. — 6 p.m.
Free entry
International Museum Day is traditionally celebrated on Thursday 18.5. In honor of the day, admission to the Design Museum and the Museum of Finnish Architecture is free all day.
Repair Demonstrations at the FIX Arena
Timber, 16.5.–19.5.2024
Restart. Photo: Anni Koponen
The first demonstration in the series, held in collaboration with Restart, which specializes in traditional buildings, takes place on May 16–17, 2024, 13:00–15:00, and on May 18–19, 2024, 13:00–15:00 and 16:00–18:00.
Vuokko Sales
Design Museum auditorium, 1st floor from 11 am to 5 pm
At the Vuokko sales event, clothing and accessories designed by Vuokko Nurmesniemi and manufactured by Vuokko Oy are available for purchase. The products mainly consist of vintage items from the 1970s to 1980s, alongside newer collections and samples.
Guided tours for the FIX: Care and Repair exhibition
In Finnish at the Museum of Finnish Architecture at 1:00 PM and at the Design Museum at 2:00 PM.
In Russian at the Museum of Finnish Architecture at 2:00 PM and at the Design Museum at 3:00 PM.
Exhibitions
The joint exhibition FIX: Care and Repair at the Museum of Finnish Architecture and the Design Museum focuses on repair and maintenance while also exploring how the passage of time affects architecture and design. Objects and buildings undergo constant change. They age, get dirty, and break. Maintaining and repairing things are active practices that reflect our prevailing values. What objects and things do we invest time and money in caring for? What is left outside the scope of care?
Utopia Now – The Story of Finnish Design features iconic pieces from the golden age of Finnish design of the 1950s, Nokia mobile phones and the Angry Birds game alike. Utopia Now is Design Museum’s collections exhibition, telling about the central role of design in the emergence of the Finnish welfare state. It falls into five themes in which the history of design is presented in living narratives.
Decades of Finnish Architecture 1900–1970 takes its visitors on a journey into the Finnish architecture of the 20th century. Different features, technical solutions, materials and interior design are followed from decade to decade; from National Romanticism to Classicism and Functionalism, through the Modernism that created the country’s international reputation to the architecture of the 1970’s.
Accessibility
The event is free of charge. The guided tours are in Finnish, English and Plain Finnish. The Design Museum building is accessible. You can find more information about the accessibility of the Design Museum here.
The Museum of Finnish Architecture is not accessible. You can find more information about the accessibility of The Museum of Finnish Architecture here.
The event uses the safer space principles of the Architecture Museum and the Design Museum.
