Welcome to the Architecture & Design Museum!
Welcome to the world of design and architecture! We offer unique experiences and new perspectives on multidimensional design. Our goal is to bring people together to learn, experience, and enjoy design and architecture.
Building A, Kasarmikatu 24
Building D, Main Entrance, Korkeavuorenkatu 23
The Architecture & Design Museum operates in two buildings, located at Kasarmikatu 24 and Korkeavuorenkatu 23. You are warmly welcome to visit both with a single ticket!
The Design Museum (Building D) and the adjacent Museum of Finnish Architecture (Building A) merged at the beginning of 2024. Over the next few years, the museum will continue to operate at these familiar locations in Helsinkiâs Kaartinkaupunki district, offering a shared program.
The closest bicycle racks and city bike rental station is located in front of the building D. You can also easily access us with tram (number 10).
Address:
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
00130, Helsinki
Opening hours
Winter time
1.9.â31.5.
Tue 11â20
WedâSun 11â18
Mon closed
Summer time
1.6.â31.8.
MonâFri 11â20
SatâSun 11â18
Guided tours
GUIDED TOURS FOR VISITORS
In Finnish: Tuesdays at the Building D at 5 pm and the Building A at 6 pm (except on Free Admission Tuesday nights when the audience tour is conducted in Plain Finnish, with Finnish Sign Language interpretation, or with Finnish audio description), and on Saturdays at the Building A at 1 pm and the Building D at 2 pm.
In English: On Saturdays at the Building A at 2 pm and the Building D at 3 pm (except on Saturdays when audience tours are conducted in Swedish or Russian), and on Free Admission Tuesday nights at the Building D at 7 pm.
Guided tours in other languages and more information can be found here
Design Shop
Design Shop offers a wide range of Finnish and international design products including both classics and work by young designers. The shop also features products on a changing basis related to current exhibitions at the museum.
The Design Shop is open during the museumÂŽs opening hours.
Contact
Terhi Koivusaari
Design Store Manager
+358 9 6220 5421
terhi.koivusaari@designmuseum.fi
Online Store
Museumâs Online Store offers a great variety of design products and design publications. Come to explore, order and have them delivered to your door.
Accessibility
The Architecture and Design Museum consists of two buildings: the Building A and the Building D. The Building A, formerly the Museum of Finnish Architecture, is located on Kasarmikatu, and the Building D, formerly the Design Museum, is on Korkeavuorenkatu.
The most accessible entrances are in the museumâs courtyard. The address is Ullanlinnankatu 4, 00130 Helsinki. The entrance to the Building D from Ullanlinnankatu is wheelchair accessible.
The museum courtyard has one parking space available for visitors. This parking space is recommended, for example, for visitors using wheelchairs. A parking permit can be obtained from the customer service desk for the duration of the visit.
The Building D has an accessible elevator. A wheelchair-accessible restroom is located on floor 0. There is no induction loop in the Building D.
Enquiries at the information desk in the museum lobby
+358 9 6220540 at 8 a.m. – 11 a.m.
+358 9 62205422 at 11 a.m. – 18 p.m.
info@designmuseum.fi
Principles For a Safer Space
We at the Architecture & Designmuseum want to offer everyone a good museum experience and the chance to participate as themselves. We do not accept discrimination or harassment. We encourage people to learn and ask questions and to assume diversity as a starting point. We want to be a place where it is easy to come and everyone feels good. Our staff is there for you. Please notify us if you encounter inappropriate behaviour or want to give us other feedback. Together we can make the Architecture & Designmuseum a safer and more comfortable space for everyone.
Get to know our principles for a safer space here
Enquiries and rental of facilities
Designed by the architect Gustaf Nyström and dating from 1894, is an excellent venue for all kinds of events. Added value is provided by Architecture & Design Museumâs changing exhibitions and guided visits. The museum has years of experience of organizing events for businesses, organizations and private individuals.
Lecture Space and Conference Room
Museumâs Lecture Space and Conference Room can mainly be rented during the museumâs opening hours. Exhibition can also be hired upon separate agreement for events outside museum hours (6 p.m. â 10 p.m.). The museum is in the centre of Helsinki and is easily accessed.
Rental of facilities:
Lecture Space (70 m2, max. 75 persons) €400/3h and Conference Room (up to 16 persons) €300/3h. The price does not include VAT (25,5%).
Café
The museumâs fully licensed Taito CafĂ© seats 35 and is open to the public during museum hours. After closing at 6 p.m. refreshments can be served in other areas of the museum. The museum cafĂ© provides high-standard catering services planned according to the wishes of customers. Various events, such as cocktail parties and buffets, can be held in the exhibition and lobby spaces of the museum.
Exhibition spaces
The exhibition spaces are on three floors:
Basement level (gallery) 250m2, height 200â285 cm, max. 65 persons. Rental from €600 € (+VAT 25,5%)/3h.
First floor (lobby), 250m2, height 360â410 cm, max. 180 persons. Rental from €700 € (+VAT 25,5%) /3h.
Second floor, 700m2, height 420â610 cm, max. 180 persons. Rental from €1800 (+VAT 25,5%) /3h.
Please note that the architecture of the museumâs temporary exhibitions may affect the number of persons allowed in the spaces concerned.
The rental of facilities can be combined upon agreement with guided tours of Architecture & Design Museumâs exhibitions.
Enquiries
Please address enquiries and requests for quotes concerning available space, bookings for facilities and guided tours to: info@designmuseum.fi
By phone Mon â Fri 9 a.m. â 11 a.m., tel. +358 9 6220 540.
