Tuusula Museum and Culture Year 2023 attracted over 100,000 visitors

The number of visitors to the Tuusula Museum’s sites, Halosenniemi, the Erkkola Artists’ Home, Aleksis Kivi’s death cottage, the Klaavola House, the Kellokoski Hospital Museum and the Jokela Brick Factory, increased by more than 12,000 compared to the previous year.

Halosenniemi welcomed over 27,000 visitors, which was more than 6,000 more than in 2022. Museum card users accounted for slightly more than half of the total.

The artist’s home in Erkkola had 12,500 visitors, an increase of 4,500 from the previous year. Museum card holders accounted for 60% of visitors.

– Last year, there were a staggering 2.5 million visits to museums in Finland, which is 47% more than the previous year. This is also reflected in the statistics for Halosenniemi and Erkkola, says Ulla Kinnunen, Director of Culture and Museums.

– It seems that domestic tourism, and local tourism in particular, is becoming more popular than ever. The effects of the coronavirus pandemic on visitor mobility have also been left behind.

Of the sites open to the public by the Tuusula Museum, Aleksis Kivi’s death cottage attracted over 10,000 visitors during the summer season. The Kellokoski Hospital Museum welcomed 5,500 visitors and the Jokela Brick Factory around 250. Klaavola House had 1,300 visitors, mainly consisting of customers related to education.

Museum encounters

The Tuusula Museum reached out to children and young people through its cultural education plan and other museum education activities. These events were organised as classroom teaching 175 times and attracted 4,500 participants. The museum’s other public outreach activities, such as lectures, workshops and volunteer work, reached nearly 2,800 participants in around 100 different events during the year.

Culture moves

Tuusula General Culture organised 42 events during the year, comprising a total of 163 performances. The events attracted more than 43,000 participants, 17,000 of whom were under the age of 18. During the year, 242 creative professionals were employed. The largest events were Tuusula Arts Night, Tuusulanjärvi Dancing Waters, Tuusula Week and Monio Opening Week. The content of cultural education plans was produced for three school grades.

Award-winning activities

The public voted Halosenniemi the most charming artist’s home in Finland in a poll organised by Museokortti in May. The special award was presented to Halosenniemi at the Museum Gala as part of the 100th anniversary celebrations of the Finnish Museums Association. Tuusula’s cultural education plans were also recognised at the Important Work Gala on 4 December.

At the end of the year, the Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council awarded the Uusimaa Prize to the municipalities of Tuusula and Nurmijärvi for their joint organisation of the Aleksis Kivi anniversary year, which was celebrated in 2022 with the theme of mental well-being and mental health.

Further information

Ulla Kinnunen, Director of Culture and Museums, ulla.kinnunen@tuusula.fi, tel. +358 40 314 3456

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