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Tuusula Museum and Culture attracted over 82,000 visitors in 2024

The past year was a busy one for Tuusulau0026#x27;s cultural services. Tuusula Museum attracted over 62,000 visitors, and cultural events drew more than 20,000 visitors. A significant proportion of the children and young people who encountered the museum and culture were reached through cultural education programmes. For the first time, a secondary-level cultural education plan was implemented for young people in Tuusula.

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 4,500 compared to the previous year.

An old factory building with a high brick front and a lower wooden rear section. A tall chimney rises behind it.
The machine room and tyre storage building at the Jokela brickworks. Photo: Kari Kohvakka

Jokela’s 150th anniversary was celebrated at the Jokela brick factory. The Konehuone exhibition space was opened for the summer, attracting over 6,700 visitors to nine different exhibitions. Other events organised at the Jokela brick factory also attracted around 1,500 visitors.

Halosenniemi welcomed over 27,500 visitors, which was almost the same number as the previous year. Museum card holders accounted for slightly over half of the visitors.

The doors of the Erkkola Artist’s Home were closed in the autumn due to renovation work. The museum had 8,500 visitors during the year. 63% of visitors used a museum card.

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 over 6,000 visitors. Klaavola House had 1,300 visitors, mainly consisting of customers related to education.

MUSEUMVISITORS 2024VISITORS 2023VISITORS 2022
Halosenniemi27,52927,27120,991
Erkkola Artist’s Home8,58012,6148152
Aleksis Kivi’s death cottage10,42710,4919898
Klaavola House1,3461,3611497
Kellokoski Hospital Museum6,0415,4564012
Jokela brick factory8,171253987
TOTAL62,09457,44645,537

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 258 times and attracted 6,000 participants. The museum’s other public outreach activities, such as lectures, workshops and volunteer work, reached nearly 3,000 participants in approximately 60 different events outside the museum during the year.

Culture offered experiences for all ages

Tuusula Culture organised 40 events during the year, comprising a total of 203 performances. The events attracted over 20,000 participants, half of whom were under 18 years of age. During the year, services were purchased from 223 artists and 32 event technology professionals.  

A large crowd watching a light art performance.
Tuusula Arts Night 2024. Photo: Kalle Särkkä

The biggest events were Tuusula Arts Night and Tuusula Week, as well as Skidiviikot, an event for children held in March and November. In addition, young people and families were targeted with the youth band event MONI ON ICON and outdoor films in Hyrylä, which were the winning projects in participatory budgeting. Together with Moni’s new cultural events, the Minä elän! (I Live!) clubs at museums offered atmospheric cultural experiences for the residents of Tuusula. 

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

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