An event day for the whole family Children's Museum Festival offers fun and varied activities at the Tuusulanjärvi museums on 23 August.
This traditional event day is full of joy and new discoveries at the museums around Lake Tuusula. This year, Ahola, Ainola, Halosenniemi, the Lotta Museum, Erkkola and Aleksis Kiviu0026#x27;s death cottage will all be participating. Tuusulau0026#x27;s own library bus, Kirre, will arrive at the Halosenniemi car park as usual. On the event day, all museums will offer free admission to children and the adults accompanying them.
This year, you can arrive at the Children’s Museum Festival on your own hobby horse! There will be obstacle courses, skill competitions and other horse-related fun. If you don’t have your own horse, don’t worry, the museum hobby horses are waiting for riders. At each museum, you can also make different coloured victory rosettes for the hobby horses.
Art workshops, crafts, performances and a wide range of other activities
At Ahola, you can attend a children’s music concert by the Päistikka duo, winners of the 2024 Children’s Music Award, at 11 a.m. During the concert, you can leave your horse to rest in the Ahola horse stable. You can also take part in a museum orienteering event at Ahola.
At Ainola, you can try your hand at being an artist in the garden and take part in an engaging guided tour or make pine cone crafts. Refreshing treats are available at Cafe Aulik.
In Halosenniemi, you can admire works of art under the Parisian sky, participate in harvesting in the garden, or sculpt on the peninsula like Pekka Halonen himself.
The Fairy Tale Grandmas and Tammitonttu Törö arrive at the Lotta Museum to tell heart-warming stories about friendship. Törö’s magic ink trail leads visitors to the secrets of making delicate natural ink. You can also stop for a delicious lunch at the Lottakanttiin museum café.
In Erkkola, you can complete a horse herding task and make your own giant soap bubbles. The Leipovien Leidien café sells savoury and sweet treats.
A poetry wall filled with poems and rhymes stands at the cottage where Aleksis Kivi died. Come and write your words on a piece of fabric and hang it on the shared poetry wall. From Kivi’s cottage, you can set off on the “Seven Brothers” adventure trail.
Children’s museum party at the Tuusulanjärvi museums on Saturday, 23 August 2025, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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