The summer season kicks off at the Tuusula Museum’s sites
Tuusula’s museums will switch to their summer opening hours in May. On Rantatie in Tuusula, Aleksis Kivi’s Memorial Cottage will open its doors, and opening hours will be extended at Erkkola and Halosenniemi. The Kellokoski Hospital Museum will open its doors on a few Saturdays in May.
Aleksis Kivi’s Memorial Cottage
Open from 2 May until the end of August, Tuesday to Sunday, 10am–5pm, and from the start of September until 10 October, weekends (Saturday–Sunday), 12 noon–5pm. Guided tours for the public on Sundays at 2pm.
Rantatie, Tuusula | Voluntary admission fee
Erkkola’s
Opening hours will be extended and a new exhibition will open on 6 May. The exhibition ‘Literally Speaking – A Dialogue Between Language and Visual Art’ explores the intersections between visual art and written language. Artists featured in the exhibition include Anna-Maria Osipow, Jaakko Hosia, Katja Tukiainen, Martta Wendelin, Merja Winqvist, Pekka Halonen, Pirkko Ropponen, Rudolf Koivu and Susanna Maria Kivistö. Erkkola is open Tue–Sun 10am–5pm, with guided tours on Sundays at 1pm.
Rantatie 25, Tuusula | Tel. 040 314 3471, erkkola@tuusula.fi | Admission: €10/€8/€0. Museum Card. Kaiku Card.
In Halosenniemi
Pekka Halonen’s exhibition of public art, ‘From Stone Masons to Loggers’, continues until 24 May. The museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 5pm. Guided tours are available on Wednesdays at 2pm in Finnish, and on Sundays at 2pm in Finnish and 3pm in English.
Halosenniementie 4–6 (Rantatie), Tuusula | Tel. 040 314 3466 | Admission: €14/€12/€0. Museum Card. Kaiku Card.
Kellokoski Hospital Museum
It will be open on a few Saturdays in May: 16 May and 23 May. In June and July, the Hospital Museum is open on Thursdays and Saturdays from 11am to 5pm. It is also open on event days in the area.
Old Highway 198, Kellokoski | Tel. 040 314 3473 (during museum opening hours), otherwise tel. 040 314 3474| Free admission
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