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The 10th-anniversary exhibition #Stigmattomuus by the Moniääniset taiteilijat collective is the Kellokoski Hospital Museum’s summer art exhibition. They hear voices. Stigma refers to the negative reputation attached to and experienced by a group of people. From unashamed art activism now rises a revolutionary declaration: stigmattomuus! The Hospital Museum’s summer season begins on 16 May and the exhibition opens on 13 June.

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.

A major exhibition showcasing the illustrative art of Rudolf Koivu (1890–1946) has opened at the Valamo Monastery Cultural Centre. It has been produced in collaboration with the Amer Cultural Foundation and the Tuusula Art Museum. The exhibition has been curated by cultural producer Liisa Heikkilä-Palo and exhibition curator Päivi Ahdeoja-Määttä.

Tuusula Museum and Cultural Services will move into the premises of the former Hyökkälä School in autumn 2026. The oldest part of the school was completed in 1954 and is a listed building. In the first phase, it will provide workspaces for museum and cultural staff, as well as suitable storage facilities for the municipality’s art and cultural history collections.  

Rijksmuseum Twenthe is presenting the first major retrospective exhibition of Pekka Halonen (1865–1933) in the Netherlands. The exhibition, ‘Pekka Halonen – Ode to Finland’, has been organised in collaboration with the Ateneum Art Museum, the Petit Palais, Rijksmuseum Twenthe and the Ordrupgaard Museum.

Tuusula-Seura Ry awarded its annual Ruusu prizes for significant local community work to the organisation that organised Pekka Halonen's art exhibition at the Petit Palais art museum in Paris. The Ruusu prizes were awarded to the Petit Palais, the Tuusula Museum and the Pekka Halonen Society at the Tuusula-Seura spring meeting.

The exhibition opening on 4 February in Halosenniemi presents commissioned works and public art painted by Pekka Halonen. The name of the exhibition derives from two well-known commissioned works by Pekka Halonen: the wall fresco Kivityömiehiä (Stone Masons, 1903) in the vestibule of Sigrid Jusélius's mausoleum and the painting Tukinuittajat (Loggers, 1925), commissioned by the League of Nations in Geneva. Pekka Halonen also painted portraits and book illustrations and participated in competitions for church altarpieces.

A biography of Konni Zilliacus's life, written by Carl-Magnus Fogelholm, was published in 2025, chronicling the eventful life of his great-grandfather. A presentation of the book "Konni Zilliacus and the Road to Finnish Independence" will be held on Thursday, 5 February at 6 p.m. in the Kirnu meeting room at Kellokoski School. The event will begin with coffee served by the Friends of the Kellokoski Ironworks Museum Association, with a voluntary donation to the ironworks museum. Carl-Magnus Fogelholm's presentation will begin at 6.30 p.m. The event is organised by the Tuusula Museum and admission is free.

The past year was a busy one for Tuusula's cultural services. Tuusula Museum's sites attracted nearly 62,000 visitors, and cultural events drew more than 12,000 participants.

In 2025, the museums in the Tuusulanjärvi area, i.e. Tuusula, Järvenpää and Kerava, had 169,323 visitors. This figure reflects the appeal of cultural heritage and the importance of the area for tourism – museums are a strong asset in cultural and local tourism.