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Erkkola is hosting an exhibition entitled "Beyond Reality – Imaginary Worlds in Fairy Tale Illustrations" throughout the spring, featuring works by Rudolf Koivu, Martta Wendelin and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, among others, which transport viewers far beyond the boundaries of everyday life. The museum is organising several fairy tale-themed events related to the exhibition.

On 19 February, an exhibition entitled Beyond Reality – Imaginary Worlds in Fairy Tale Illustrations will open in Erkkola. The exhibition features fairy tale-themed illustrations from the collections of the Amer Cultural Foundation and the Tuusula Art Museum. The works of illustrators from the early 20th century take the viewer far beyond the boundaries of everyday life. They reflect the values and aesthetics of their time, but also people's longing for imaginary worlds.

An open portfolio search for artists is being launched for the Rykmentinpuisto area in Tuusula. The artwork will be located at Puustellintori, at the intersection of Rykmentinpuistotie and Puistometsäntie. In the first stage, artists can participate in the search by submitting their portfolios. In the next phase, three artists will be selected and asked to submit draft proposals for the future artwork. The artist with the winning draft will be commissioned to complete the work. The artwork is expected to be completed in spring-summer 2026.

This year marks the 160th anniversary of the birth of painter Pekka Halonen. At the beginning of November, the Petit Palais art museum in Paris will open a large exhibition of Pekka Halonen's art, which has been planned in collaboration with the Ateneum Art Museum. In Tuusula, Pekka Halonen's anniversary year will also be reflected in the exhibitions at Halosenniemi.

The past year was a busy one for Tuusula'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.

Beer is one of our oldest alcoholic beverages. It has been used as medicine, nutrition and a substitute for water. What was beer like in the Middle Ages? What kinds of beers were brewed in monasteries? In a lecture by researcher Marja Tanhuanpää at the Erkkola Artists' Home on Thursday 30 January at 6 p.m., we will hear about beer as liquid bread, protected Trappist beers and Martin Luther's fondness for beer and his favourite beer. In the words of Martin Luther, "It is better to sit in a beer hall and think about the church than to sit in a church and think about beer."