News - Museum

Erkkola is hosting a "Dress up as your favourite character at the museum – Fairytale Day" event on Saturday 17 May from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The whole family is welcome to come dressed as their favourite character. During the day, the museum will offer fairy tale tours, and you can make your own magic wand in a workshop or try your hand at paper theatre. Delicacies from Leipovien leidit will be on sale in the courtyard.

Come and raise a glass with us to celebrate spring and life! The Kellokoski Hospital Museum and its gallery Alitajuntaan will open the art exhibition "I have given birth to life and thought about death" on Saturday 17 May at 11 a.m. Toasts and the artist's reception will take place at 1.30 p.m., followed by an hour-long art-themed walking tour of the hospital grounds at 2 p.m.: a contemporary dance performance, Prinsessan kieltolakilaulu (The Princess's Prohibition Song), a rare piece by Venny Soldan-Brofeldt, psychedelic murals in the art stairwell, and the symbolism of Rauni Liukko's Prinsessa monument. We will be surrounded by the hospital's well-tended parks and magnificent architecture.

No VR glasses? No problem! You can try out the digital experiences of the Musteen virtual museum at the opening events in Järvenpää, Tuusula and Kerava.

Halosenniemi's summer exhibition "Under the Parisian Sky – Artists' French Themes" opens on Wednesday, 30 April. The exhibition presents paintings by Finnish artists from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, created during their years of study in France. Paris attracted artists from all over Europe. After studying art in Finland, Pekka Halonen studied in Paris in the early 1890s. In the spring of 1894, he was taught by the famous French painter Paul Gauguin.

Tuusula's museums will switch to their summer opening hours in May. Aleksis Kivi's cottage on Rantatie in Tuusula will open its doors, and the opening hours in Erkkola and Halosenniemi will be extended. The Kellokoski Hospital Museum will open its doors for a few days in May.

Issue 1/2025 of the Tuusula municipal newsletter will be published on Wednesday, 2 April 2025, and will be distributed to households in Tuusula as a public bulletin.

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.