Learning materials
We produce learning materials and digital content that are freely available to everyone. They allow you to familiarise yourself with the themes of our museums and enhance your museum visit. We have designed the learning materials to make the everyday work of teachers and early childhood educators easier.
Materials online
You can find digital content created by our museum online. We have tailored the material packages and ready-made assignments to the objectives of the curriculum. You can freely adapt the broader content for use in teaching the history of your own region or in art classes, for example. The digital materials are a great help when you want to prepare for a museum visit in advance, either alone or with a group. You can also revisit the topics and themes of the visit afterwards. The online materials allow you to familiarise yourself with our museum’s exhibits, topics and collections, even if you are unable to visit in person.
Tuusula Museum Finna
On the Tuusula Museum’s Finna website, you will find photographs of Tuusula’s history, images of works from our art collections and other interesting items. We have created two resource packs for teaching art to grades 3–6. These packs can be used in schools to introduce landscape painting and the use of colour in art. One of the packs is also available in Swedish.
Virtual Tuusula
The Virtual Tuusula website is full of information and images about the history of Tuusula. Teachers at schools in Tuusula can use the site to find background information. It can be used to introduce pupils to different areas of Tuusula or to lea about industrial history or artists’ villas, for example. It is also well suited for independent information searches by older pupils and secondary school students, as well as anyone interested in the history of Tuusula.
Tuusula Museum on YouTube
On our YouTube channel, you will find information clips, artist profiles, dramatised historical figures and much more. The channel also features videos aimed at children: stories of the sad clown from the Kellokoski Hospital Museum, puppet theatre adventures from Halosenniemi, and wonders of public art in the Rykmentinpuisto area.
Markalla markers
This website, created as a collaborative project between museums in Central Uusimaa, provides an entertaining look at life and childhood in the 1970s. The site is suitable for primary school pupils and preschoolers. It includes tasks linked to the curriculum. In addition, a bag containing objects from the era can be borrowed from the library.
What a history! Independent remote workshop
A playful adventure trip to the museum is a great first encounter with history. The target group is children aged 6–8. The aim is to offer a positive experience of the museum and to provide the first seeds of knowledge for a historical world view that gradually takes shape through lea ing. Please note: First-year pupils from Tuusula visit the workshop as part of their schoolwork.
Material packages available for loan
Libraries lend our diverse lea ing materials to daycare centres and schools. The material packages and bags contain old objects, information and tasks that can be used to easily plan a lesson or teaching module. These materials are also suitable as preparatory material for museum visits. You can borrow the Munkki game from the library, which takes you on an adventure through the landscapes of Central Uusimaa. We have previously distributed the game to schools in Tuusula, so it can also be found there.
It is advisable to familiarise yourself thoroughly with the bags available for loan and the game before using them with children. Old objects can also be used to practise museum work and the careful and respectful handling of objects.
In the footsteps of Pekka Halonen
Mysterious objects are found in archive boxes discovered in the attic. Who did the paintbrushes and paint tubes, letters, beautiful lace and ribbons belong to? By looking at the objects, tasks and photos in the photo album, children can get a glimpse into the life of the Halonen family. Books and jigsaw puzzles are also available to borrow as additional material.
Target group: daycare centres and primary schools
Reservations and enquiries: lapset.kirjasto@tuusula.fi
Martta bag
The Martta bag showcases Martta Wendelin’s work and art. The bag reveals magazines, cards and books illustrated by Wendelin, as well as old-fashioned toys and play instructions in the spirit of Wendelin. The focus is on experientiality and sensuality; unlike museum objects, the bag and its contents can be touched and handled.
Target group: daycare centres and primary schools
Reservations and enquiries: lapset.kirjasto@tuusula.fi
Markalla bag with badges
The bag contains a playful set of items related to camping, which can be used to recreate a 1970s camping trip. The contents of the bag can be used to inspire free play, but it also includes items and tasks that you can use with your group to lea more about the 1970s in a guided manner. The contents of the bag and the website complement each other, but they can also be used separately.
Target group: daycare centres and primary schools
Reservations and enquiries: lapset.kirjasto@tuusula.fi
Tuusula’s industrial history in a suitcase
The Tuusula Museum’s interactive workshop for secondary school students explores the industrial history and class society of Tuusula, with a focus on the period 1860–1950.
The bag contains material for lessons in the form of a video, a quiz, a privilege walk and a photography assignment. The bag also contains items related to the industrial history of Tuusula, as well as ink pens and ink, which can be used to try out old-fashioned writing. The workshop can be used as a whole or in parts.
Target group: secondary school students
Reservations and enquiries: lapset.kirjasto@tuusula.fi
Monk board game
The Munkki board game takes you on a jou ey through the history and present day of Central Uusimaa. The structures of home turf and self-image are explored in the Paikallistu! Get Local! identity posters accompanying the game and in the research report Roots and Rootlessness in Central Uusimaa. The aim of the package is to support the formation of a positive identity and sense of locality and to help players reflect on their own cultural-geographical frame of reference.
- Target group: 4th grade and above in primary school, supplementary materials for secondary school and upper secondary school
- Reservations and enquiries: lapset.kirjasto(at)tuusula.fi. The board game and accompanying materials have been delivered to educational institutions in Tuusula.
- Travelling exhibition: loanable exhibition game 2 x 3 metres and local roll-ups, enquiries harri.nyman@tuusula.fi
Printable materials
Printable material
An easy activity that can be used to bring lessons on the history of Tuusula and the art of Pekka Halonen to life.
Colouring picture of the Tuusula coat of arms
The Tuusula coat of arms was designed by Olof Eriksson in 1952. Did you know that the weapon lock at the top of the coat of arms refers to the early days of the parish and also recalls military traditions? The laurel wreath with red berries at the bottom symbolises Tuusula’s rich cultural heritage, especially the community of artists that flourished during the Golden Age. Print out the coat of arms and colour it in according to the model.
Colouring picture Pekka Halonen’s Snowy Slope
Pekka Halonen’s Snowy Slope has been delighting people since 1900. Now you have the opportunity to create your own version of the work.
Schoolchildren in Tuusula created their own versions of the classic in 2021. We gave the iconic landscape painting to the children, and our new creative geniuses painted what they thought was missing from the scene. What does the snowy slope look like through the eyes of children? Watch the video of the schoolchildren’s artwork, print out the colouring page and let your imagination run wild!
Create your own Munkki game
The Munkki game provides an inspiring starting point for exploring the Tuusula area, where history and the present can merge. What kinds of places and people would you find in your game? Would they be from the distant past or everyday life?
The material was conceived by the museums of Hyvinkää, Nurmijärvi, Mäntsälä and Tuusula. Each museum selected inspiring individuals and interesting places for their sample games. In the Tuusula game, you can lea
about the painter Pekka Halonen, the Princess of Kellokoski and a clay worker at a brick factory. The visual design of the material was created by graphic designer Heli Tiensuu.
Materials and instructions for playing
When designing your game, you can use the Munkki game instructions in the attachment, which provide ideas for game development. In the example game, you move by throwing dice, but in your game you can move by solving mystery tasks, for example. Feel free to come up with your own game ideas!
The game board is a map of Tuusula, printed on two A3 sheets of paper. We recommend gluing the map onto cardboard or cardstock to make it more sturdy. You can then draw and colour it in a style that suits your game. A playful game can be filled with cheerful colours, while a mysterious game can have dark and mysterious colours.
Game materials
You can print out the parts needed to make the game. The package includes cut-out pictures and game pieces, as well as instructions for the Munkki game in PDF format.
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