IN EXHIBITION
At the mercy of water – people facing climate change 6.11. 2020 – 16.5. 2021
The photos by photographer Vargha Bahagir, stories collected by Siemenpuu Foundation and museum’s collection items related to water show us how changing climate influences people’s lives.
Mexican Day of the dead – “Día de Muertos” 30.10 – 1.11.2020
The Day of the dead – “Día de Muertos” is one of the most important expressions of Mexican cultural heritage. It is celebrated in Mexico every November 1st
THE DIGIMUSEUM
I the new Digimuseum it is possible to visit virtually the Collections of different Finnish museums over the web – for the first time at the same time with your…
3.3.-25.10.2020 THOSE WHO LEFT
The photographic exhibition Those Who Left (Lähteneet in Finnish) shows what can happen to people who have left their home, striving for…
MUSEUM OPENS AGAIN 2.6.2020
The Helinä Rautavaara Museum returns to regular opening hours on June 2, 2020. Warmly welcome!
THE MASHCO-PIRO OF PERU – PEOPLE OF THE RAINFORREST 31.8.2019 – 9.2.2020
Dwelling in the rainforests of the Amazon are around one hundred groups of indigenous people who live isolated from the rest of the world. Among them are the Mashco-Piro people of the Madre de Dios region of south-eastern Peru. Contrary to what many people think, such...
FACE TO FACE – COLLECTION EXHIBITION
Helinä Rautavaara (1928–1998), travelled first in Europe, then further afield into more distant cultures. Her desire was to see, experience and to understand. Curiosity and the wish to let her passionate interest take the lead link her to other earlier female explorers.