Christmas and New Year Opening Hours at the Museum
Minna | 22.12.2025
Recharge in the Primordial Forest during the Christmas holidays!
Our museum will be open from Boxing Day until Epiphany, Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–18:00. During this period, we’ll also offer plenty of guided tours.
We’ll take a break for Christmas, and the museum will be closed from 22–25 December 2025.
Extended opening hours begin on Boxing Day, 26 December 2025. From 26 December 2025 to 6 January 2026, the museum will be exceptionally open Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–18:00. The museum is closed on Mondays.
Guided tours during the holiday period:
- 26 Dec at 1 pm– Guided tour in Finnish
- 27 Dec at 3 pm – Guided tour in English
- 28 Dec at 1 pm – Guided tour in Finnish
- 28 Dec at 2 pm – Guided tour in Swedish
- 1 Jan 2026 at 1 pm– Guided tour in Finnish
- 3 Jan 2026 at 3 pm – Guided tour in English
- 4 Jan 2026 at 1 pm – Author’s Tour of the Exhibition: Anneli Jussila in Finnish
- 6 Jan at 1 pm – Guided tour in Finnish
We return to our normal winter opening hours on 7 January 2026:
Tue–Fri 11:00–16:00, Sat–Sun 11:00–17:00.
Gallen-Kallela Museum
Designed and built by artist Akseli Gallen-Kallela (1865-1931), the Tarvaspää Studio Castle presents temporary exhibitions of the art and life of Gallen-Kallela and his contemporaries, as well as contemporary art. The museum offers a wide range of activities and events and serves as a centre of information on Akseli Gallen-Kallela.
Welcome to meet Akseli Gallen-Kallela, an artist who is both familiar and unknown!
