ARRIVAL

The museum's parking space is located on Gallen-Kallelan tie outside the museum. From the parking space, the museum building is accessed uphill along a sandy road.

The museum area includes a café in a wooden villa, an artist studio castle that serves as a museum building and a traditional Finnish smoke sauna.

The road leading to the museum site is emergency access road and no parking is allowed. So please leave your vehicle in the parking space or on the roadside.

You are allowed to drive persons with reduced mobility to the museum area.

Parking with a disabled parking permit is permitted in the parking space next to the cafeteria building. For safety reasons, parking is not permitted elsewhere in the courtyard without a special permit.

MUSEUM BUILDING AND ACCESSIBILITY

Guide and assistance dogs are welcome in the museum. Other pets are not welcome in the museum building for reasons of artwork and customer safety.

Access to the museum is via a fixed ramp with a handrail. There is a deep threshold at the outer door.

The museum has portable ramps to allow wheelchair access. It is possible to open the doors wider. Please let us know if you need assistance. You can either call us (+358 10 406 88 40) or ring the door bell by the main entrance.

The ticket office is located just after the front door on the left. There are also lockable lockers in the lobby for storing backpacks and bags.

There are a few low thresholds inside the museum. There is also a handrail-free ramp from the sculpture room to the gallery.

There are chairs for resting in the exhibition rooms.

Please note that there is a steep staircase to the tower floors, without a handrail. There are almost 60 stone stairs to the top of the tower.

The exhibits on the upper floor can be accessed via folders on the ground floor.

CAFÉ AND WC

The museum's public toilets are located in the lobby of the café in the wooden villa.

The café building has an accessible toilet, but access to the building is via a steep ramp.

The accessible toilet has a baby changing facilieties.

To get to the café building, you have to climb three steps. There is also a narrow ramp with a handrail at the entrance. A new ramp is planned for the café building, which will be built at the main entrance.

Dogs are welcome in the café and its terrace.

ITEMS TO LOAN

People with small children may borrow a baby carrier from the museum.

You can also borrow hearing protection from the museum.

Due to the limited space, the museum does not have wheelchairs or other mobility equipment available for loan.

MORE INFORMATION

People who require assistance due to illness or disabilities can bring their assistant to the museum for free. This includes both museum visit and events.

The museum offers an audio guide that you can listen to on your smartphone.  Click here to access the audio guide.

Printed quides are available in the exhibition space. The house guides tell you about the history of the building and the life of Akseli Gallen-Kallen and his family in Tarvaspää.

The exhibition texts are available in three languages: Finnish, Swedish and English.

Information on the history of the museum building and Akseli Gallen-Kallela is also available in Finnish Braille.

For more information on accessibility email info@gallen-kallela.fi or call +358 (0)10 40 688 40.