Helsinki City Museum
Villa Hakasalmi.
Helsinki City Museum (Finnish: Helsingin kaupunginmuseo, Swedish: Helsingfors stadsmuseum) is a museum in Helsinki that documents and displays the history of Helsinki, the capital of Finland.[1][2]
Its mission is to record and uphold Helsinki's spiritual, material and architectural heritage. The museum features personal memories and everyday life of the city's residents.[1]
The Helsinki City Museum won the Finnish Museum of the Year award in 2017.[3]
In 2025, it was the second most visited museum in the entire country, attracting 330,312 visits.[4]
It also acts as the regional museum for central Uusimaa with a mission to promote and steer museum activities in the region.[5]
Helsinki City Museum is located next to the Senate Square in the oldest blocks of the city. One of the buildings is the Sederholm House.[6] It also operates four other museums around Helsinki: Villa Hakasalmi, Burgher's House, Worker Housing Museum and Tram Museum. Entrance to all museums is free of charge.[1]
The museum's collections contain about one million photos, for instance popular photos of early 20th century Helsinki by Signe Brander, and 450,000 items.[7][1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "About the museum". Helsinki City Museum. Retrieved 17 March 2016.
- ^ "Helsingin kaupunginmuseo - MyHelsinki". www.myhelsinki.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ "Helsingin kaupunginmuseo on Vuoden museo 2017". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ "Helsingin kaupunginmuseo on Suomen toiseksi suosituin museo | Helsingin kaupunki". www.hel.fi (in Finnish). 2025-02-04. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ "Keski-Uudenmaan alueellinen vastuumuseo". Helsingin kaupunginmuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 2025-08-30.
- ^ "New Helsinki City Museum takes visitors to the heart of Helsinki | City of Helsinki". Archived from the original on 2016-08-14. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
- ^ "Muistatko tällaisen Helsingin? Kaupunginmuseo avasi upeat kuva-aarteensa kaikille". Yle Uutiset (in Finnish). 2017-04-26. Retrieved 2025-08-30.
External links
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Media related to Helsinki City Museum at Wikimedia Commons- Helsinki City Museum
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