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Beloved classics with a twist
Stories of Finnish Art illustrates the development of art in Finland from 1809 until the 1950s. At the exhibition, the story of Finnish art is juxtaposed with international developments in art and contemporary social events. On display, side by side, are Finnish and international masterpieces from our collections, such as Le Corbusier’s Two Women (1939), Eero Järnefelt’s Under the Yoke (Burning the Brushwood) (1893), Edvard Munch’s Bathing Men (1907–08) and Hugo Simberg’s The Wounded Angel (1903).
The galleries of modern art in the first floor have been closed permanently because of the preparations of Ateneum’s ventilation renovations.
The display of the artwork varies
Its status as a national gallery requires the Ateneum Art Museum to lend its works to other museums in Finland and abroad, and this is one of the reasons why the selection of works on display in Ateneum varies to some extent. Many of the most well-known works of Albert Edelfelt and Akseli Gallen-Kallela are not on display until further notice. Read more from the press release
Ateneum will be closed to the public for about nine months, as of 28 March 2022, due to ventilation renovations. After the renovation, in early 2023, the Ateneum will open a completely new collection exhibition, which is the earliest that these works will be on display again.
See a list of artworks not on display from October 2021 onwards
Gösta Diehl
Bombed Village (1950)
Albert Edelfelt
Boys Playing on the Shore (1884)
Conveying the Child’s Coffin (A Child’s Funeral) (1879)
Kaukola Ridge at Sunset (1889–1890)
Parisienne Reading (1880)
Queen Bianca (1877)
Self-Portrait in 17th Century Costume (1889)
The Luxembourg Gardens, Paris (1887)
Women Outside the Church at Ruokolahti (1887)
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Aino Myth, Triptych (1891)
Boy with a Crow (1884)
Building, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum frescoes (1903)
By the River of Tuonela, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum frescoes (1903)
Kullervo Cursing (1899)
Lemminkäinen’s Mother (1897)
Portrait of the Artist’s Wife (1893)
Spring, study for the Jusélius Mausoleum frescoes (1903)
Vilhelm Hammershøi
Interior from the Home of the Artist (1900)
Werner Holmberg
Linnanpuisto auringonlaskun jälkeen (1856)
Greta Hällfors-Sipilä
Cat (1918)
Self-Portrait (1920)
St. John’s Church (1918)
Väinö Kamppuri
Rainy Day on Mechelininkatu (1934)
Smoke Sacrifice (1929)
Sulho Sipilä
The First of May (1932)
The Skating Rink (1932)
Short films: Stories of Finnish Art
Stories of Finnish Art short films will show familiar classics in a new light. The camera picks up details on the surface of the works that are not visible to the naked eye. This reveals new aspects of familiar works: brushstrokes, highlight colours and surprising details.
Short films related to the Stories of Finnish Art exhibition
A series of short films featuring works in the Stories of Finnish Art exhibition shows familiar classics in a new light. In the films, the camera picks up details on the surface of the works that are not visible to the naked eye. This reveals new aspects of familiar works: brushstrokes, highlight colours and surprising details. There are 13 films in total.
Explore the entire art collection
The works in the collections of the Ateneum, Kiasma and Sinebrychoff art museums can be explored on the Finnish National Gallery website. You can search for works by title, year, artist’s name, or theme. Copyright-free works can be downloaded directly from the website.
Guided tours
We organise guided tours every week. The tours are included in the price of your entrance ticket, and they are organised in Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian. Guided tours in English are on even-numbered weeks on Saturdays.
The next guided tours in English
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Guided tours for your own group
Guided tour: Stories of Finnish Art
A basic guided tour of the Stories of Finnish Art exhibition. The guided tour participants are introduced to the concept of an art museum, and the phases of Finnish art and artistic life through the Ateneum collection. The tour is a journey through changes in history and visual culture, covering a period of more than one hundred years.
Restrictions may have an effect on the group size and availability.
Tour languages: Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian, French, Italian and Chinese.
Price: €95 + tickets
Group size: Max. 20 persons
Length: 1 h
Exhibition intro: Stories of Finnish Art
Exhibition intro is held in the Ateneum Hall, where you can sit comfortably while listening to an expert present the content and background of the exhibition. Images of the art are displayed at the same time. Following the intro you can enjoy the exhibition at your own pace.
Participants are introduced to the concept of an art museum, and the phases of Finnish art and artistic life through the Ateneum collection.
Restrictions may have an effect on the group size and availability.
Tour languages: Finnish, Swedish, English, Russian, French and Italian.
Price: €5/person + tickets
Group size: 10-134 persons
Length: 30–40 min
Please make your reservation four weeks before the occasion.
