What is left in the Temple of Memory - Exhibition, performance, seminar, screening
5.9.2025
Vaasa City Museums serves as the regional responsibility museum of Ostrobothnia, producing, preserving, and presenting the science, art, and history of the region. Our exhibitions offer a mix of local and international culture and art. Check out what we have to offer below!
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The exhibiton offers a glimpse into Frithjof Tikanoja’s remarkable collection. Tikanoja was not only a businessman but also a lover of literature, music, and visual arts. He amassed an extensive book collection and an art collection comprising over a thousand works. Long-term exhibition.
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Children’s and young people’s worlds take center stage in the I’m Not Afraid group exhibition showcasing acclaimed contemporary illustrators. In addition to the well-known forms of illustration, such as drawings and paintings, animations and spatial installations contribute to a multi-sensory form of storytelling. On display 27.9.2025–23.5.2026.
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The artist, art critic, gallerist, and art collector Jan Olof Mallander has been a living legend in the Finnish art world since the 1960s. He was a central figure in introducing international avant-garde, Fluxus, and underground art to Finland. The extensive solo exhibition at Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art showcases the artist’s impact in various roles.
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Exhibition Treasures from Near and Beyond the Seas is based on objects and works of art from the collection of Karl and Elin Hedman. The renewed collection exhibition was opened to the public in June 2024.
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Terranova - natural history exhibition explores the unique nature of our region, including the World Heritage Site of the Kvarken Archipelago, the ice age that influenced its formation, and the relationship between humans and marine nature. The future is contemplated, especially from the perspective of climate change.
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Vaasa 400 takes visitors on a journey through the city’s 400-year-long history. The exhibition highlights events and circumstances that have shaped the society, administration, education, livelihood and everyday life of the people as well as festivals and celebrations.
Explore the exhibitionBelow you can find the opening hours, entry fees, and contact details of Vaasa’s museums. Did you know that by buying a ticket to one of the museums entitles you to visit them all, the Ostrobothnian Museum, Tikanoja Art Museum, and Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, on the same day?
Ostrobothnian museum: closed until november 28th
Kuntsi museum for modern art: Wed–Sat 10–17
Tikanoja art museum: Wed–Sat 10–17
Old Vaasa museum: Wed–Sat 10–17 (open 4.6-30.8)
Adults: €12
Students, pensioners, military conscripts, unemployed: €7
Children and young people under 18 years of age: free admission
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The museums of Vaasa include the Ostrobothnian Museum, the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art, the Tikanoja Art Museum, and the Museum of Old Vaasa.
The museums of Vaasa preserve the intangible and tangible cultural heritage and communicate it to the public through the collections they hold. The museums produce exhibitions and other museum and cultural environment services, and seek to support identities, transmit knowledge, and provide experiences.
The Museums of Vaasa carry out a regional responsibility for museums in the province of Ostrobothnia.
Explore the history of the Vaasa region as well as the nature and world heritage of the Kvarken Archipelago in our permanent exhibitions.
The Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art offers changing exhibitions of modern and contemporary art. Enjoy contemporary art amid the coastal landscapes of Vaasa.
The Tikanoja Art Home offers exhibitions of domestic and foreign old art, cultural-historical exhibitions, as well as collection exhibitions.
The Museum of Old Vaasa is located in the Wasastjerna House in the Old Vaasa district. Visitors can explore the history of Vaasa before the fire of 1852, which destroyed a large part of the city.
