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Ateneum Art Museum

Museum4.6 · 9 4394.3 · 1 155≈ 2 hEntry: ~21 €379 m from the center

Finland's best-known art museum and the heart of the Finnish National Gallery, open since 1888 in a neoclassical building facing the Central Railway Station. The collection celebrates the Golden Age of Finnish painting — Gallen-Kallela, Edelfelt, Järnefelt — including the Kalevala-themed frescoes made for the 1900 Paris World Fair, alongside works by Van Gogh, Gauguin and Signac.

Highlights

  • Gallen-Kallela and Finland's Golden Age painting
  • Kalevala frescoes from the 1900 Paris World Fair
  • Van Gogh, Gauguin, Signac
  • Online tickets €2 cheaper; under 18s free

Opening hours

Mon11:00 – 17:00
Tue10:00 – 18:00
Wed10:00 – 20:00
Thu10:00 – 20:00
Fri10:00 – 18:00
Sat10:00 – 17:00
Sun10:00 – 17:00

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