Changing Exhibitions in Tampere

Moomin Museum

At Moomin Museum, there are always original Moomin illustrations by Tove Jansson on display. The Moomin Museum’s Observatory hosts changing exhibitions.

Tove Jansson is one of the most internationally renowned Finnish artists. She is best known as the creator of the Moomin characters and as the author of the Moomin books, but Jansson herself considered herself primarily a painter. In addition to her representational and abstract paintings, Jansson created several public monumental works, illustrations, cartoons, and comics. The exhibition An Artist’s Life – Tove Jansson at the Moomin Museum’s Observatory explores Jansson’s diverse artistic career alongside the phases and relationships of her life. Tove Jansson was a courageous trailblazer in her own right as an artist, individual, and woman. The exhibition is open until May 18th, 2025.

Sara Hildén Art Museum

An exhibition by Maaria Wirkkala: Back and Forth will open on October 12 at Sara Hildén Art Museum. Maaria Wirkkala (b. 1954) – one of the most important Finnish artists of her generation – has been a pioneer in many ways: with her aesthetics, use of materials, and conceptual approach. She has combined sculpture, installation art, video, and even performance art in her works in a way that is evocative and poetic. Space, light and time are central themes in her art. Maaria Wirkkala was awarded the first ever Ars Fennica Prize in 1991.

Museum Centre Vapriikki

Vapriikki rocks! Explore the unique music phenomenon of Tampere, Manserock, in super popular exhibition. The Manserock exhibition, on display until December 31, 2025, explores the phenomenon born in the summer of 1975, which originated from the joint Manserock tour of Juice Leskinen Coitus Int. and Alwari Tuohitorvi. The phenomenon swept across Finland and grew into mega-popularity over the following decade. Manserock left a lasting impact on the Finnish music scene and continues to resonate strongly into the 2020s.

On October 11 will open a new exhibition at Vapriikki. Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters will bring a dose of sunshine to the grayness of the Finnish autumn. The world’s oldest living culture will unfold before museum visitors through artworks, artifacts, and video installations. The exhibition is in collaboration with the National Museum of Australia.

A Fantastic Failure -exhibition examines the successes and failures of Nokia’s N-Gage from the perspectives of game developers, players, and the engineers who developed the device. Rare and previously unseen material on the development of the game console, its games, marketing, and reception is on display. Visitors can also play games on the original N-Gage consoles, of course. The exhibition is open until January 5, 2025.

The Japanese romance games exhibition shows what types of Japanese romance games are out there and their influences on games outside of Japan. Open until 10th of November.

Vapriikki’s 50 years of Dungeons & Dragons exhibition celebrates the dungeons and the dragons, the dungeon masters and players. Dungeons & Dragons has undeniable significance as a phenomenon in gaming and popular culture that has spanned generations, but it has also influenced gaming culture as a whole.

Tampere Art Museum

An exhibition by Suvi Sysi, this year’s Young Artist of the Year, opens at the Tampere Art Museum on October 26. Her works are primarily abstract installations, combining expressive techniques from printmaking, sculpture, and painting. In addition to paper, the materials used in her work include clay, wood, and plaster.

Additionally, the autumn exhibition in the basement of the Tampere Art Museum showcases works by previous Young Artists of the Year from the museum’s collection. The exhibition features paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, installations, and media art.

The National Police Museum

What were antenna cars? When did the colour of police flashlight turn blue? What is the origin of the police vehicle nicknames Maria and Mörkö? The next special exhibition of the Police Museum, Marias and Mörkös – Police vehicles on and off the road, will include a diverse display of police vehicles: cars, motorcycles, scooters, snowmobiles and all-terrain vehicles.

The Finnish Labour Museum Werstas

The main exhibition at Werstas, United, explores working-class history from the 19th century to the present day. United is an exhibition which highlights the experiences of ordinary people and invites the visitor to join the story of better future built together.

Take a peek inside the gates of a construction site! The exhibition Builders explores construction work, workers’ lives, and collective organisation in the construction industry over a hundred years. The exhibition is on display until August 2025.

Don’t forget that the entrance to the Finnish Labour Museum Werstas is free of charge!

Museum Milavida

The Masterpieces of Fashion exhibition showcases the glamorous and colorful history of fashion from the 1770s to the 2010s. Sparkle, elegance and drama are served by the costumes of the world’s top fashion designers such as Paul Poiret, Elsa Schiaparelli, Versace, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Alexander McQueen. The oldest layer of fashion is represented by a magnificent woman’s court dress from France from the 1770s.

Mobilia – Finnish Museum of Car and Road

On the Road exhibition at Mobilia showcases how Finns leasure road trips have changed through the years. The exhibition is on display until 20th of December.

Hot hatches, opening on the 4th of October, is a miniature exhibition designed for the Fenno Gallery, showcasing ten different interpretations of sporty small cars. The exhibition is on display until 31st of August, 2025.

Serlachius 

Serlachius Manor

ROR ABC – Revolutions On Request, on display until March 23rd, 2025, is an exhibition by the Helsinki-based artist collective ROR – Revolutions On Request. Originally consisting of various representatives from visual arts, applied arts, and music, the group gradually formed into a smaller, dynamically changing artist group focusing entirely on contemporary art. The exhibition is thrilling, entertaining, explosive, and ridiculously fun! Each artwork in the exhibition contributes to the overall ROR art.

Salt in our blood, in our sweat, in our tears – Nastja Säde Rönkkö’s three-channel video installation is on display until March 23, 2025.

Serlachius Headquarters

Los moimoi de Fuengirola is an exhibition and research project in which artist Riiko Sakkinen explores the Finnish identity in Fuengirola, on Spain’s Costa del Sol. The exhibition is on display until February 16, 2025.

Thank-you Letters is a group exhibition that gives visual artists and other professionals working in the visual arts the opportunity to highlight an individual artist and their work and to thank them. The exhibition is on display until February 16, 2025.

Please note that Visit Tampere is not responsible for changes.