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VINTTI is an interactive exhibition, where visitors can study the history of Finland and its culture using their hands and heads.
It is based on experimentation and personal experience, and the tasks and assignments also point the way to exploring the permanent exhibitions of the museum.
Open to everyone VINTTI is suited to everyone over the age of seven. Younger children can visit in the company of adults. There is no upper age limit.
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Vintti open Tue-Sun 12 noon - 4 p.m.
Workshop VINTTI can be visited with the museum's entrance ticket from 12 noon to 4 p.m. from Tuesday to Sunday.
Children's groups (day-care centres, schools) are requested to visit Workshop VINTTI only on guided tours Tue-Fri at 9-10, 10-11 or 11-12.
Group visits are by prior appointment and subject to a fee € 45 / 1 hour. The museum also provides guided tours including permanent exhibition and a visit to VINTTI.
Guided tours
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In Vintti you can ...
In Vintti you can build a log house or a brick wall, vote as Finns did in 1907, try your hand at assembly-line work, or help weave a long rug for the museum.
You can also harness a horse for riding or pulling a cart.
The different tasks present the rulers of Finland from kings to presidents, old weights and measures, timber species and fabrics used for clothing.
You can also experience office work of the 1950s, or sit on a throne and consider what you might do if you were an emperor.
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Group visits in Vintti
Children's groups (day-care centres, schools) are requested to visit Workshop VINTTI only on guided tours at 9-10 or 10-11 or 11-12 Tue-Fri.
The maximum group size is 30 persons and the guided tour lasts approximately one hour. Price € 45 / 1 hour.
VINTTI is also open to groups by prior appointment after 4 p.m.
Bookings Tue-Fri 9 a.m.-12 noon, tel. +358 (0)9 4050 9552. Bookings one week in advance. Over 30 or more persons groups, 2 weeks in advance.
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Group prices 2013 (incl. VAT 24 %)
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Children's groups € 45 / 1 hour with free museum entrance.
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Groups of adults € 90 / 1 hour + museum entrance. Entrance to the museum costs € 8 / 6 for adults, free entrance for children and persons under 18.
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Tasks in Vintti

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Tasks in Vintti
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1. Finland
2. Kings, Emperors and Presidents
3. The Throne
4. Elections (results here)
5. Measuring the world around you
6. Horse
7. Cow and milk
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8. Everything by hand
9. What is it?
10. The kitchen
11. Please be seated
12. How was thread spun?
13. Weaving cloth
14. Fabrics
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15. The Forest
16. Log house
17. House of brick
18. Building in Finland
19. Factory
20. Office
21. The School
22. Money
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Workshop VINTTI is open: Tue-Sun 12 noon - 4 p.m., closed Mon.
National Museum opening times
Entry fees
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