Accessibility

Ticket counter is in the museum’s central hall, with access by lift from the ground floor.
Ticket sales, tel: +358 9 4050 9544, during musem opening hours.

Opening hours
Tue 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Wed-Sun 11 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Mondays closed

Entrance fees 2010
Adults € 7,00
Discounts € 5,00 (students, pensioners over 65, conscripts and groups of over 10 members), under 18-year-olds and assistance free of charge.

The accessible entrance is at street level on Mannerheimintie under the main staircase. There is a phone at the door for contacting museum staff who will open the door. The accessible toilet is on the ground floor near the entrance and the public lift leads to all floors.

Visitors may borrow wheelchairs and Rollator walking aids from the cloakroom. There is a wheelchair lift on the first floor between the prehistoric exhibition and the medieval church room in room 105. There is room for wheelchairs at the back of the auditorium. 

Guide and assistance dogs are welcome.

The tended cloakroom is free of charge and is located on the first floor next to the museum’s main entrance. There are coin-operated (50 cent) lockers next to the cloakroom and on the ground floor.

The lift connecting the floors of the building is next to the central hall and ticket sales counter. The first floor exhibition area has a lift for movement-impaired between the prehistoric exhibition and the medieval church room in room 105.

An induction loop system is installed at the Ticket Counter, in the Information Centre and in the Auditorium. 

Amplified headsets are available for guided tours. Please inquire at the guide booking. 

Magnifying glasses and torches can be borrowed from the ticket counter.

Guided tours and workshops can be customized for special groups of visitors. Guided tours can be ordered in Finnish, Swedish, English, German, French, Russian and Finnish Sign Language. For more information please contact guide bookings, tel. +358 9 4050 9552, Tue-Fri 9 a.m. -12 noon. Bookings one week in advance. Over 30 or more persons groups, 2 weeks in advance.

Guided tours are offered in Finnish sign language and signed Finnish.

The cafeteria is on the ground floor of the museum. The accessible entrance is at street level on Mannerheimintie under the main staircase. 

The Museum Shop is on the first floor next to the entrance.

The museum’s Information Centre is located on the second floor. The centre has a reference library related to the exhibitions and general material on cultural heritage of Finland for use by visitors. The information centre also presents various parts of the exhibition multimedia prorammes. The exhibition multimedia programmes consists of various sections situated in different exhibition areas; the sections either provide further information on the topics of the exhibition rooms or give information on different centuries. 

Strollers can be borrowed from the cloakroom next to the central hall of the museum.

There are public toilets on the first floor near the central hall next to ticket sales and on the ground floor next to the auditorium.

Accessible toilet is on the ground floor.

The childcare room is on the ground floor. The cafeteria has feeding-chairs and a microwave for heating food for children. Strollers can be borrowed from the cloakroom next to the central hall of the museum.