Suomen kansallismuseo

This is our family favorite, absolutely fantastic museum! Great changing exhibitions and a wonderful collection of the Finnish history. Full of information and great experience also for kids. Many fantastic features, such as time trip to Finnish heavy metal music and predicting the future president.

This museum offers so much more than its size would suggest. There are lots of sections to wander through to discover the history of Finland from prehistoric times to now.
Take your time to wander through and take it all in. From the history of the sauna to modern heavy metal, you'll find so much to see and do!

Okay museum to check out if you're visiting Helsinki housed inside an old church that tells the story of the history of Finland from the Stone Age to the 19th century. I did feel that the layout was a tad confusing and for €10, it's a fairly small museum. If you purchase the Helsinki Pass I would do it if it's raining but other than that, it wasn't the most interesting museum I ever been to. Plus it was super packed so it made getting around a bit of a challenge.

This is a must-visit! The prehistory portion (Stone-Bronze-Iron-Viking) is modern and well done with multimedia content that provides context and enhances the artifacts; audio-visual, pieces available to touch, modern rendering of how items were worn or created. Superbly done. The medieval through 19th century art and artifacts are an impressive collection. It's mostly baroque paintings, medieval through 19th century furniture, and an entire room devoted to Christian based art pieces from medieval churches. The virtual reality feature in the throne room was fun! Signs are in Swedish, Finnish and English. I really took my time and also visited the temporary Barbie exhibit (remaining until Aug 28 2018), and I was in the museum for about 3 hours but I read nearly every thing possible. Could definitely be enjoyed in less time if you don't have that much time.