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Free exhibition intros and guided tours
We provide weekly exhibition intros or guided tours of current exhibitions.
A free exhibition intro is an introduction to the themes and backgrounds of the exhibition. The intro ticket is included in your exhibition ticket. A guide will introduce you to the exhibition through a visual presentation. You can enjoy the introduction while sitting comfortably in the conference room in the White Cellar, and then explore the exhibition at your own pace. The guided tours of the exhibition take place in the exhibition spaces.
Below, the next upcoming free intros and guided tours . See all upcoming events on the calendar.
- 23.9.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 30.9.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 7.10.2023 at 13–13:30
Open exhibition intro in Swedish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 7.10.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 14.10.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 21.10.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 28.10.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 4.11.2023 at 13–13:30
Open exhibition intro in Swedish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 4.11.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 11.11.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 18.11.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
- 25.11.2023 at 14–14:30
Open exhibition intro in Finnish: Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
Book a guided tour
You can book a guided tour for your group covering the special exhibitions, house museum, or collections. A guide will be there just for you. The guide encourages you to make observations, provides information and tells stories, and discusses the questions and interpretations that art inspires in you.
- Book your guided tour no later than one week before the desired date.
- Languages: Finnish/simple Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian
See tour options below.
Peder Balke – The Spell of the Arctic
On this guided tour you will get an interesting insight into the life and art of the Norwegian Romantic artist Peder Balke (1804-1887). He made a journey to the northernmost regions of Norway in 1832, which was to inspire the artist for the rest of his life.
Group size/guide: 1–15 people
Price: €115/guide + Normal admission
Duration: 50 min
Available from September 21 in 2023 until January 14 in 2024.
Rembrandt and the other masters
Cranach, Rembrandt, Tiepolo, Valentin…
Explore the works of art of the old masters on a guide-led tour. Enjoy the mood of the works, hear stories about the backgrounds, and learn about the symbolism in the paintings.
The tour also includes information of one of the barock´s masterpieces painted by Valentin de Boulogne, Allegory of Italy, visiting now the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.
The highlight of the tour is the only Rembrandt´s painting in Finland, Monk reading.
The works being explored date from a period spanning the 14th century to the 1850s, encompassing almost the entire European cultural sphere.
Group size/guide: 1–15 people
Price: €115/guide + Normal admission
Duration: 50 min
Collection exhibition, second floor
Visiting the Sinebrychoffs
Come and visit the neoclassical town house of the Sinebrychoff family! You can experience the life of the family in 19th-century Helsinki.
- How did the art collecting begin, and how was the art collection expanded?
- What was the life of the Sinebrychoffs like, its everyday and festive moments, next to the magnificent park, greenhouses and brewery?
- How did the building become a house museum?
The Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff house museum, comprising the four upstairs rooms facing Bulevardi, has been restored as close to the original as possible on the basis of photographs taken by the photographer Signe Brander in 1912. Paul and Fanny decorated their home in different styles, ranging from Dutch Baroque to classical Empire style. Join us on a journey through time to hear the story of Fanny and Paul!
Group size/guide: 1–15 people
Price: €115/guide + Normal admission
Duration: 50 min
Enquiries
Finnish National Gallery service sales
tel. 0294 500 500 (Mon–Fri, 10–14)
sales@fng.fi