Design Museum offers a unique learning environment for people of all ages who are interested in design. We want to present design in broad perspective to different audiences and to tell of its importance as part of our environment.
The museum welcomes groups of schoolchildren, families with children, students, senior citizens and parties of visitors from workplaces – everyone who is interested in design.
Visit the museum for a guided tour, take part in its events or book a workshop session.
Information on services for groups and design education projects below. Events open to the public are listed under Events.
Guided visits with activities, workshops, training sessions for teachers. For more information, please contact info@designmuseum.fi
Children and families
Design Birthday parties for Children
Give a memorable birthday party for children at Design Museum with an exhibition visit, a design workshop session and delicious treats.
Duration: 2 hours. Price: Weekdays €100 / group, weekends €120 / group (including museum entrance, workshop session and the hire of the Studio). Group size: Max. 15 (with one adult per every five children). Catering: Either via the museum café or visitors may bring their own food and beverages.
Venue bookings for Design Birthday Parties: Tel. +358 9 6220 540 (8-11 a.m.), info@designmuseum.fi
Design Birthday Party catering: Taito Café, tel. +358 45 7750 3022
Guided tours
GUIDED TOURS FOR VISITORS
Join us on a free-of-charge guided tour of the topical main exhibitions, included in the museum entrance fee! Guided tours for museum visitors take place in Finnish on Tuesdays from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and on Saturdays from om 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Check out the times for guided tours in other languages here. Guided online tours that are open to public are organised on the first Wednesday of each month, from 5 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. on the Design Museum’s Facebook page.
GUIDED TOURS FOR GROUPS SUBJECT TO A CHARGE
Welcome to a guided tour of the Design Museum! You can pick the exhibitions that are of interest to your group and join us for a tour, guided by a professional guide at the museum.
Weekdays: €60 (+admission)
Weekends: €75 (+ admission)
More information and bookings:
Tel. +358 (0)9 6220 540 (from 8 am to 11 am), info@designmuseum.fi
Virtual tour: €100
More information and bookings here.
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For teachers
Design Museum offers day-care centres, schools and other educational institutions a wide range of workshops, guided visits and various educational packages.
MUSEUM VISITS
Museum visits are free of charge for under 18-year-olds and teachers accompanying groups of pupils or students.
Please inform the museum’s guide-booking service for self-guided tours, tel. +358 9 6220 540, 8 – 11 a.m. at other times to info@designmuseum.fi.
Please register at the ticket counter when you arrive at the museum. Backpacks and outdoor clothing are to be left in the lockers and coat rack on the first floor.
Please remain with your group of pupils or students during the visit and remind the group before the visit that exhibits must not be touched.
Photography is permitted in Design Museum. This may be a positive aspect when planning the visit. Enquire in advance if the group wants to bring along sandwiches or box lunches. A separate space will be reserved for the purpose.
GUIDED TOURS AT THE MUSEUM
You get more out of an exhibition when you explore it with a professional guide. During a guided tour, we marvel and explore together and discuss the essence of design and how it affects things around us. You can pick the exhibitions that are of interest to your group and join us for a tour, guided by a professional guide at the museum.
Group size: 1-25 persons
Duration: The guided tour takes approximately 45 minutes, but it can be adjusted to a shorter timeframe at request.
Languages available: Finnish, Swedish, English and Russian
We also offer tours in simplified language or with visual description.
Price: For school and nursery groups €35 (+ admission. No admission fee for under 18-year-olds and teachers accompanying a study group). Teachers who are planning a visit are welcome to explore the exhibitions free of charge in advance.
Bookings: Tel. +358 (0)9 6220 540 (from 8 am to 11 am), or by e-mail: info@designmuseum.fi
WORKSHOPS FOR DAYCARE CENTRES AND PRIMARY, SECONDARY AND UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS
Design Museum offers reasonably priced workshops for children and young people from daycare centres and primary, secondary and upper secondary schools.
Duration: 90 minutes Group size: 1 –22 persons Prize: €60 / group on weekdays
Free entrance for persons under 18 and for teachers or assisting personnel arriving with a group. Please note. It is a good idea to have several supervising persons for groups of small children.
Enquiries and bookings on weekdays
Tel. +358 9 6220 540 (8 a.m. – 11 a.m.)
info@designmuseum.fi
Studio
In Design Museum’s Studio you can engage in design and creating form on your own in connection with the themes of current exhibitions. The Studio can be reserved for holding design-related teaching sessions in the winter season.
Studio’s temporary exhibitions offer a look at the design ideas of children and young people and various design education projects.
Projects
Design Museum is developing methods and material for teaching design to children and young people. Design Kiddie Academy afternoon club sessions for third to sixth grade pupils started in 2010 in Helsinki primary schools. In the clubs, children are introduced to the design process through their own activities. The clubs are organised on specific areas of design spanning from jewellery and fashion design to industrial design. The clubs are free of charge to the participants and they are supervised by professional designers. The programme includes visits to the Design Museum. Design Kiddie Academy is realized jointly by Design Museum and the Finnish Association of Designers Ornamo and it is a pilot project of City of Helsinki Cultural Office.
Read also more about Pop up VR-museum by Spice project from here
Workshops
Booked workshops
The museum holds design workshops for people of all ages for a change to get to know design through hand-on work and experimentation. The workshops are supervised by the museum’s workshop guides and visiting designers.
Workshops for groups of adults
Design Museum also has workshops offering experiences and inspiration for groups of adults.
Duration: 90 minutes Group size: 1 –22 persons
Workshop fee: adult groups €300 on weekdays, €350 Saturdays and Sundays
Enquiries and bookings on weekdays
Tel. +358 9 6220 540 (8 a.m. – 11 a.m.)
info@designmuseum.fi
Workshops for daycare centres and primary, secondary and upper secondary schools
Design Museum offers reasonably priced workshops for children and young people from daycare centres and primary, secondary and upper secondary schools.
Duration: 90 minutes Group size: 1 –22 persons Prize: €60 / group on weekdays
Free entrance for persons under 18 and for teachers or assisting personnel arriving with a group. Please note. It is a good idea to have several supervising persons for groups of small children.
Enquiries and bookings on weekdays
Tel. +358 9 6220 540 (8 a.m. – 11 a.m.)
info@designmuseum.fi
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