Please, note that due to the situation with COVID-19 virus the guided tours are cancelled for the present. We will inform you of all the updates on this page and in here.

Come for guided tours of the Design Museum exhibitions with a professional museum guide.

Prices: weekdays €60, Saturdays and Sundays €75. 

Guided visits for pupils and students of comprehensive and secondary schools: €35. Bookings by phone on +358 9 6220 540, 8 – 11 a.m. At other times, please contact info@designmuseum.fi

Free guided tours for the public (not for the groups) 2020:

In English:
25th Jan at 3 p.m.
29th Feb at 3 p.m.
28th March at 3 p.m.
25th April at 3 p.m.
30th May at 3 p.m.

During the summer period 1st June – 31 Aug “Finnish Design in 3o minutes” on every Monday at 11:30 a.m. and normal guided tour on every Saturday at 3 p.m. (not on Sat 20.6.).

26th Sep at 3 p.m.
31st Oct at 3 p.m.
28 Nov at 3 p.m.
19 Dec at 3 p.m.

In Finnish:
Tuesdays at 5 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m.

In Swedish:
11th Jan at 1 p.m.
8th Feb at 1 p.m.
14th March at 1 p.m.
18th April at 1 p.m.
9th May at 1 p.m.
13th June at 1 p.m.
11th July at 1 p.m.
8th Aug at 1 p.m.
12th Sep at 1 p.m.
24th Oct at 1 p.m.
14th Nov at 1 p.m.
12th Dec at 1 p.m.

In Russian:
11th Jan at 3.30 p.m.
8th Feb at 3.30 p.m.
14th March at 3.30 p.m.
11th April at 3.30 p.m.
9th May at 3.30 p.m.
13th June at 3.30 p.m.
11th July at 3.30 p.m.
8th Aug at 3.30 p.m.
12th Sep at 3.30 p.m.
10th Oct at 3.30 p.m.
14th Nov at 3.30 p.m.
12th Dec at 3.30 p.m.

Enquiries about guided tours in other languages
+358 9 6220540 at 8 a.m. – 11 a.m. 
info@designmuseum.fi

Enquiries about guided tours in other languages from the information service
+358 9 6220 540
info@designmuseum.fi

Designed by the architect Gustaf Nyström and dating from 1894, is an excellent venue for all kinds of events. Added value is provided by Design Museum’s changing exhibitions and guided visits. The museum has years of experience of organizing events for businesses, organizations and private individuals. 

Lecture Space and Conference Room 

Design Museum’s Lecture Space and Conference Room can mainly be rented during the museum’s opening hours. Exhibition can also be hired upon separate agreement for events outside museum hours (6 p.m. – 10 p.m.). The museum is in the centre of Helsinki and is easily accessed.

Rental of facilities:
Lecture Space (70 m2, max. 75 persons) €400/3h and Conference Room (up to 16 persons) €300/3h. The price does not include VAT (24%).

Café

The museum’s fully licensed Taito Café seats 35 and is open to the public during museum hours. After closing at 6 p.m. refreshments can be served in other areas of the museum. The museum café provides high-standard catering services planned according to the wishes of customers. Various events, such as cocktail parties and buffets, can be held in the exhibition and lobby spaces of the museum.

Exhibition spaces 

The exhibition spaces are on three floors: 

Basement level (gallery) 250m2, height 200–285 cm, max. 65 persons. Rental from €600 € (+VAT 24%)/3h.

First floor  (lobby), 250m2, height  360–410 cm, max. 180 persons. Rental from €700 € (+VAT 24%) /3h.

Second floor, 700m2, height 420–610 cm, max. 180 persons. Rental from €1800 (+VAT 24%) /3h.

Please note that the architecture of the museum’s temporary exhibitions may affect the number of persons allowed in the spaces concerned. 

The rental of facilities can be combined upon agreement with guided tours of Design Museum’s exhibitions.

Enquiries and rental of facilities

Booking form

Please address enquiries and requests for quotes concerning available space, bookings for facilities and guided tours to: info@designmuseum.fi
By phone Mon – Fri 9 a.m. – 11 a.m.,  tel. +358 9 6220 540.

Taito Cafe combines Finnish design with stylish and relaxed cuisine. Design, art and cooking alike call for feeling, love and professionalism – all of which are elements of Taito Cafe’s identity. Our values include support for local food and small businesses.

Taito Cafe offers freshly baked sourdough bread, pasties, pies and sweet pastries. The cafe also serves coffee from a local roastery, microbrewery beers and organic wines. A delicious soup and salad lunch is served daily from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.  

TAITO Café 
myynti@taitocafe.fi
tel. 045 7750 3022

Design Museum online store offers a greata variety of design products and design publications. Come explore, order and have them delivered to Your door. 

shop.designmuseum.fi

Design Museum Shop offers a wide range of Finnish and international design products including both classics and work by young designers. The shop also features products on a changing basis related to current exhibitions at the museum.

Street address
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
00130 Helsinki



Contact
Terhi Koivusaari
Shop manager
+358 9 6220 5421
terhi.koivusaari@designmuseum.fi