Guided tours to the Design Museum exhibitions

All free guided tours in English to the current exhibitions, please check the timetable here. Max 15 persons on the tour.    

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

Enquiries about guided tours
+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 Café 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 Café offers freshly baked sourdough bread, pastries, pies and sweet pastries. The café 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 2 p.m.

Taito Café is open during the museum´s opening hours.

Contact
myynti@taitocafe.fi
tel. +358 45 7750 3022

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.

The Design Shop is open during the museum´s opening hours.

Contact
Terhi Koivusaari
Design Store Manager
+358 9 6220 5421
terhi.koivusaari@designmuseum.fi