Top 20 best museums in Helsinki

Suomenlinna (Sveaborg) is a fortress built on six islands in front of the port of Helsinki. Suomenlinna is on the UNESCO World Heritage List, and about 900 people live on the various islands. In addition to a museum and a library, there is also a naval school.

The Temppeliaukio Church, also known as the Church of the Rock or Rock Church, is a Lutheran church located in the Töölö neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland. It was designed by the architect brothers Timo and Tuomo Suomalainen and was opened to the public in 1969. The church is unique in its design as it is built directly into solid rock, giving it its popular names.

Seurasaari (Finnish) or Fölisön (Swedish) is an island located in Helsinki. The island is best known as the location of the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum of Finland that was founded in 1909 and where houses and buildings from all over the country are located. Besides the buildings, the island is home t

The Ateneum is a museum of art in Helsinki that holds the largest collection of 19th-century art in Finland. In the past, the Helsinki art academy was also housed in the building. The collection of the Ateneum includes Finnish art from 18th-century rococo portraiture to the experimental art movement

The Natural History Museum of Finland (Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo, Naturhistoriska centralmuseet) is a research institution and natural history museum of the University of Helsinki. The Finnish Museum of Natural History holds, maintains and exhibits the national collections of plants, fungi and

The Kiasma is a museum of contemporary art in Helsinki that aims to showcase contemporary art and to strengthen its status. One of Kiasma’s roles is to collect the latest works in contemporary art. There are currently about 8,000 works in the collections, and about 100 new pieces are added every yea

The National Museum of Finland (SUomen Kansallismuseo) is a museum in Helsinki on Finnish history from prehistory to the present. Besides this, the museum holds and exhibits a large collection of excavations of the Mesa Verde culture. The building that houses the museum was designed by architects He

The Mannerheim Museum (Mannerheim-museo) is a museum in Helsinki that is dedicated to the Finnish president and military leader Carl Gustaf Mannerheim . The museum is located in the former house of Mannerheim and retains much of its original interior. Mannerheim lived in the house from 1924 until hi

The Helsinki Zoo (Korkeasaaren eläintarha, Högholmen djurpark) is the largest zoo in Finland. The zoo is located on the island of Korkeasaari, a 22-hectare rocky island, connected to Helsinki. The Helsinki Zoo is home to around 200 animal species, and about a 1000 plant species, all divided geograph

The Helsinki City Museum (Helsingin kaupunginmuseo) is a regional museum in Helsinki that aims to record Helsinki's spiritual, material and architectural heritage. The main location is located in one of the oldest streets of the city between the Senate Square and the market. The museum highlights th

The Design Museum (Design Museum) is a museum dedicated to industrial design, graphic design and fashion in the Finnish capital Helsinki. The museum was founded in 1873, which makes it one of the oldest design museums in the world. The Design Museum in Helsinki holds and exhibits a large collection

Visitors can enter the fascinating world of sea in SEA LIFE Helsinki. The main attraction in SEA LIFE Helsinki is an underwater tunnel with sharks and a discovery pool.

The Sinebrychoff art museum (Sinebrychoffin taidemuseo) is a museum in Helsinki. The building that houses the Sinebrychoff Art Museum was built in 1842 by the Russian businessman Nikolai Sinebryukhov and was used in the early years as both a country house as well as part of his Sinebrychoff brewery.

The Vesikko is a Finnish submarine, currently used as a museum ship, located on the island fort Suomenlinna in Helsinki. The submarine was built between 1931 and 1933, in the Crichton-Vulcan shipyard in Turku and was commissioned by the Reichsmarine through a German company that "hid" under the Dutc

Suomenlinna is a sea fortress in Helsinki and there are six museums in the fortress. The Suomenlinna Museum is the official museum of the Suomenlinna fortress. The permanent collection consists of various objects found during excavations on the island. The second floor of the museum shows the restor

The Didrichsen Museum (Didrichsenin taidemuseo) is an art museum on the island of Kuusisaari in Helsinki that was founded by Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen. At first, Didrichsen gathered traditional Finnish art, but gradually moved to modernism. The building was built between 1958 and 1967 by Fi

The Military Museum of Finland (Sotamuseo) is a war museum in Helsinki. The museum aims to to collect, preserve, research and display artifacts and other heritage related to the development of the Defence Forces of Finland, Finland's military history and to the history of weaponry. It was founded in

The Helsinki Art Museum ( Helsingin taidemuseo) is a museum housed in the tennis palatsi in the Finnish capital Helsinki. The museum is managed by the municipality of Helsinki and exhibits the art collection of the city, containing over 9,000 works. The Helsinki Art Museum also features a small perm

The Helsinki Tram Museum (Ratikkamuseo) is a museum in Helsinki that is located in a tram depot from 1900 near the oldest tram line in Helsinki. The Helsinki Tram Museum illustrates the history of public transport in the city through its collection that consists of museum trams, models and photos. T