current exhibitions

 

In January the museum is closed, except during events on January 8th and 16th,
and Glass Day on January 25th, 2025.
On Glass Day the museum is open from 11am to 3pm.


Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION

The exhibits on the ground floor display the early stages of the history of glass and provide basic information on glassmaking techniques, including glassblowing, the mechanical production of glass and decorating techniques.

The upper floor of the building is devoted to the history of the Finnish glass industry and products such as bottles, polished crystal and pressed glass. The history of Finnish glass design is divided into sections on the history of serial manufacture, art glass, and glass art.

 

upcoming exhibitions

 

Aimo Okkolin: Water lilies, Photo Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum

Sparkling Aspirations — Crystal From Finnish Homes and Estates

February 8–May 11, 2025

Riina Kokkonen: Lighthouse, Anne Hirvonen: Bloom No. 4, Ville Kokkonen: Anora V, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum

Finnish Glass Lives 9

February 8–May 18, 2025

 

past exhibitions

Matias Karsikas: Flowers, Photo: Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

Matias Karsikas, The North Abloom – Pro Vitrea Prize exhibition

October 5–December 31, 2024

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Arni Aromaa: Magic Ponds, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum

Arni Aromaa – HYBRID

October 5–December 31, 2024

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Laura Laine: Still life in lutre / Green baby, Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

Laura Laine – Nature Morte

May 18–September 29, 2024

The exhibition Nature Morte features new works in various media by Laura Laine (b. 1983), presenting the wide-ranging career of one of Finland’s most renowned fashion illustrators.

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Inkeri Toikka: Pastoral Vases, Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

Idyll – Inkeri Toikka´s Art

May 25-September 22, 2024

The exhibition Idyll – Inkeri Toikka´s Art provides a rich overview of her oeuvre and its playful combinations of pastoral idylls and exuberant colourism.

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Saara Hopea, Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

Saara Hopea - Beauty as a Choice

February 3–May 19, 2024

The Finnish Glass Museum presents the career of a versatile designer and master of many materials in its exhibition Saara Hopea – Beauty as a Choice

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Kaj Franck, Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum

Kaj Franck - A Designer´s Utopia

February 10–May 12, 2024

Kaj Franck (1911–1989) was a Finnish glass and ceramic designer whose creations are a perfect marriage of geometrical form, colour, multifunctionality and timeless elegance. His designs draw inspiration from nature and from Japanese arts and crafts.

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2023

  • Alma Jantunen October 28December 31, 2023

  • Marta Klonowska Movements – Duchruchu October 7–December 31, 2023

  • UU Market: Viva Magenta September 9–December 31, 2023

  • Phenomenal Form - Aalto Vase May 13–October 15, 2023

  • Santtu Mustonen: Variants May 13–September 24, 2023

  • KAJO – Häme University of Sciences Design Students May 6–September 3, 2023

  • Still Life – Nanny Still’s Glass, Design, and Art February 11–April 30, 2023

  • Teemu Kylvö – Teleports February 4–April 30, 2023

  • glass – hand formed matter February 11–April 23, 2023

 

2022

  • Matias Karsikas – Glass Forest 5.11.–31.12.2022 and on Glass Day 21.1.2023

  • From Lauscha to the world – Christmas ornaments and other lampwork creations 28.10.–31.12.2022

  • Pasi Kärkkäinen-Tunkelo - Diorama 5.11.–31.12.2022

  • The Goddesses of the Dawn - Marjut Tuulia Numminen 2.9.–30.10.2022

  • Heikki Orvola - Master of Materials 6.5–23.10.2022

  • Ambiente - Printed Fabrics by Timo Sarpaneva 6.5.–16.10.2022

  • From Generation to Generation - Aada Vainio and Heikki Punkari 3.6.–28.8.2022

  • Reflections - Häme University of Applied Sciences Design Students 4.–29.5.2022

  • Modern time lamps – Bauhaus 100 years 25.2.–24.4.2022

  • Wilhelm Wagenfeld – Lights after the Bauhaus lamp 18.2.–24.4.2022

  • GLASS ARMY / LASIARMEIJA - Tiia Tirronen 4.2.-17.4.2022

 

2021

  • EMPIRIA - Kirsti Taiviola 29.10.–31.12.2021

  • DEGREES - Learning with glass 29.10.–31.12.2021

  • Saara Korppi - Korppi's spring 17.9.–21.11.2021

  • THE WONDER OF MILAN - Finnish design takes over the world 7.5.–17.10.2021

  • Structural Landscapes - Sauli Suomela 7.5.–26.9.2021

  • Fluentum - Design Students of Häme University of Applied Sciences 7.5.–29.8.2021

  • Lasismi – Blowing Into Life 12.2.–18.4.2021

  • Tommi Toija – Metamorphoses 12.2.–18.4.2021

  • Friends of Ceramics at the Glass Engraving Exhibition - Susanne Koskimäki 6.11.2020–18.4.2021

 

2020

  • Anatomy of Longing - Helmi Remes and Panu Ruotsalo 6.11.–31.12.2020

  • Paolo Venini (1895–1959) – The Reformer of Italian Glass Design 2.6.–31.12.2020

  • Nanny Still - Riihimäen Lasi Oy, Pearls from the Collections of the Finnish Glass Museum 18.9.–1.11.2020

  • The Beauty of the Phenomena – Gunnel Nyman and Dora Jung Glass and Textiles 3.7.–25.10.2020

  • GLASSZILLA - HAMK Design Students Exhibition 2.6.–30.8.2020

  • EGS - Writing Stories with Three Letters 15.2.–17.6.2020

  • Finnish Glass Lives 8 15.2.–19.4.2020

 

The finnish glass museum´s exhibitions elsewhere in finland

 

Kerttu Nurminen: My Nature, My World

Exhibition at Design Museum Iittala hosted by the Finnish Glass Museum

5.4.–1.10.2023

Kerttu Nurminen worked as a designer at the Nuutajärvi Glassworks from 1972 to 2007 and was the last salaried glass artist employed at the Iittala design company that Nuutajärvi was part of.

Nurminen designed many popular tableware items but balanced her commercial work with the many unique sculptures that she created through out her long career.

All about Glass

The functional All about glass exhibition, created in cooperation between the Finnish Glass Museum and Annantalo, Helsinki, introduces glass and its many dimensions.

11.11.2022–25.2.2023

Collective and Solo – Co-creations of Designers and Glassblowers

Exhibition at Design Museum Iittala hosted by the Finnish Glass Museum

7.5.2022–31.1.2023

Suomen lasitaiteen ikonit ja niiden tekijät

Exhibition at Design Museum Iittala hosted by the Finnish Glass Museum

7.5.–31.12.2021

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Humppilan lasi - The Delightful Play of Finnish Glass Design

Exhibition at Lasitehtaantie 5, Humppila

24.6.2020–23.8.2021

The finnish glass museum´s exhibitions abroad

 

Still Life – Nanny Still’s Glass, Design, and Art

The exhibition ”Still Life” showcases Nanny Still’s production from the 1950s to the early 2000s.

28.4.2024–26.1.2025 LWL-Museum, Glashütte Gernheim, Germany

Glass Finlandia

The exhibition presents Finnish glass art from the 1930s to the present day.

19.4.–26.11.2023, Halle du Verre, Claret, France

In Oiva´s Wonderland - the Art of Oiva Toikka

This exhibition leads viewers to Oiva Toikka’s surprising and colourful world of fantasy.

13.3.–28.8.2022 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany

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Tapio Wirkkala – A Poet in Glass and Silver

The exhibition features art glass and silver objects designed by Tapio Wirkkala.

30.10.2015 – 8.5.2016 Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain

2.6. – 3.10.2016 Grassi –museum, Leipzig, Germany

19.3. – 6.8.2017 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany

13.10 – 5.12.2017 Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia

30.10.2019 – 31.1.2020 The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Tapio Wirkkala and Rosenthal

The exhibition features objects designed by Wirkkala for the Rosenthal Studio-Linie and Rosenthal Thomas brands. Also on display are ornamental motifs designed by Tapio Wirkkala and his wife Rut Bryk for Rosenthal tableware.

19.3. – 6.8.2017 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany

13.10 – 5.12.2017 Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia

30.10.2019 – 31.1.2020 The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

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Kaj Franck – Geometry

This exhibition, his first major solo show in Japan, displays around 150 of his key works presenting a complete picture of Franck as a designer.

21.9. – 31.12.2019 The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Japan

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Timo Sarpaneva Glass Art Collection Kakkonen

The exhibition explores Sarpaneva’s life’s work as a designer and artist and showcases his beloved classic pieces.

30.3. – 24.9.2017 Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain

16.2. – 6.12.2020 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany