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.
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
Sparkling Aspirations — Crystal From Finnish Homes and Estates
February 8–May 11, 2025
Finnish Glass Lives 9
February 8–May 18, 2025
past exhibitions
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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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 - 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 - 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 28–December 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
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
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
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
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
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