Encounter Finland’s most iconic artists
Let the charm of the golden era impress you, and challenge yourself with intriguing contemporary art.
Orimattila Art Museum may surprise you with its broad-ranging content and top-tier collections. The museum is home to the Päijät-Häme region’s most extensive display of Finnish art from the turn of the 19th–20th centuries, which is supplemented by changing exhibitions.
The art museum was founded in 1978 and is maintained by the City of Orimattila.
Information
Orimattila Art Museum in a nutshell
The museum is built around the collections of the Ilmari and Toini Wall-Hakala Art Foundation. This historically significant body of artwork provides a cross-section of Finnish art all the way from the 1800s to the 1960s.
The artists represented include Albert Edelfelt, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Pekka Halonen, Helene Schjerfbeck, Maria Wiik, Hugo Simberg and Tove Jansson.
You can also enjoy the thirty-year oeuvre of sculptor Pentti Papinaho, a collection of sculptures by Essi Renvall, and the story of the Orimattila-born Erkko brothers: the journalist Eero Erkko, and the poets J.H. and Rudolf Elias Erkko.
In our changing exhibitions, you will encounter the topical phenomena of contemporary art.
Changing exhibitions
Orimattila Art Museum holds 4–5 changing exhibitions of Finnish contemporary art every year. You can find the exhibition calendar on our website, just click the following link.
Museum shop
In the museum shop, you will find items by local artists, as well as cards, magnets and other well-loved museum souvenirs.
Contact info
Lahdentie 65, 16300 Orimattila
Kulttuuritalo, 2nd floor, stairwell A.
There is an elevator in stairwell B for visitors with restricted mobility, prams or pushchairs.
Tel. +358 44 781 3567
We are open all year round.
You can check the opening hours and entrance fees on our website.
We accept Museum Cards!
How to get here
By bus from Lahti using Lahti regional buses. Timetables: www.lsl.fi
By train to Henna station, and from there by taxi or service bus. Check the service bus timetables on the City of Orimattila’s website.
