Heiskan taiteilijakoti
Artist’s home in Jyväskylä, more than a hundred years old, where the painter Jonas Heiska’s family lived; visits are by guided tour, booked through Aalto2.
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About the museum
Heiska artist’s home is a building more than a hundred years old in Jyväskylä, right next to the Aalto2 museum centre. The painter Jonas Heiska (1873–1937) lived there with his family, and the house’s objects, art and photographs tell of the life of an artist’s family over two generations. The home has been preserved as an atmospheric journey into the family’s everyday life.
Jonas Heiska was born in the village of Oravasaari in Toivakka. In his art he depicted above all the landscape of Central Finland, ordinary folk life and his home city of Jyväskylä. His work has been described as lyrical mood pieces, and warm humour is especially evident in his works on the theme of Seitsemän veljestä (Seven Brothers).
The artist’s home operates as a small museum of the Keski-Suomen museo (Central Finland Museum). It can be visited on a pre-booked guided visit, which starts in the lobby of the Aalto2 museum centre.
Highlights
- Artist’s home more than a hundred years old in its original setting
- Life of Jonas Heiska, his wife Maikki and Vappu Heiska through objects, art and photographs
- Guided tour with an Aalto2 guide
- Right next to the Aalto2 museum centre
- Operated by
- Keski-Suomen museo (Aalto2-museokeskus)
Admission & discounts
Tickets are bought from the Aalto2 online shop; a combined ticket for the Heiska artist’s home and Aalto2 is also available. A Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) is accepted, but a Museokortti ticket must be booked through the online shop, because a guided tour holds 15 people.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: not available
- Elevator: not available
- Accessible restroom: not available
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
The artist’s home is not step-free. There is no visitor toilet at the site; the sanitary facilities are in the Aalto2 museum centre.
Kids & families
The museum hasn’t published any information on this.
Getting there & parking
By public transit
Museo 2
The nearest Linkki stops (Jyväskylä bus stops) to the Aalto2 museum centre are Museo 2 on Hannikaisenkatu and Yliopisto 1 on Keskussairaalantie.
The artist’s home is located at Kramsunkatu 8, right next to the Aalto2 museum centre, and the tour starts from the museum centre’s lobby.
Get directionsAmenities & dining
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Events & venue rental
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Plan your visit
| Guided tours | yes · approx. 60 min |
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| Good to know | The guided part lasts about 60 minutes, and no more than 15 people can join a tour. Tours are conducted in Finnish. The tour starts in the lobby of the Aalto2 museum centre, where the ticket and the Museokortti or a proof of entitlement to a reduced ticket are shown at the ticket desk. |
