Museokeskus Taika

About the museum

Museokeskus Taika is located in the very centre of Hyvinkää, on the second floor of the Jussintori shopping and art centre, about 300 metres from the railway station. It brings together the exhibitions of the Hyvinkää Art Museum and the Hyvinkää City Museum (kaupunginmuseo).

The Hyvinkää City Museum is a cultural history museum that tells of Hyvinkää and the history of its people. The exhibitions of the art museum present contemporary art and phenomena in the art of the 1900s and 2000s. The museum centre's permanent collection exhibition Taidelabra presents the collections of the Hyvinkää Art Museum.

The museum centre exists for its community: its values are customer orientation and accessibility, respect for cultural heritage, courage and experimentation, and equality. The Valvila Factory Museum (Valvilan tehdasmuseo) in the wool factory area also belongs to the museum centre. Hyvinkää's history as an art town is also strongly visible in the public art of the streetscape, which the museum centre presents.

Highlights

• Taidelabra – permanent collection exhibition of the Hyvinkää Art Museum
• City museum exhibitions on the history of Hyvinkää
• Contemporary art exhibitions
• Children's art birthday parties and the escape game “The Mystery of the Lost Painting”
• Public art in Hyvinkää

Permanent exhibitions

• Taidelabra – Hyvinkään taidemuseon kokoelmanäyttely – The permanent collection exhibition presents the collections of the Hyvinkää Art Museum.
• Valvillan tehdasmuseo – The textile museum in the inner courtyard of the Hyvinkää wool factory tells of the history of the factory.

Operated by

Hyvinkään kaupunki

Admission & discounts

Free admission: Free admission on Wednesdays 16:00–18:00.

The unemployed enter free. Edenred and Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) are accepted as means of payment. Admission to the Valvila Factory Museum is free.

Accessibility

• Partially wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• Service dogs welcome
• Tactile models & exhibits: no information
• Sign language tours: no information
• Easy-to-read materials: no information
• Audio description: no information

The Jussintori property is not barrier-free. The museum centre is on the second floor and can be reached by lift (width 100 cm, depth 119 cm; the doors open automatically and the floor numbers can be felt by touch). The main entrance has a threshold and a wind lobby, but a removable ramp can be requested at the door. The foyer, the exhibition spaces and the art workshop space are barrier-free, and the doors to the exhibition spaces have door-opening buttons. The door of the accessible WC does not open automatically. Folding chairs, pushchairs, torches and magnifying glasses can be borrowed from the ticket desk. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are welcome. Spaces marked for wheelchair users are at the north end of the car park.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Baby changing facilities
• Kids’ birthday parties

There is always something to do for children at Taidelabra. Children's art birthday parties suit children from the age of five: a tour of the exhibition and a workshop, lasting 2 hours. The escape game “The Mystery of the Lost Painting” is aimed at 9–12-year-olds and is played by advance booking. The accessible WC has a baby-changing table and a potty; pushchairs can be borrowed from the ticket desk.

Getting there & parking

There is a taxi stand at the north end of the car park.

Amenities & dining

• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers

The museum shop sells gifts related to local history, jewellery, art supplies, publications and postcards. There is a free, unguarded cloakroom and lockable lockers in the foyer.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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