Muumimuseo

About the museum

In 1986 Tove Jansson donated her Moomin art to the Tampere Art Museum, and her husband, the graphic artist Tuulikki Pietilä, donated her own print collection the same year. Thanks to these gifts, Tampere became home to the world’s only museum devoted to the Moomins.

The exhibition Muumilaakso (Moomin Valley) opened in 1987 in the basement of the Metso library building. It was on show there until 2013, and in the 1990s it drew nearly 200,000 visitors a year, many of them from abroad. Because of a renovation of the library building, the exhibition moved to smaller premises in the basement of the Tampere Art Museum on Puutarhakatu, where it remained until 2016.

Muumilaakso closed on 30 October 2016, and the collection moved to the new Tampere-talo. The museum was given the name Muumimuseo (Moomin Museum) and opened to the public on 17 June 2017. The museum belongs to the city art museums of Tampere.

Highlights

• Original Tove Jansson illustrations for the Moomins
• Three-dimensional Moomin worlds
• The Magician’s Hat and the ship Pyrstötähti
• Atelier with open workshops
• Public guided tours at weekends

Permanent exhibition

• Muumitaidetta – The permanent exhibition presents the whole Moomin story through Tove Jansson’s original illustrations. On display are, among other things, The Magician’s Hat, three-dimensional Moomin worlds and the ship Pyrstötähti.

Founded

1987

Operated by

Tampereen kaupunki

Admission & discounts

Admission is free with the Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card), the Aktiivipassi and the Kaikukortti. Tickets are bought at the Tampere-talo ticket desk. A ticket is valid for six hours.

Accessibility

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

A step-free ramp is to the right of the main door of Tampere-talo, and the outer door has an automatic opener. The museum has two floors; the entrance is on the upper floor, and the lower floor is reached by lift. A wheelchair can be borrowed from Tampere-talo if booked in advance. The museum has no toilets of its own; step-free toilets are in the foyer and on the lower floor of Tampere-talo. An easy-read guidebook is available from the shelf at the entrance.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops
• Hands-on stations
• Stroller-friendly
• Baby changing facilities

In the open workshops in the atelier children can make crafts and draw. The three-dimensional Moomin worlds contain sound clips from the books in several languages. Pushchairs can be taken into the museum, and the pushchair park is in the foyer of Tampere-talo. Most toilets in Tampere-talo have a changing table.

Getting there & parking

The museum is entered through the main door of Tampere-talo, and tickets are bought at the Tampere-talo ticket desk. From the railway station it is a walk of under ten minutes to the museum.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers

Restaurant Tuhto is in Tampere-talo. The cloakroom is free and self-service; the lockers work with a €1 coin.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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