Taide- ja museokeskus Sinkka

About the museum

Taide- ja museokeskus Sinkka (Sinkka Art and Museum Centre) is a museum run by the City of Kerava's museum services in the Sampola district, about 600 metres from Kerava railway station. Keravan museopalvelut (Kerava Museum Services) present, research and record local history and interesting phenomena of contemporary art, and they belong to the City of Kerava's cultural services. Sinkka is open all year round and receives about 23,000 visitors a year.

Sinkka's changing exhibitions present current art, the history of design and the past of Kerava. In addition to exhibitions the museum offers cultural events, guided tours and programmes for families with children. On the floors there is also a museum shop and a small café.

The museum's collections are divided into an art collection, applied-arts collections and a cultural-history collection. In the Sinkka drawing office (Piirustuskonttori), the professional museum storage of the collections is combined with exhibition and activity, and the backstage of museum work is opened to the public. The museum services also maintain the Heikkilä museum area, which tells of the life of a farmstead in Kerava from the mid-19th century to the early 1930s.

Highlights

• Exhibitions of contemporary art, design and local history
• Art, applied-arts and cultural-history collections
• Sinkka drawing office and the backstage of museum work
• Lasten Aistiseinä (Children's Sense Wall) and Maaria Wirkkalan Taikakaappi (Maaria Wirkkala's Magic Cabinet)
• Museum shop and café

Permanent exhibition

• Sinkan piirustuskonttori – In the drawing office, the professional museum storage of the collections is combined with exhibition and activity, and the backstage of museum work is opened to the public. The Vanha Valtatie (Old Main Road) virtual experience is included.

Founded

1990

Operated by

Keravan kaupunki, museopalvelut

Admission & discounts

Free admission: The first Saturday of each month is a free day, if the museum is open.

Admission is free with a Museokortti (Finnish Museum Card) or Kaikukortti. Admission is also free for unemployed people, authorised travel guides, group guides and drivers, members of the Keravan taidemuseon ystäväyhdistys (Kerava Art Museum Friends' Association), members of ICOM and museum-sector employees, media representatives with a PRESS card, and teachers accompanying a group. Payment methods are cash and the most common bank and credit cards. The card entitling the holder to a discount is shown at the till.

Accessibility

• Wheelchair accessible
• Elevator
• Accessible restroom
• Accessible parking
• 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 outer door is automatic and works with both a motion sensor and a button. A spacious lift serves all exhibition floors; the lift doors do not open automatically, so help can be requested from staff if needed. There is a step-free car parking space in the car park. The ticket desk has an induction loop. The exhibitions have light folding chairs as well as chairs with armrests and backrests. Help with arrival can be arranged in advance at sinkka@kerava.fi or by telephone.

Kids & families

Great for kids & families

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

Children are welcome. On the middle floor there is an interactive Sense Wall that works by touch; on the top floor there is the Vanha Valtatie virtual experience in the Sinkka drawing office (suitable for slightly older children) and Maaria Wirkkala's Magic Cabinet. Some exhibitions may have age recommendations or restrictions for children visiting alone. Prams can be taken into all exhibition spaces. The spacious toilet also serves as a nursing room, and the café has a high chair.

Getting there & parking

The main entrance is on the Sampolankatu side. From the stop on Sampolankatu it is about 130 metres to the museum, and from Sibeliuksenkatu about 110–190 metres.

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Museum shop
• Coat check
• Lockers

The museum café has ten seats and a children's high chair; the café closes 15 minutes before the museum. The museum shop sells its own products, specialist literature, exhibition publications, postcards and domestic products. Lockable storage cabinets work with a token or a €1 coin; only a small handbag (up to about A4) may be taken into the exhibitions.

Events & venue rental

The museum hasn’t published any information on this.

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