Small Helsinki Museum Series

My Museum Buddy and I

Updated 22.3.2018

Helsinki has dozens of interesting museums, and pleasantly many venues have taken care to welcome even the smallest child visitors, so it’s worth going on a museum adventure even with a smaller child or baby.

The Small Helsinki Museum Testing Team also includes a four-year-old museum veteran and a one-year-old just getting acquainted with the museum world. With the four-year-old, a favorite list of regular museums has formed, places where this little-big museum buddy continues to get excited and interested again and again, while the smaller one loyally follows along and marvels.

Museum visits with children have often been successes and children have generally been welcome in exhibitions. Of course, we haven’t visited absolutely every museum or exhibition, and we’ve selected venues that also suit children. In this series, we introduce museums in Helsinki that we’ve found to be good and functional from the perspective of the little ones.

For those traveling with babies, it’s worth knowing that in nearly all museums where we’ve visited with strollers, we’ve been able to bring the strollers/prams into the exhibitions, and the very smallest visitors have been treated remarkably well. What bothers me most is that I didn’t realize during my first year with a baby that I should have visited more museums with the baby, because in hindsight it seems like an easy and relaxing way to get out in public.

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Current tips for Helsinki museums in March 2018

Helsinki City Museum and its Children's City is always a sure choice for small museum visits. History is played with here too! Free admission.

Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden delights in spring! Admission fee.

At the National Museum you can marvel at Finnish history and play in the museum’s Vintilla. Admission fee.

The Natural History Museum is an absolute must-visit museum destination with children. Admission fee.

Fire Museum next to Erottaja fire station is a wonderful destination for its location alone. Admission fee.

At the Päivälehti Museum you can, for example, marvel at typewriters, faxes and other old newspaper workers’ tools, browse old newspapers and get acquainted with newspaper work in many ways. The museum’s Pelle Peloton exhibition is excellent for children. Free admission.

At the Theatre Museum in the Cable Factory there is much to do and experience for children. Admission fee.

Kindergarten Museum is open on Wednesdays from 12-18. Admission fee.

Also remember: Toy Museum Horseshoe and Glims House Museum in Espoo!

Do you dare to go to a museum with children? Share your opinion or tips about museums with children in the comment section or on Small Helsinki’s Facebook.