From Europe, With Culture
Seven European Exhibits You Should Not Miss
Made in Helsinki
Helsinki City Museum
Helsinki
hel.fi/hki/museo/en/etusivu
Scandinavian design is world-renowned, be it IKEA, Nokia or Bang & Olufsen. Helsinki is Finland’s design capital, established in the 1950s when Finnish design started to gain international notoriety. Homegrown interest, however, reaches back over 300 years. From the richest in society wishing to live in the most opulent surroundings possible to the ordinary working class aiming to own something more luxurious, Finnish design and manufacturing has catered to every whim. The Helsinki City Museum is showing the greatest pieces of Finnish design through the years, from sofas to jewelery, mirrors to silver decorations, pianos to beds. The museum includes five properties, all aiming to provide a glimpse into life across the years. Tuomarinkylä Manor (constructed in the 1790s) contains the Elegance Exhibition, displaying a wide variety of styles from baroque to functionalism, and offering a revealing look into the lives of the wealthy in Helsinki. The Museum of Worker Housing is a snapshot of everyday, working-class life in the 20th century, and features rooms decorated to match the styles of the people who lived in them over the years. Exhibition runs to Aug. 31, 2013.
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