Riihimäki Glass Museum

The Finnish Glass Museum's mission as a national museum is to present the history and design of glass. The museum offers visitors an insight into the over 4,000-year-old history of glass and the Protected content tradition of Finnish glassmaking.

Exhibitions:
Sparkling Imaginations – Crystal from Finnish Homes and Representative Spaces
The exhibition presents crystal objects from Finnish homes and representative spaces from the late 18th century to the present day. The exhibition delights with color experiments, Protected content interior design, award-winning objects and the well-known Finnish art glass of the Protected content .

Finnish glass lives 9
The Finnish Glass Lives 9 exhibition brings together art objects and serial production created over the past five years, glass-related events, the work of industry professionals, and current phenomena in the glass industry. The exhibition is part of a long-term contemporary documentation project, curating a representative selection of glass industry artists' samples from Protected content .

Permanent:
The first floor of the Glass Museum presents the early stages of glassmaking and glassmaking methods; glassblowing, machine manufacturing, and surface decoration techniques.
On the second floor, you can explore the glass collection. The Design Hall tells about Finnish glass design, while the central hall displays, among other things, crystal and packaging glass.

From Helsinki: 1 hour by train - on 5 feb, return ticket: 25 EUR