Three temporary exhibitions per year of Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum offer top-quality Finnish fine art. The permanent exhibition The Long-distance Atelier focuses on the life and career of the sculptor Kimmo Pyykkö. During your visit to the museum, you can also explore the architecture of the award-winning Kangasala Arts Centre. You can find us in the heart of the beautiful town of Kangasala, 20 minutes from Tampere.
Landscape of a Century – Art from the OP Art Foundation collection (25.1.–31.8.2025)
Exhibition theme
The Landscape of a Century exhibition presents artworks from the OP Art Foundation collection, featuring paintings and sculptures by Finnish artists, spanning over a hundred years. A specific theme consistent throughout the collection is Finnish nature, providing us with a link from the past to the present. Nature has inspired several generations of artists, and the depiction of nature in all its diversity is seen both in modern and older works of art.
In the exhibition, modern art pieces have been placed side by side with art from different eras, creating a rhythm of continuity. It is important to bear in mind that all art has been thought of as being contemporary in its own time.
OP Art Foundation
The OP Art Foundation was founded in 1987 to promote music and visual arts. To fulfil this purpose, the foundation owns and lends high-quality instruments to talented young musicians. The foundation also owns an art collection and provides pieces for exhibitions organised directly with art museums and in collaboration with the Finnish Fine Arts Foundations association.
The OP Art Foundation holds an important role in preserving Finnish cultural heritage. Its art collection is one of the largest private collections in Finland, comprising about 3,000 pieces and encompassing a wide and extensive selection of Finnish art history, including paintings, sculptures, graphics and textile art from the mid-1800’s to the present day.
The collection also constitutes an obligation to the foundation. The collection must be understood as being part of the Finnish art reserve, currently held and maintained by the OP Art Foundation. It is important to fulfil the obligation of maintaining the artworks to ensure that the power of their message is also preserved for future generations.
Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum, 1st and 2nd floor
Albert Edelfelt: Maisema Beaulieusta (1886, oil on canvas, 33,5 x 51 cm). Photo: Rauno Träskelin
Photo: Jussi Koivunen
Kimmo Pyykkö: The Long-distance Atelier
The art museum’s permanent exhibition presents a journey through the sculptor and professor Kimmo Pyykkö’s atelier. From his childhood and adolescence in Kangasala, Pyykkö’s road took him to art education in Helsinki and a diverse career spanning six decades in the Finnish art scene.
Permanent Exhibition, 3rd floor
Ilai Elias Lehto: All is Full of Love (2024)
Strange play (20.9.2025-11.1.2026)
There are those who know how to play the part of a child and others who don’t even realize that they’re playing the part of an adult. Where are the boundaries and the common rules of play drawn? How do toys play when they’re left alone?
Ilai Elias Lehto’s solo exhibition extends from the artist’s studio beyond the boundaries of the playground, challenging the audience to explore the limits of play at the Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum from 20 September 2025 to 11 January 2026.
Ilai Elias Lehto (b. 1988, Joensuu) is a sculptor from North Karelia, eastern Finland, now based in Tampere. He primarily works with soft and recycled materials, mixing and fusing the traditions and techniques of fine arts and textiles craftsmanship. A recurring element in many of his works is the use of soft or furry surfaces that invite touch, such as the faux fur of plush toys, corduroy, or felting wool. The toy-like shapes and gentle textures in Lehto’s art often conceal profound questions about life itself.
Kimmo Pyykkö Art Museum, 1st and 2nd floor
Opening hours
Tue-Wed 11–17, Thu 11–19, Fri-Sat 11–17, Sun 11–15, Mon closed
Groups also by arrangement
Exceptions
Fri 18.4.2025 closed
Closed due to exhibition changeover Mon 1.9. – Fri 19.9.2025 closed
Entrance fees:
10€/6€/Museokortti (Finnish Museum card)/Under 18-year-old for free of charge
Guidances
Guided tour every Sunday at 1 pm;
included in the entrance fee.
Group reservations
040 773 0196
Guided tours for groups 50/70€ + entrance fees
Meetings and events 0400 304 530
