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Events

Guided tour to base exhibitions (in Finnish)
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Open today 11 am - 6 pm

Upcoming events

Guided Tours
15.11.2025 at 13:00 - 13:45

Museum of Technology, Viikintie 1d

Guided tour to base exhibitions (in Finnish)

Guided tour of the Technical Museum’s basic exhibitions. From 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., the Technical Museum’s professional guides lead visitors to their favorite objects and tell stories about our exhibits. Included in the price of the entrance fee.

Pay What You Want Day
20.11.2025 at 11:00 - 20:00

Museum of Technology, Viikintie 1d

Pay What You Want Day

The Museum of Technology offers experiences all year round and wants to provide everyone with an equal opportunity to visit.

Exhibitions

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A Fantastic Failure
3.4.2025 - 9.11.2025
The exhibition “A Fantastic Failure” tells a story about failure that sowed the seeds of the next success. Even though the N-Gage crashed and burned, it helped to build the foundation for the later success of Finnish games. The exhibition showcases users of the N-Gage, game developers and the engineers who developed the device.
Tekniikan museossa voi ihmetellä läheltä monia mielenkiintoisia ja innostavia innovaatioita.

TechLand
1.10.2017 - 31.12.2027
The starting point of the exhibition is the home, from where the themes expand to infrastructure, production, raw materials, processes as well as recycling and reuse of materials. The exhibition, which will be on display until 2027, will be renewed throughout its life cycle.

ei numeroa
12.4.2025 - 1.6.2025
ei numeroa is a group exhibition that considers luck from a range of artistic perspectives. Spanning multiple geographies and cultural positions, the artworks touch on the operations of chance, unpredictability, agency and control within the setting of the collection of the Museum of Technology in Helsinki.
Teledreams exhibiton, doll with old headset

Teledreams – a connection over time and place
10.9.2016 - 31.12.2025
The exhibition features more than 100 objects of communication technology from the end of the 19th century to the present day, as well as treasures from image and film archives.
Lapsi tutkii esineitä viivoittemn läpi

The Ghost and the Invention Device
9.11.2019 - 31.12.2027
The Ghost and the Invention Device is an interactive and child-centered learning environment that includes versatile learning methods. The environment together with museum objects support children’s creative museum engagement and encourages them to observe, handle and understand technology as a part of their everyday life.
Exhibitions

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All our exhibitions are designed to strengthen the experience of inclusion for all visitor, highlighting their own meaning as users and producers of technology.

The Museum of Technology

The Museum of Technology tells the story of technology in Finland. The Museum, founded in 1969, is located in the Old Town of Helsinki. It’s the only general museum of technology in Finland.

Our main exhibitions TechLand and TeleDreams tell the story of Finland from when it was an agrarian society to it becoming a leading developer and producer of high tech in the global market.

Our third exhibition The Ghost and the Invention Device is an interactive and child-centered learning environment that includes versatile learning methods.

Learn more about our exhibitions

Extensive collections

18803
objects
55521
photographs
6545
square meters
In the Museum of Technology's Ghost Invention machine exhibition, children get to explore different ways of approaching technology with their own hands
TechLand

The impact of technology on everyday life, work and the environment

The exhibition highlights the role of technology, industry and innovation in the construction of the over 100-year-old Finland. The exhibition reveals the influence of technology on daily life, work and the environment, showcasing the past, present and future of technology and industry.

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Museum of technolgy is located in kuninkaankartanonsaari, Helsinki

Location and accessibility

Kuninkaankartanonsaari combines wonderful nature and industrial historical buildings. The Vantaanjoki river flows into Vanhankaupunginlahti on both sides of the island.

 

We accept museum card

Opening hours and tickets

Pay What You Want Day on Thursdays
(you can decide the price of your admission)

Museum Card and Helsinki Card
We accept Museum Card and Helsinki Card. We also sell Museum Cards.

 

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