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26.4.2023 Merry Tumpkin and his endearing friends are the stars of the Moomin Museum’s new temporary exhibition, Tumpkin’s Time. It is based on the beloved nursery rhymes authored by the Finnish poet Kirsi Kunnas (1924–2021), who transports the reader to magical worlds of play and imagination. Originally produced by the Päivälehti Museum, the Moomin Museum presents the exhibition in the author’s hometown, featuring delightful original illustrations.

17.2.2023 In Tove Jansson’s book Moominland Midwinter, the creatures of forest light a giant bonfire to make the darkness go away and to welcome the sun back to the sky. As the creatures beat their drums and lose themselves in a wild frenzy of dance and revelry, their tufted, tailed and horned forms cast swaying, swirling shadows in the snow.

10.2.2023 Is your head spinning with ideas, feelings, rhymes, wondrous adventures and memories? Are your fingers itching to capture and share your fleeting impressions? But how? The answer is easy! Make your own book!

9.11.2022 Art historian Selma Green (M.A.) has been appointed Museum Director of the Tampere Art Museum and Moomin Museum. She will assume her duties as the new Museum Director on 1 January 2023.

3.11.2022 The Moomin Museum takes pleasure in hosting the Finnish-American illustrator Tilda Rose as its resident guest artist in Tampere this November. During her residency, Rose will work in the Moomin Museum’s Studio and reside on the grounds of Haihara Manor. Now organised for the second time, the residency is intended for professional illustrators and organised jointly by the Moomin Museum and the Finnish Illustration Association.

17.10.2022 Creepy-crawlies and mysterious creatures are taking over the Moomin Museum during the autumn holidays.

15.6.2022 The world's only Moomin Museum is already five years old as it was opened on 17th June 2017. The anniversary will be celebrated with free admission on Friday, 17th June 2022.

26.4.2022 For those who would like to enjoy the museum in a peaceful environment.

8.4.2022 Congratulations to Tilda Rose, the next Finnish Illustration Association and Moomin Museum artist-in-residence!

17.2.2022 Winter holiday will be full of colours and fun for the whole family, inspired by the books of Camilla Mickwitz. The programme is included in the admission fee.

7.2.2022 Dr. Pentti Eistola died in Helsinki on the 11th of January 2022. His creative touch can be seen by everyone who visits the Moomin Museum.

21.1.2022 The Moomin Museum is open normally up to 4 February 2022 but the number of visitors is being restricted to 10 persons per exhibition space. All events have been cancelled until 4 February 2022, including free admission on 28 January.