Tampere Festival of Light illuminates the city – Opening ceremony in Koskipuisto Park on 24 October

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Tampere Festival of Light illuminates the city – Opening ceremony in Koskipuisto Park on 24 October

13.10.2025 Tampere Festival of Light is back to brighten up the darkest time of the year with a variety of illuminations and events. The traditional opening ceremony will be held in Koskipuisto Park on Friday, 24 October at 7 pm, and admission to the event is free. This year, the festival will celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Moomins with Moomin-themed lighting displays and the Light Gallery exhibition titled The Moomins’ Journey Home.
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Traditional and paper-crafted Christmas joy at the Moomin Museum!

27.11.2024 The holiday season, with all its hustle and bustle, sweeps us off our feet, making it feel impossible to slow down—even though it’s exactly what we need. In the peaceful atmosphere of the Moomin Museum, finding a moment of calm becomes possible. Shielded from the world’s noise, visitors can pause to listen to Tove Jansson’s heartwarming short story The Fir Tree and create stunning Christmas tree decorations in the Studio!
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Tove Jansson's first illustration of the Moomin House is the highlight of the Moomin Museum's renewed main exhibition

20.9.2024 On 21 September 2024, the Moomin Museum will reopen with new original Moomin illustrations by Tove Jansson. All of the museum's paper-based works have been replaced with new works from the collection donated by Tove Jansson. These illustrations are on display for the first time at the Moomin Museum. The jewel of the new exhibition is Tove Jansson's very first illustration of the Moomin House.
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Moomin relationships and favourite illustrations – the Moomin Museum opens 21.9.2024

18.9.2024 The Moomin Museum’s event day celebrates the museum’s new illustrations. Tove Jansson’s delicate original Moomin artwork need a rest after being exhibited to be preserved for future generations, so once again the whole set has been redone. The museum's Studio is open all day, well-known people from Tampere will talk about their own relationship with the Moomins (in Finnish), and the visitors can choose theis favourite Moomin illustration.
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An exhibition about Tove Jansson opens in the Moomin Museum on 20 April 2024

11.4.2024 Tove Jansson (1914–2001) is one of the most acclaimed Finnish artists of the 20th century. Jansson was a painter, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, comic strip artist and scenographer, but she is best known as the famed creator of the Moomin characters. The exhibition An Artist’s Life look backs at Jansson’s career and the biographical milestones and relationships that shaped her artistic journey.
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