Free admission days at museums in Helsinki

Is your wallet empty and your museum card expired? No problem. The following museums in Helsinki offer free admission at least once a month. Check the museums’ websites for any possible changes. Remember too that admission to galleries is always free of charge!

Jussi Hellsten

Always check the free opening hours on the site’s own pages!

Photo Designmuseo (c) Susanna Lönnrot

Tuesday

Architecture & Design Museum Helsinki
Korkeavuorenkatu 23
January-May and September-December, last Tuesday of the month 4pm-8pm free admission

Photo Pyry-Pekka Kantonen
Helsinki Biennial Pavilion 046

Wednesday

Finnish Museum of Photography

Hotel and Restaurant Museum

Theatre Museum

All three museums can be found at the Cable Factory, Tallberginkatu 1 G
Free entry on last Wednesday evening of every month, 4pm–7 pm

Photo Sophia Tran
Vanhankaupunginkoski rapids during a wintry sunrise

Thursday

Museum of Technology
Viikintie 1, Helsinki’s Old Town
Pay What You Want day on Thursdays!

Friday

Helsinki Art Museum HAM
Tennispalatsi, Eteläinen Rautatiekatu 8
Free admission for all on the last Friday of the month.

Villa Hakasalmi
Mannerheimintie 13b
Last Friday of the month, 11am-5pm

Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma
Mannerheiminaukio 1
Free admission for all on the first Friday of the month.

Sinebrychoff Art Museum
1st floor, Bulevardi 40 
Last Friday of the month, 3pm-6pm 
The house museum on the 2nd floor has free entry