The joint Museum Day of Suomenlinna’s museums is celebrated annually on Gustavus Day, June 6. Museums are open from 11.00 to 20.00, with free admission all day.

Suomenlinna

6.6.2025

The museums are open 11.00-20.00

Free admission

Museum Day Programme:

Suomenlinna Museum:

13.00 & 14.00 Introduction to the temporary exhibition The Cellar of the Sea
A representative from the John Nurminen Foundation presents the exhibition and discusses the Baltic Sea.

Ehrensvärd Museum:

12.00 & 14.00 Miss Blomcreutz’s house tours (in Finnish) – approx. 30 min
Explore the museum and experience the lifestyle of 18th-century Finnish nobility. Learn about fashion, etiquette, the minuet dance, and the secret language of fans.

Military Museum:

New miniature exhibitions for the summer:
– Between Two Homes, about Finnish war children
– Victory is Ours, a Soviet war propaganda poster exhibition

Free guided tours and family-friendly activities throughout the day.

Guided tours at the Manege:

• 12:.00 Finland at War 1939–1945 (30 min, in English)
• 14.00 Human Fates in War (30 min)
• 18.00 Finland in War (30 min)
• 19.00 The Lapland War (30 min) – 80th anniversary of the war’s end

Guided tours at the Artillery Manege:

• 2:30 PM Between Two Homes – intro (15 min)
• 3:00 PM Changed by War (30 min)
• 5:00 PM Victory is Ours – intro to Soviet propaganda (15 min)

Summer colouring & paper doll workshop at the Artillery Manege:

Colour summery images or create your own paper doll with clothes and accessories.

Submarine Vesikko:

13.00 Submarine course for children
What was it like to serve on a submarine in the 1930s? Learn through play – participants earn a diploma!

All-day activity: The Wild Vesikko Pups:
Mama Vesikko has lost her colourful pups in the museum – help find them! Bring them to the ticket counter for a prize. (One prize per visitor.)

Customs Museum:

Programme to be confirmed – the museum and exhibitions are open all day.

Suomenlinna Adventure Trail Characters on Site:

12.00–14.00 & 15.00-17.00
Miss Blomcreutz and Matti Matinpoika Mattila will be roaming the fortress and museums, guiding visitors and sharing stories.