Our current exhibitions

In our museum, you get to know the following engaging exhibitions:

Permanent exhibition

Exploring Central Finland

Temporary exhibitions:

ME - YOU - US 
The Jyväskylä Artists’ Association’s 74th annual exhibition (4th floor)
23.3.-12.5.2024

The Jyväskylä Artists' Association, is an organisation for professional artists in the Central Finnish region, founded after the second World War in 1945. From the beginning of its history, the Artists’ Association’s annual exhibitions have presented current contemporary art from Central Finland, which at the same time, has created direct connections between artists, the artists’ association and the public. This intense atmosphere of interconnectivity is emphasised by the name this year’s 74th annual exhibition, ME - YOU - US.

Heart Sounds – The Pulse of Punk in the Dead Centre of Finland 1977–1992 (1st floor)
3.2.-28.4.2024 

Punk reached Finland at the end of the 1970s and also made an impact on the youth of small towns and rural farmlands from Pihtipudas to Mäntyharju and from Keuruu to Kuopio. This exhibition presents the history of punk for everyone: for cynical punk veterans, nerdy record collectors, and academic time travellers. The exhibition recounts the Punk way of doing things loudly and with a big heart.

This kind of subculture is created when telephones are hooked on the wall, mail is sent without electricity, zines were printed on the school xerox and photos taken at a gig might be ready in a couple of days. Perfectionism was not important in Punk. Everyone was allowed to perform regardless of their technical ability or the thickness of their wallet. These principles still apply almost 50 years later.