Museum services for the elderly

Aalto2 Museum Centre

The Museum of Central Finland

The Museum of Central Finland operates as part of the Aalto2 Museum Centre. 

Alvar Aallon katu 7, Jyväskylä
tel. 050 360 8020
ksmuseo.info [at] jyvaskyla.fi
Opening hours Tue–Sun 10–18 (May–August), 11–18 (September–April)
https://www.jyvaskyla.fi/en/museum-central-finland

Experiences, nostalgia, shared activities and insights – The Museum of Central Finland, better known as KeMu, invites you on an exploration of Central Finland! Here in Ruusupuisto, in a magnificent museum building designed by Alvar Aalto, you can visit the museum, explore the exhibitions or just come and see us!

In The Museum of Central Finland you can access all floors and exhibitions with a lift. Accessible toilets are located on the first floor. A wheelchair and a rollator are available for borrowing during your visit to the museum. There is a parking space for disabled people in front of the museum building.

Free admission for personal assistants. Guide and assistance dogs are welcome in the museum.

Events

The Week of the Elderly and Senior Day

During the week of the elderly in October there are special events for senior citizens.

Memory-friendly museum tour

Memory-friendly museum tour, which is held 2-3 times a year, is aimed at people with memory problems and their relatives. The tour starts with having coffee together and it’s conducted in small groups by culture companions. The museum is closed to the public during the tour.

Museum tour with art and culture companions

Free admission to museums, e.g. for the recreation of home care clients.

Vapari – volunteering in Jyväskylä

For more information: https://www.jyvaskyla.fi/en/culture-and-leisure/culture/art-and-culture…

Permanent exhibition

Exploring Central Finland

KeMu's permanent exhibition Exploring Central Finland traces the history of Central Finland from prehistory to year 2000. Equipped with large amount of artifacts, photographs, stories and activities, the exhibition offers a wonderful opportunity to find one’s roots, take a nostalgic journey to adolescence years or enjoy a fun day with grandchildren.

The exhibition offers a wide range of things to see, listen to and do for all ages. For example, you can listen to memories and stories, marvel and admire the changing landscape and environment of Central Finland, watch a film, read a comic strip about the founding of the town, enjoy the atmosphere of a smoke sauna, sports or rap. And how about trying out the magic of 1960s dance with a jukebox?

Craftsmen’s Houses

Cygnaeuksenkatu 2, Toivola Old Courtyard
tel. 050 563 8823
[email protected]
Open Mon-Fri at 11 am – 4 pm
https://www.jyvaskyla.fi/en/museum-central-finland/welcome/our-museum-family/craftsmens-houses
Free entrance

The Craftsmen’s Houses at the Toivola Old Courtyard exude an old-time feel. Built in the 1842, the atmospheric Coppersmith’s House conjures up memories of times gone by. The museum is open year-round and one can explore it either with the museum’s guide or on one’s own.  

In the Museum Shop Sparvin’s cosy workshop space there are free open workshops with changing themes as well as free pre-booked workshops tailored for different audiences.

The Craftsmen’s Houses are not accessible.

Jyväskylä Art Museum

Kauppakatu 23, Jyväskylä
tel. 050 577 2712
taidemuseo [at] jyvaskyla.fi
Opening hours Tue–Sun 11–18
https://www.jyvaskyla.fi/en/jyvaskyla-art-museum

The fascinating phenomena of contemporary art, Central Finnish fine art, Finnish and international graphic art and drawing are at the heart of Jyväskylä Art Museum's activities, as well as accessibility and public participation in the visual arts. Jyväskylä Art Museum operates as a museum with regional responsibility together with The Museum of Central Finland and implements regional art museum tasks.

Jyväskylä Art Museum, in cooperation with the Centre for Creative Photography, runs Ratamo Printmaking and Photography Centre, which includes Ratamo Gallery and the graphics and photography studios at Veturitallit.

Accessible to all. All floors are accessible by lift. Accessible toilets are located on the first floor. A wheelchair is available for borrowing during your visit to the museum.

There is one parking space for disabled people on Kauppakatu in front of the Optia Savings Bank. There is also a taxi rank in front of the museum.

Free admission for war and front-line veterans, war-time Lotta Svärd members, in the company of art and culture companions and personal assistants. Guide dogs are allowed in the museum.

Material portfolios available for borrowing

Material portfolios are suitable for reminiscence, moments spent together around specific themes and multisensory recreation for volunteers and professionals alike. They are suitable for seniors' groups, discussion groups and elderly care units. The portfolios include instructions and ideas on how to use them at home, in institutions or in small groups.

Ateneum art portfolio

Ateneum art portfolio contains 20 A3-sized laminated prints from Ateneum's collections. A multi-sensory experience can be created by combining the images with scents, music or tactile materials. You can also ask for an art and cultural companion to come and present the portfolio. The portfolio measures 30 x 42 cm x 1.5 cm.

Living Colours, exhibition and workshop

Living Colours is an exhibition of paintings created by Jyväskylä-based women's group Leidit. The exhibition also includes colour paintings you can touch, poems and colour relaxing instructions. Leidit are also available upon request to hang the exhibition, read their poems and paint with the elderly and memory-impaired. This moment with colours will provide the staff with refreshment and tips on how to use the exhibition and suitcase stimulus materials as part of their care work.

Views, multisensory material portfolio

The first artists from Central Finland - Jonas Heiska, Juuso Putro, Edvin Hämäläinen, Hannes Autere, Oskar Raja-aho, Alvar Cawén, Urho Lehtinen and Carl Bengts - were born at the end of the 19th century and became active in the early 20th century. The Views portfolio conveys a multi-sensory, vivid picture of life a hundred years ago in small towns and in the countryside with A3-sized laminated images of paintings, tactile reliefs, and audio and Braille descriptions of the works.  The exhibition also includes materials, tactile objects and scents related to the works. The portfolio is also suitable for the visually impaired.

Borrowing a portfolio

All material portfolios are available for borrowing free of charge. The portfolio can either be picked up at Jyväskylä Art Museum or sent by courier or post, in which case the borrower is responsible for the cost.

The collection point is Jyväskylä Art Museum, Kauppakatu 23.

Please make an appointment for pick-up:

Tue-Sun 11-18 / Paula Jurvelin or Sanna Lahti, tel. 050 577 2712 or by e-mail to taidemuseo [at] jyvaskyla.fi.

Online exhibitions

The online exhibitions offer the elderly an opportunity to discover art and do small activities. Audio description is also available for some of the works.

A collection of online exhibitions: Online exhibitions | Jyväskylä.fi (jyvaskyla.fi)

Events

Senior Day

A free of charge, programmed senior day in October.  

Memory-friendly museum tour

Memory-friendly museum tour, which takes place in spring and autumn, is aimed at people with memory problems and their relatives. The tour starts with having coffee together and it’s conducted in small groups by art and culture companions. The museum is closed to the public during the tour.

Museum tour with art and culture companions

Free admission to museums, e.g. for the recreation of home care clients.

Hannemari Laitinen, tel. 050 338 1114, hannemari.laitinen [at]jyvaskyla.fi

For more information: https://www.jyvaskyla.fi/en/culture-and-leisure/culture/art-and-culture-companions

The Craft Museum of Finland

Kauppakatu 25, Jyväskylä
tel. 050 311 8884
craftmuseum.info [at] jyvaskyla.fi
Opening hours Tue–Sun 11–18
https://www.craftmuseum.fi/en

It's easy to come to The Craft Museum of Finland, right in the heart of Jyväskylä. The size is right and the whole family will enjoy it. In addition to the main exhibitions on the ground floor, the museum has several smaller exhibitions running concurrently. We take a very broad approach to craftsmanship: exhibitions showcase different craft techniques and craftspeople, as well as arts and crafts.

The facilities are accessible with assistance. The street level is wheelchair accessible. The other floors are accessible by wheelchairs that fit in the stairwell. From the street level, access to the first floor is by a stair lift. From the first floor, access to the ground floor and the second floor is provided by a larger passenger lift. The accessible toilet is located on the street level. Guide and assistance dogs are welcome in the museum.

Handicapped parking is  located on Kauppakatu 23, in front of the Optia Savings Bank.

Free admission for war and front-line veterans, war-time Lotta Svärd members and invalids of war, as well as assistants and support staff for disability card holders.

Material portfolios available for borrowing

Five differently themed portfolios can be borrowed by volunteers and professionals from elderly care units, retirement groups and discussion clubs around the country. The objects in the portfolios are accessible to all the senses.

• Underwear portfolio contains men's and women's underwear from different decades to remind you how people used to dress. What were the invisible underwear like?
• Primary school portfolio brings back memories of counting hours to recess and from morning prayers to the journey home.
• Marimekko memory portfolio creates moments of shared fun with Marimekko memories.
• Rya of my memories portfolio tells the history of the rya, how it is made and about crafts in general.
• Only paper portfolio evokes memories of everyday stationery as well as paper products from the days of scarcity.

Borrowing a portfolio

All portfolios are available for borrowing free of charge. The loan period is 1-4 weeks. You can either pick up the briefcase at The Craft Museum of Finland or it can be sent via Matkahuolto or Post, in which case the borrower is responsible for the cost.

The collection point is The Craft Museum of Finland, Kilpisenkatu 12, Jyväskylä.

Portfolio reservations via online form: https://www.lyyti.in/muistelusalkut

For further information: reetta.nikkarikoski [at] jyvaskyla.fi, tel. 050 311 8896 

Events

Events during the week of the elderly in October.

Exhibitions

The museum's permanent exhibitions, Craft – A Touch of Life and A Journey in Time, take a nostalgic journey through the history of craftsmanship in different decades. The exhibitions examine the importance of crafts in Finnish society, explore the time of crafts as part of the arc of history and admire the festive costumes of yesteryear in the basic exhibition of the National Costume Center of Finland.

The temporary exhibitions of the museum showcase craftsmanship as a profession, an art and a hobby. The exhibitions present new perspectives on making things by hand, taking a stand and creating experiences through the museum's own collections as well as those of other museums, operators and individuals.