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The closure also includes self-service libraries, library busses and self-service returns.
The Jyväskylä Region is favourably located from a geographical point of view. Reaching the Jyväskylä Region is relatively quick and straightforward from just about anywhere in Finland. The City of Jyväskylä stands at the confluence of numerous trunk roads (highway 4, E75, 9, E63, 13 and 23), so road connections from elsewhere in Finland are quick and easy. The distance between the capital Helsinki and Jyväskylä, for example, is approximately 270 km.
In Jyväskylä you can find eight carpet washing jetties that locate in Huhtasuo, Keljonkangas, Lehtisaari, Palokka, Tikkakoski, Kuohu, Vesanka and Korpilahti.
Self-service carpet washing jetties are prepared for use after winter at the beginning of May until September. Carpet washing jetties are open from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. There are not running water after 10:00 pm.
Carpet washing jetties are free of charge. Please, remember to take your own soap with you and keep surroundings tidy.
Jyväskylä has about 150 parks and 100 playgrounds which are available for everyone free of charge. You can find all the playgrounds on map and parks on the map.
You are warmly welcome to the Museum of Central Finland with your group to enjoy, get information or just to hang around. Please let us know before hand that you are coming. We look forward to seeing you!
For more information, visit the Aalto2 website
+358 44 790 9827 or
[email protected]
Tue-Sun at 10 am-6 pm (May-August)
Tue-Sun at 11 am - 6 pm (September-April)
The Museum of Central Finland is located at Alvar Aallon katu 7, 40600 Jyväskylä.
By car
Aalto2 is the new dimension of the Museum of Central Finland and the Alvar Aalto Museum in Jyväskylä, Finland. The Alvar Aalto Museum is responsible for Alvar Aalto’s architecture and design legacy and the Museum of Central Finland cherishes the cultural heritage of Central Finland. Together we reach further and closer in exploring our shared love - milieus of life.
Tue-Sun at 10 am - 6 pm (May-August)
Tue-Sun at 11 am - 6 pm (September-April)
Aalto2 Museum Centre Info tel. +358 44 790 9827, [email protected]
Information about the admission fees and arrival on the website of the Aalto2 museum centre
What could be nicer than enjoying old-time atmosphere and doing a bit of shopping at the same time? The Museum of Central Finland offers a chance for that at the Museum Shop Sparvin located at the Toivola Old Courtyard. In the museum shop, you can find products befitting the spirit of the late 19th century Jyväskylä, and you can also buy Museum Cards.
The museum shop is located in the Sparvin house, which is the oldest residential building in central Jyväskylä still in its original place. The house was built in 1861.
The Museum of Central Finland invites you on a journey to explore Central Finland. No matter what your connection to Central Finland is, your role on this journey is important. We both have a lot of valuable information. Let’s bravely share it with each other. Let’s also invite our friends to this expedition and share our experiences.
The Museum of Central Finland welcomes you on an unforgettable journey into Central Finland.
The permanent exhibition Exploring Central Finland takes the visitor from ancient Stone Age sites all the way to the technology craze of the early 21st century. The museum’s temporary exhibitions also present interesting perspectives on cultural heritage. The activity corner Nappula offers experiences for people of all ages during the museum visit. In addition to exhibitions, the Museum of Central Finland organises various events, workshops, and guided tours.
The Museum of Central Finland operates as part of Aalto2 Museum Centre. It is located in the Ruusupuisto neighbourhood in a magnificent museum building designed by Alvar Aalto where you can hang out, check out the exhibitions or visit for no particular reason. Don’t forget to also pop into our charming small museums.
Kulttuuriaitta is a children’s culture network operating in Jyväskylä, Muurame, Hankasalmi, Toivakka, Uurainen, Laukaa, Petäjävesi, Keuruu, Multia and Äänekoski in Central Finland. It is one of the original founder members of the Association of Finnish Children’s Cultural Centers. Kulttuuriaitta provides arts and cultural opportunities for children and professionals working with them, offering multi-disciplinary, participatory and inspiring workshops, cultural outings, events. It also runs training sessions, seminars and networking events for people working within the sector. The network also awards the bi-annual children’s culture prize that celebrates fresh and innovative contributions made to children’s culture by local practitioners.
Kulttuuriaitta’s work is based on ambitious cultural education curricula, and it offers training opportunities for education professionals. Our facilitator database offers a wealth of useful contacts too.
Kulttuuriaitta is a member of the Association of Finnish Children’s Cultural Centers. The Association’s purpose is to support the work of professional children’s cultural centres, raise the profile of art and culture aimed at children and promote skills development within the sector. Every year, the association convenes a National Forum on Children’s Culture, providing excellent opportunities for networking.
Kulttuurineuvola first kicked off in Jyväskylä in 2019 and it is run in maternity and child health clinics in collaboration with culture services, social and health care providers. The aim is to provide staff working at maternity and child health clinics with the advice and information they need to disseminate information about cultural events happening in the local area to young families. All clinics now have named cultural coordinators in place, and training will be offered by local arts and culture organisations, including private and public bodies.
Arts and culture training for expectant first-time parents and families with babies
Kulttuurineuvola’s family training sessions offer sneak-peeks and tasters on upcoming cultural events for families with babies along with useful hints on how you can explore your own creativity at home through songs, rhymes and play. These sessions will be run at a number of different venues, including libraries and art museums. You can sign up via your local mother and child health clinic website.
Early childhood education programme
As a part of the early chilhood education programme, each day care centre in the city of Jyväskylä, both municipal and private day care centres, will be provided with a cultural experience every year. Day care centres are invited to choose their own performer / show, that will visit the day care centre over the course of the year. The shows and performances cover a variety of arts, for example music, theatre, puppet theatre and circus.
Each year, the early childhood workshop programme turns its attention to one particular area of Jyväskylä, visiting day care centres in that part of the city. All groups within each day care centre are invited to choose their own workshop topic, and an artist will be on hand to facilitate it with the children over the course of a year. The workshop topics include for example music, visual and word art as well as circus.
Kompassi - cultural education plan
Kompassi, the City of Jyväskylä’s cultural education curriculum, invites children to explore art and culture. It incorporates annual cultural excursions as well as workshops and performances involving a variety of genres. In the course of the year, all children from pre-school age onwards will be involved in Kompassi activities. These include arts workshops for pre-school and school children, cultural visits to museums and galleries, workshops for students with additional needs as well as touring arts workshops, which will tour a different school district each year. The workshops cover a variety of topics including visual arts, drama, music, media art and circus.
Kulttuuriaitta also acts as a coordinator for a number of other projects and initiatives, including the nationwide Art Testers programme.
Art Testers is the largest culture education program in Finland, offering all 8th graders and their teachers 1–2 annual visits in esteemed cultural institutions. Our program reaches over 65,000 people annually in all Finnish municipalities. The attractions and the number of visits vary according to the funding of our program. The core goal of our program is to offer young people experiences in art and to find them tools to form well-versed opinions on their experience. What did they think? Would they revisit?
The Art Testers program is produced by the Association of Finnish Children’s Cultural Centres. The program was initiated in the school years 2017–2020 by our main financer, the Finnish Cultural Foundation, followed by The Swedish Cultural Foundation in Finland. In fall 2020, the Ministry of Education and Culture joined in by the decision of the Parliament.
Coordinator Marjo Tiainen-Niemistö
p. 040 736 4328
marjo.tiainen-niemisto[at]jyvaskyla.fi
Culture designer Maria Poikonen
p. 050 306 3967
maria.poikonen[at]jyvaskyla.fi
Regional coordinatior / Art Testers Campaign Hanna Brotkin
p. 050 325 2904
hanna.brotkin[at]jyvaskyla.fi / hanna.brotkin[at]taidetestaajat.fi
The libraries in Palokka and Vaajakoski will operate extended opening hours from Monday, 3 February 2020.
The document will set out a number of alternative scenarios for re-thinking the way the city’s cultural services are run and proposes an action pla
Voluntary activity describes unpaid activity undertaken by choice for the benefit of other people or nature. By volunteering, you can gain new experiences, know-how, and meaningful things to do. (Kansalaisareena)
Bold experimentalism and novel breakthroughs propelled the emergence of a generation of young artists. Grand narratives gave way to expressing subjective emotions and experience. Jyväskylä Art Museum’s exhibition takes you on a time travel into the recent past of art from Central Finland. The extensive exhibition features a selection from the most interesting works in Jyväskylä Art Museum’s art collections from 1975–1997.
Students in upper secondary school can also access the City of Jyväskylä’s pupil and student support services. The service is staffed by psychologists and student welfare advisors, who are on hand to offer help and guidance to all students. The services are provided with the student’s consent, and they can also involve family and friends as well as teachers and other relevant professionals. The purpose of the service is to promote the wellbeing of individual students and the wider school community and to help create a safe and positive learning environment for all.
Psychiatric nurses working as part of the pupil and student support services team offer support to young people under the age of 18 and their families with mental health, drug, alcohol, gaming and gambling addiction issues. If you feel that you need help with any of these issues, you can get in touch with the nurses directly. Alternatively, contact can be initiated by a teacher or school nurse, however, staff must discuss this with you or a member of your family first.
The City of Jyväskylä’s Pupil and student support services are designed to promote health, welfare and learning across our schools and other educational establishments. They are available both on a direct one-on-one basis but also offered in communal and group settings. The content of the services is set out in the curriculum, and all staff, including teachers, school psychologists, student welfare advisors, school nurses and school doctors, contribute to their delivery.
The exhibition is an experiential spatial installation designed particularly for infants and their families. Visitors can enter the exhibition on all fours through a baby door. In a video projected on the wall, babies can be seen moving and interacting with each other, and the patterns of their motions are paralleled by an sculptural installation on the floor. The sculptural pieces are like cushions, and the audience is free to crawl on and manipulate them.
