Current exhibitions
The Finnish Glass Museum is closed from January 1 to 31, 2026.
Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum
Photo Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum
THE PERMANENT EXHIBITION
The exhibits on the ground floor display the early stages of the history of glass and provide basic information on glassmaking techniques, including glassblowing, the mechanical production of glass and decorating techniques.
The upper floor of the building is devoted to the history of the Finnish glass industry and products such as bottles, polished crystal and pressed glass. The history of Finnish glass design is divided into sections on the history of serial manufacture, art glass, and glass art.
upcoming exhibitions
Markku Piri, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Markku Piri COLORS: glass, textiles and images
February 7–April 12, 2026
Henriikka Pöllänen: The Remaining Eight, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Henriikka Pöllänen
February 7–April 12, 2026
Timo Sarpaneva: Claritas, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Timo Sarpaneva
April 25–December 31, 2026
past exhibitions
Soile Yli-Mäyry: Burning dream, Photo: Aatto Tahvonen
Soile Yli-Mäyry – Wings of Ash
October 4–December 31, 2025
Soile Yli-Mäyry is an internationally renowned Finnish contemporary artist working in painting and glass sculpture. Alongside her artistic practice, she holds a PhD in Political Science from the University of Helsinki. This exhibition at the Finnish Glass Museum marks the first comprehensive museum presentation of Yli-Mäyry’s glass sculpture in Finland.
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Heikki Orvola, 2025, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Heikki Orvola, Pro Vitrea Prize exhibition
October 4–December 31, 2025
Professor Heikki Orvola (b. 1943) is a leading figure in Finnish design. This special exhibition at the Finnish Glass Museum celebrates Orvola as the recipient of the 2025 Pro Vitrea Prize.
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Tamara Aladin: Coral / Blue Vase, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Magical Tamara – Glass Designed by Tamara Aladin
May 24–September 28, 2025
Tamara Aladin (1932–2019) was one of Riihimäen Lasi Oy’s most prolific designers. She was known especially for her rich use of colour, distinctive treatment of form.
This exhibition presents Aladin’s household glassware and export items along with a selection of her art glass, early ceramics and a small sample of her unique art objects. The exhibition architecture is designed by Linda Bergroth.
The exhibition is part of the Finnish Glass Biennale program.
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Jasmin Anoschkin: HotDogLipsDuck, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Riina Kokkonen: Lighthouse, Anne Hirvonen: Bloom No. 4, Ville Kokkonen: Anora V, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
Aimo Okkolin, Helena Tynell, Nanny Still, Photo: Ella Tommila / The Finnish Glass Museum
2024
Matias Karsikas, The North Abloom – Pro Vitrea Prize exhibition October 5–December 31, 2024
Arni Aromaa – HYBRID October 5–December 31, 2024
Laura Laine – Nature Morte May 18–September 29, 2024
Idyll – Inkeri Toikka´s Art May 25-September 22, 2024
Saara Hopea - Beauty as a Choice February 3–May 19, 2024
Kaj Franck - A Designer´s Utopia February 10–May 12, 2024
2023
Alma Jantunen October 28–December 31, 2023
Marta Klonowska Movements – Duchruchu October 7–December 31, 2023
UU Market: Viva Magenta September 9–December 31, 2023
Phenomenal Form - Aalto Vase May 13–October 15, 2023
Santtu Mustonen: Variants May 13–September 24, 2023
KAJO – Häme University of Sciences Design Students May 6–September 3, 2023
Still Life – Nanny Still’s Glass, Design, and Art February 11–April 30, 2023
Teemu Kylvö – Teleports February 4–April 30, 2023
glass – hand formed matter February 11–April 23, 2023
2022
Matias Karsikas – Glass Forest 5.11.–31.12.2022 and on Glass Day 21.1.2023
From Lauscha to the world – Christmas ornaments and other lampwork creations 28.10.–31.12.2022
Pasi Kärkkäinen-Tunkelo - Diorama 5.11.–31.12.2022
The Goddesses of the Dawn - Marjut Tuulia Numminen 2.9.–30.10.2022
Heikki Orvola - Master of Materials 6.5–23.10.2022
Ambiente - Printed Fabrics by Timo Sarpaneva 6.5.–16.10.2022
From Generation to Generation - Aada Vainio and Heikki Punkari 3.6.–28.8.2022
Reflections - Häme University of Applied Sciences Design Students 4.–29.5.2022
Modern time lamps – Bauhaus 100 years 25.2.–24.4.2022
Wilhelm Wagenfeld – Lights after the Bauhaus lamp 18.2.–24.4.2022
GLASS ARMY / LASIARMEIJA - Tiia Tirronen 4.2.-17.4.2022
2021
EMPIRIA - Kirsti Taiviola 29.10.–31.12.2021
DEGREES - Learning with glass 29.10.–31.12.2021
Saara Korppi - Korppi's spring 17.9.–21.11.2021
THE WONDER OF MILAN - Finnish design takes over the world 7.5.–17.10.2021
Structural Landscapes - Sauli Suomela 7.5.–26.9.2021
Fluentum - Design Students of Häme University of Applied Sciences 7.5.–29.8.2021
Lasismi – Blowing Into Life 12.2.–18.4.2021
Tommi Toija – Metamorphoses 12.2.–18.4.2021
Friends of Ceramics at the Glass Engraving Exhibition - Susanne Koskimäki 6.11.2020–18.4.2021
2020
Anatomy of Longing - Helmi Remes and Panu Ruotsalo 6.11.–31.12.2020
Paolo Venini (1895–1959) – The Reformer of Italian Glass Design 2.6.–31.12.2020
Nanny Still - Riihimäen Lasi Oy, Pearls from the Collections of the Finnish Glass Museum 18.9.–1.11.2020
The Beauty of the Phenomena – Gunnel Nyman and Dora Jung Glass and Textiles 3.7.–25.10.2020
GLASSZILLA - HAMK Design Students Exhibition 2.6.–30.8.2020
EGS - Writing Stories with Three Letters 15.2.–17.6.2020
Finnish Glass Lives 8 15.2.–19.4.2020
The finnish glass museum´s exhibitions elsewhere in finland
Kerttu Nurminen: My Nature, My World
Exhibition at Design Museum Iittala hosted by the Finnish Glass Museum
5.4.–1.10.2023
Kerttu Nurminen worked as a designer at the Nuutajärvi Glassworks from 1972 to 2007 and was the last salaried glass artist employed at the Iittala design company that Nuutajärvi was part of.
Nurminen designed many popular tableware items but balanced her commercial work with the many unique sculptures that she created through out her long career.
All about Glass
The functional All about glass exhibition, created in cooperation between the Finnish Glass Museum and Annantalo, Helsinki, introduces glass and its many dimensions.
11.11.2022–25.2.2023
Collective and Solo – Co-creations of Designers and Glassblowers
Exhibition at Design Museum Iittala hosted by the Finnish Glass Museum
7.5.2022–31.1.2023
Suomen lasitaiteen ikonit ja niiden tekijät
Exhibition at Design Museum Iittala hosted by the Finnish Glass Museum
7.5.–31.12.2021
Humppilan lasi - The Delightful Play of Finnish Glass Design
Exhibition at Lasitehtaantie 5, Humppila
24.6.2020–23.8.2021
The finnish glass museum´s exhibitions abroad
Finnish Glass Biennale, Paris edition
The Paris edition of the Finnish Glass Biennale offers an international audience the opportunity to experience the main content of the biennale through a satellite exhibition at the Institut finlandais.
The exhibition opens on September 4 as part of Paris Design Week.
5.9.–25.10.2025 Institut finlandais, Paris, France
Still Life – Nanny Still’s Glass, Design, and Art
The exhibition ”Still Life” showcases Nanny Still’s production from the 1950s to the early 2000s.
28.4.2024–26.1.2025 LWL-Museum, Glashütte Gernheim, Germany
Glass Finlandia
The exhibition presents Finnish glass art from the 1930s to the present day.
19.4.–26.11.2023, Halle du Verre, Claret, France
In Oiva´s Wonderland - the Art of Oiva Toikka
This exhibition leads viewers to Oiva Toikka’s surprising and colourful world of fantasy.
13.3.–28.8.2022 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany
Tapio Wirkkala – A Poet in Glass and Silver
The exhibition features art glass and silver objects designed by Tapio Wirkkala.
30.10.2015 – 8.5.2016 Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
2.6. – 3.10.2016 Grassi –museum, Leipzig, Germany
19.3. – 6.8.2017 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany
13.10 – 5.12.2017 Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
30.10.2019 – 31.1.2020 The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Tapio Wirkkala and Rosenthal
The exhibition features objects designed by Wirkkala for the Rosenthal Studio-Linie and Rosenthal Thomas brands. Also on display are ornamental motifs designed by Tapio Wirkkala and his wife Rut Bryk for Rosenthal tableware.
19.3. – 6.8.2017 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany
13.10 – 5.12.2017 Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Riga, Latvia
30.10.2019 – 31.1.2020 The Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Kaj Franck – Geometry
This exhibition, his first major solo show in Japan, displays around 150 of his key works presenting a complete picture of Franck as a designer.
21.9. – 31.12.2019 The Museum of Modern Art, Kamakura & Hayama, Japan
Timo Sarpaneva Glass Art Collection Kakkonen
The exhibition explores Sarpaneva’s life’s work as a designer and artist and showcases his beloved classic pieces.
30.3. – 24.9.2017 Fundación Centro Nacional del Vidrio, La Granja, Spain
16.2. – 6.12.2020 LWL-Industriemuseum, Glashütte Gernheim, Petershagen, Germany