Photo: Ella Tommila/The Finnish Glass Museum
Opening hours
Open 10 am-5 pm
February - May and September-December Tue-Sun
Open 10 am-6 pm
June - August Tue-Sun
Open 10 am-4 pm
The days before official holidays
Closed
On Mondays
In January
Good Friday
May 1st
Midsummer weekend
Finnish Independence Day (Dec 6th)
Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and
Boxing Day
The museum's ticket sales closes half an hour before the museum closes, i.e. at 4:30 p.m. in February-May and September-December and at 5:30 p.m. in June-August.
entrance FEES
11 €
Adults
4 €
Children and schoolchildren (7-16 years old)
6 €
Students (student card), senior citizens
22 €
Family
6 €/pers
Groups (min. 20 pers.)
Free entrance with a museum card
Epassi, Smartum cultural voucher and mobile payment and Edenred card are also available as payment methods.
Free entrance with Kaikukortti read more
Guided tours
on weekdays
50 € + entrance ticket
at weekends
60 € + entrance ticket
permanent or changing exhibition
Guided tours outside opening hours 80 €
The museum charges 50% of the total price of an unused guided tour. Cancellation must be made no later than 24 hours before the scheduled start of the visit.
Info/reservations: tel. +358 (0) 50 500 1956, glass.museum@riihimaki.fi
There is barrier-free access to the Finnish Glass Museum, except for the exhibition space in the loft on the second floor
please note that you cannot enter the museum's exhibition spaces with studded shoes
RESTAURANT SERVICES
Restaurant Klaas operates in connection with the Finnish Glass Museum. Klaas is open from Monday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Lunch available from Monday to Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
On Saturdays and Sundays Klaas is closed. More information
public services
On show in the permanent exhibition of the Finnish Glass Museum are over 2,000 glass items of importance, from old pressed glass to Tapio Wirkkala's famous Kantarelli vase. The permanent exhibition is worth a visit for everyone who is interested in glass.
A great deal of literature on Finnish glass has been published. The museum shop stocks currently available books and facsimile editions of old catalogues of glass products.
COLLECTION AND INFORMATION SERVICES
The museum does not do object identification (timing, author naming, etc.) or provide price estimates.
More extensive studies related to glass objects or museum collections (object, archive, and image collections) are made as a paid information service. Response time is 7 business days.
Information service 50 € / h, minimum charge. Despite research / information retrieval, information is not always found.
Inquiries: glass.museum@riihimaki.fi
LOCATION
Tehtaankatu 23
11910 Riihimäki
Finland
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ROAD TO INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Between the large cities of southern Finland, lies a concentration of heritage and travel destinations related to Finnish designs and production. Here you can nd the classics of industrial glass and textile design as well as fascinating historic locations, museums, exhibitions, boutiques, accommodation, and restaurants.
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