Learn in the museum
Espoo City Museum provides educational services to learners of all ages at Villa Museum Villa Rulludd. A visit to the museum supports school instruction and can be combined with many different school subjects. Museum visits and guided tours are always free of charge for daycare, preschool and school groups.
Daycare, preschool and school groups museum visits and guided tours
Villa Museum is open for groups with reservations from Tuesdays to Thursdays 9 am to 1 pm. Advance reservations are required for group visits to the museum. Please make the reservation at least two weeks in advance.
When you make a reservation, please give the group size, age of the children, name of the day care center / school and the contact information of the group leader. We are happy to accommodate special needs – please mention them when making a reservation!
It is advisable to prepare for the visit in advance by talking to the group about the exhibition – why you are going to the museum and what you will see there. Pupils are their teacher’s responsibility throughout the entire museum visit!
Reservations
kaupunginmuseo@espoo.fi or +358 40 6369909 (from Tuesday to Thursday 1 pm to 3 pm)
Guided tours
Eternal Summer, 45–60 min
Why were villas built in Espoo, what was involved in spending the summer at a villa and how did people travel to them? The tour will explore Espoo’s 19th- and 20th-century villa culture and summer life at the seaside villa of the cultured Kihlman family.
Early childhood education (3–6 years), primary school (5th–6th grade), lower secondary school, upper secondary level
Tour languages
Finnish, Swedish, English.