Help with planning your museum visit to KAMU at the Exhibition Centre WeeGee

KAMU is located at the Exhibition Centre WeeGee in Tapiola, at Ahertajantie 5, about one kilometre from Tapiola centre.

You can get to Tapiola centre by metro or bus. Exit the metro platform through the doors in front of which is a large white statue of a girl. There are also stickers on the floor (circled in the picture, KAMU written in orange) directing you in the right direction from the metro platform.

From Tapiola centre, you can get to Ahertajantie by walking north along Pohjantie. You can also take the bus to the bus stop WeeGee-talo, which is the nearest bus stop to the Exhibition Centre WeeGee on Pohjantie.

There is a roundabout on Pohjantie with a sculpture called Taidepoliisi (the Art Police) in the middle. 

The Exhibition Centre WeeGee is a large concrete building. The entrance is on the side of Ahertajantie, roughly in the middle of the building. 

You can enter the Exhibition Centre by passing through a glass-walled draught lobby. Pull the door handle gently to open the entrance door. When you enter the draught lobby, the next door will open automatically.

In summer, there is a terrace with colourful chairs and sunshades next to the entrance to the Exhibition Centre. Visitors can enjoy the products of the café on the terrace. The café can be accessed from the WeeGee lobby inside the building. 

The entrance to the WeeGee Exhibition Centre is circled in the middle of the picture. The left-hand door opens automatically. The right-hand one can be opened by pulling the handle. 

You can buy an admission ticket to the museum in the lobby of the Exhibition Centre WeeGee. Tickets are sold at the information desk, which is a large grey desk located in the middle of the lobby. Sometimes, there is a queue at the information desk.

The admission ticket gives you access to all the museums in the Exhibition Centre WeeGee. If you have a Museum Card, you can also get a ticket by presenting it. 

The Exhibition Centre lobby is sometimes crowded, for example, with groups of schoolchildren. The lobby is a high and resonant space with stone floors. At times, the lobby can be very noisy.

Once you have purchased an admission ticket, you can pass through the electric entrance gates of the Exhibition Centre WeeGee to enter the museums. There are two gates that are located behind the ticket counter, circled in the picture.

Present the bar code of your admission ticket to the gate reader, and a green light will light up and the gate will open. You can also ask the information desk staff to open the gates.

Only one person can pass through the gate at a time. Wait until the gate is completely closed and the light has turned green before presenting the bar code of your ticket to the gate reader. Present the bar code of your ticket to the gate reader, and the gates will open and show a green light.

When you turn left after the entrance gates, the door to the KAMU museum will be in front of you. You will see the word KAMU in illuminated letters above the door. There is a colourful KAMU advertisement to the right of the door, directing you to the museum. 

To enter the KAMU museum, pass through a small draught lobby. The outer door of the draught lobby is open. Pull the handle of the next door to open it and enter the KAMU museum.

KAMU is accessed via a small draught lobby. The outer door is open, welcoming you to the museum.

There is a KAMU information desk in the KAMU lobby. The information desk is staffed by a museum guide. You can ask the KAMU guide anything you want to know about the museum. You can also take free brochures with you. You can browse and buy books at the KAMU information desk.

The picture shows the KAMU information desk from the entrance.

You can access the museum’s exhibitions from the KAMU lobby. KAMU has two separate exhibitions.  

The exhibition “A Thousand Stories about Espoo” is on the left. The exhibition takes a look at the history of Espoo from prehistory to the present day. The exhibition starts from a room with a large replica of a Stone Age house. The exhibition is divided into five different rooms. After having toured through the exhibition, you will return to the KAMU lobby. You can also tour through the exhibition the other way around, from modern times to prehistory.

On the right is KAMU’s second exhibition space, where the exhibition changes every year. You can find more information about the current temporary exhibition on the KAMU website. You can also ask the museum guide for more information about the exhibition when you arrive in the museum lobby.

You can start your visit to the museum at either one of the exhibitions. 

KAMU’s exhibitions have their own unique soundscape. If you are bothered by sounds, you can borrow headphones from the KAMU information desk for the duration of your visit.

The lighting in KAMU’s “A Thousand Stories about Espoo” is very dim as there are many of old objects on display. Bright lights, such as camera flashes, can damage the old objects. For this reason, it is only allowed to take photos without flash in the exhibition.

The picture depicts a room in KAMU’s “A Thousand Stories about Espoo” exhibition. The lighting in the exhibition is dim as there are many old objects on display that can be damaged by bright light.

In addition to sounds, the exhibitions may have bright or flickering lights or darker areas. If you are wondering about something, you can ask the museum guide for more information before visiting the exhibition.

KAMU’s exhibition spaces have stone floors that feel hard underfoot. The floor may make a knocking sound when walking on it.

KAMU also organises guided tours for groups. During a group visit, the museum can be noisy and crowded.  

There are many things in KAMU’s exhibitions that you can try out and touch. If you want to find out whether you can touch something or how a certain thing works in an exhibition, you can always ask the KAMU guide.

The Exhibition Centre WeeGee has toilet facilities in three different locations. There are toilets to the left of the entrance to the café. There is also an accessible toilet.  

The basement floor also has several toilets, a childcare room and an accessible toilet.

You can see the WC symbol on the left on the wall opposite the café. You can find the toilets by turning to the left after the grey wall. On the right is the WeeGee café.

You can put your clothes and large bags in a locker for the duration of your visit. Large bags and coats should be stored in the lockers for security reasons. There are lockers on the basement floor and in the WeeGee lobby on both sides of the main entrance.  

You can lock the lockers with a number code of your choice. Each of the lockers in the lobby has illustrated instructions accompanying the locks.

When you turn left at the front doors to WeeGee, you reach the stairs down to the basement floor. Downstairs you will find black storage lockers and toilets. 

There are black storage lockers downstairs where you can put your large bags, umbrella and other items.

WeeGee Exhibition Centre’s café, Restaurant Delicatessen WeeGee, is located the right of the lobby, as seen from the front door.