Learn in the museum

Espoo City Museum provides educational services to learners of all ages.

Welcome to the museum!

A visit to the museum supports school instruction and can be combined with many different school subjects. Museum visits are always free of charge for groups from day care, preschool and school groups. Teachers can see KAMU’s exhibitions for free in order to prepare for their class group’s visit by showing their OAJ (the Trade Union of Education) membership card at Exhibition Centre WeeGee’s ticket counter.

Advance reservations are required for group visits to the museum. 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

Tue–Sun 11 am–5 pm tel. +358 9 81657052. Reservations must be made at one week days in advance. Groups with reservations can come to the museum starting at 9 am. 

Tour languages

Finnish, Swedish, English.

Group details

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!

Guided tours

Teaching materials

Get to know a historical destination through KAMUs mobile guides from your classroom or on your own at the destination. Mobile guides provide information from various places, including Archipelago Museum Pentala, Villa Museum Villa Rulludd, Tapiola or places in Leppävaara during the civil war in 1918. Some of Espoo City Museum collection’s materials can be found in Finna.fi. Are you looking for materials for group work in your lessons? Or how to safely teach information retrieval? Finna Luokkahuone- service has material packages tailored for syllabuses for primary, secondary and upper secondary schools. Material packages can be used for teaching history, social studies, Finnish, literature and visual arts. Browse KAMUs learning materials.

History online

Espoo City Museum KAMU is continuously producing new history content online. KAMU’s History Online page lists all the museum’s digital content and online services. Through the virtual museums and exhibitions you can visit five locations in Espoo during five different eras, step into the atmospheric old farmstead of Glims and visit an old fisherman’s home on the island of Pentala. Mobile guides will help you immerse yourself in the historical content, and KAMU’s YouTube channel will provide you with information and talks connected to the exhibitions, among other things. You can easily access the digital services with your computer or mobile device.
Browse history online.

Borrow teaching packages and historical clothes

What were ancient fishing nets made of? What games were played in the Middle Ages? How do you speak the language of fans? You fill find answers to these questions and many more in the teaching packages on different time periods that the city museum loans out. The museum rents also out historical clothes for both children and adults. You can rent an outfit for various event or occasions, or for educational purposes. 

The duration of the loan is 1-3 weeks. Borrowing teaching packages is free of charge for Espoo schools, for others the fee is 50 €/loan. Pick up by appointment from KAMU.

Reservations: kaupunginmuseo@espoo.fi

Themes:

  1. Prehistory
  2. Medieval Espoo
  3. The salon - aristoratic life in the 19th century
  4. Food in the old days - loan package for day care groups
  5. Historical clothes

Newsletter to the teachers

Subscribe to the museum education newsletter of KAMU Espoo City Museum and get current information about events, guided tours and other learning services at Espoo City Museum.
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