The Night of the Museums in the Moomin Museum

WRISTBAND

Basic wristband 17 €

Wrisband with a Museum Card 15 €

Group ticket 50 € (max. 5)

Children under 7 for free

With the wristband you can attend all the participating venues for free and even hop in the Night of the Museums' buses. Read more at museoidenyo.tampere.fi.

PROGRAMME IN THE MOOMIN MUSEUM

18–23 GUIDED PAPER ARCHITECTURE WORKSHOP

Come and make your own Moomin House from paper. Studio, lower level of the Museum.

19–22 GLITTER AND MAGIC – GLITTER TATTOOS

Entrance of the Museum.

21–21.30 AN ARTIST´S LIFE – TOVE JANSSON, A GUIDED TOUR FOR TEENS AND ADULTS

The tour looks back at Jansson´s career and the biographical milestones and relationships that shaped her artistic journey. Jansson was a painter, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, comic strip artist and scenographer, but she is best known as the famed creator of the Moomin characters. The tour starts at the museuym´s lower floor by the Observatory.

23–23.30 THE STORY OF THE MOOMIN BOOKS – A GUIDED TOUR FOR TEENS AND ADULTS

Combining literary and artistic analysis, we highlight intriguing details about Tove Jansson´s Moomin illustrations, share stories about the making of the tableaux, and interpret excerpts from the books. Tour starts at the museum´s upper floor.

AAN ARTIST'S LIFE - TOVE JANSSON, LAST WEEKEND OF THE EXHIBITION!

Tove Jansson (1914–2001) is one of the most acclaimed Finnish artists of the 20th century. Flags are flown across the nation every year on her birthday, August 9th, to celebrate both Jansson and Finnish art. Jansson was a painter, illustrator, cartoonist, writer, comic strip artist and scenographer, but she is best known as the famed creator of the Moomin characters. She published her first drawings and works of fiction at the age of 14, and the last when she was 84.

An Artist’s Life look backs at Jansson’s career and the biographical milestones and relationships that shaped her artistic journey. Jansson was born into a family of artists whose free-spirited values and way of life find reflection in the philosophical outlook of her art. The exhibition examines the formative impact of her childhood growing up in a cultured Swedish-speaking home. It traces the phases of her maturation through her studies, her breakthrough as a painter, her early wartime relationships in bohemian artist circles, and her long-lasting relationship with Tuulikki Pietilä, with whom she spent many summers of love and creative work on the island of Klovharun. It also sheds light on Jansson’s multifaceted career as an illustrator and writer, which has often been overshadowed by her Moomin oeuvre.

The exhibition was produced by the Moomin Museum in collaboration with Moomin Characters Ltd.