Moomin Valley

 

MOOMINS MOVE TO TAMPERE HALL

Tampere Art Museum Moominvalley is moving to new premises at Tampere Hall in 2017. Tampere Hall is the largest Congress and Concert Centre in Scandinavia and the relocation is connected to its renovation and expansion project. Moominvalley is now located in temporary premises on the ground floor of Tampere Art Museum. The move will enable more modern and extensive presentation of the Moomin collection. The renewed museum will open to public in May 2017.

Moominvalley is a museum devoted to original works by writer and artist Tove Jansson. Its unique collections comprise around 2 000 drawings and paintings together with some 40 three-dimensional tableaux built by Tuulikki Pietilä.  

 

The museum is based on the Moomin books by Tove Jansson. So far, they have been translated into over 40 languages. The books fascinate adults and children alike. The original Moomin illustrations by Tove Jansson are an essential part of the atmosphere of the museum but the three-dimensional tableaux complement our imagination with regard to the events of the Moomin stories. One can almost hear Snufkin play his harmonica to his friends while sitting by the camp fire or feel the exciting atmosphere when launching the Oshun Oxtra boat to the sea.

The gem of the collection is a blue five-storey Moomin House that is as exceptional as its residents — and its builders, Tuulikki Pietilä, Pentti Eistola and Tove Jansson. 

Wisdom, humour, a healthy love of adventure and warm geniality have made the Moomin books speak across language barriers. You can feel the same atmosphere also at the museum!

Pictures: Jari Kuusenaho / Tampere Art Museum. ©Moomin Characters^TM

 

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