Guided Tour: Christmas at the Block Museum

On the Block Museum’s Christmas guided tours, visitors explore Christmas celebrations of the past in museum homes representing different periods and social classes. The tour covers the background, traditions and customs of Finnish Christmas. Featured topics include Christmas trees and their many decorations, folk beliefs associated with Christmas preparations, and, of course, the abundant food traditions of Christmas.

Tours are held on Saturdays at 13:00. On Boxing Day, 26 December, tours are at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00. Admission to the museum includes the guided tour (€8/€5; free for under-18s; Museokortti and Kaikukortti are accepted). Duration: approximately 45 minutes.

Guided tours:
Sat 5 December at 13:00
Sat 12 December at 13:00
Sat 19 December at 13:00
Sat 26 December at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00
Sat 2 January at 13:00

Christmas at the Block Museum, 1 December 2026–3 January 2027

At the Block Museum’s traditional Christmas exhibition, you can experience what Christmas used to look and smell like. The homes in the museum quarter are decorated for Christmas as they would have been from the 19th century through the 1930s. At the exhibition, you can meet Father Christmas as he was depicted in the old days and listen to Christmas-season radio programmes.

During the Christmas exhibition, the Block Museum is open for extended hours:

Week 49 (30 November–6 December): Monday closed; Tuesday–Friday 10:00–15:00; Saturday 10:00–16:00; Sunday closed (Independence Day)
Week 50 (7–13 December): Monday closed; Tuesday–Friday 10:00–15:00; Saturday–Sunday 10:00–17:00
Week 51 (14–20 December): Monday closed; Tuesday–Friday 10:00–15:00; Saturday–Sunday 10:00–17:00
Week 52 (21–27 December): Monday closed; Tuesday–Wednesday 10:00–15:00; Thursday–Friday closed (Christmas); Saturday–Sunday 10:00–17:00
Week 53 (28 December–3 January): Monday closed; Tuesday–Wednesday 10:00–17:00; Thursday 10:00–16:00; Friday closed (New Year’s Day); Saturday–Sunday 10:00–17:00