Guided Tour: Christmas at the Quarter Museum

On the Quarter 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 items include Christmas trees with their many decorations, folk beliefs associated with Christmas preparations, and, of course, the rich traditions of Christmas food.

Tours take place on Saturdays at 13:00. On Boxing Day, 26 December, tours are at 11:00, 13:00 and 15:00. Admission to the museum is required (8/5 €; free for under-18s; Museum Card and Kaikukortti accepted). Duration: approximately 45 minutes.

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

Christmas at the Quarter Museum, 1 Dec 2026–3 Jan 2027

In the Quarter Museum’s traditional Christmas exhibition, you can experience what Christmas smelled and looked like in the past. The museum quarter’s homes are dressed for Christmas, spanning the 19th century to the 1930s. At the exhibition, you can meet Santa Claus as he was depicted in the past and listen to Christmas-season radio programmes.

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

Week 49 (30 Nov–6 Dec): Mon closed; Tue–Fri 10:00–15:00; Sat 10:00–16:00; Sun closed (Independence Day)
Week 50 (7–13 Dec): Mon closed; Tue–Fri 10:00–15:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00
Week 51 (14–20 Dec): Mon closed; Tue–Fri 10:00–15:00; Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00
Week 52 (21–27 Dec): Mon closed; Tue–Wed 10:00–15:00; Thu–Fri closed (Christmas); Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00
Week 53 (28 Dec–3 Jan): Mon closed; Tue–Wed 10:00–17:00; Thu 10:00–16:00; Fri closed (New Year’s Day); Sat–Sun 10:00–17:00