Other activity

Our operations for science and art include Kirpilä Art Collection, The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition and Mirjam Helin Academy as well as numerous projects carried out in collaboration with various partners.

Taideteoksia seinillä, oviaukosta näkyy toiseen huoneeseen.

Collection of Finnish art

Kirpilä Art Collection

The Kirpilä Art Collection is the former home of Doctor Juhani Kirpilä (1931-1988), art collector and rheumatologist, who bequethed his property to the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

Kirpilä Art Collection
Taideteoksia seinillä, oviaukosta näkyy toiseen huoneeseen.

Collection of Finnish art

Kirpilä Art Collection

The Kirpilä Art Collection is the former home of Doctor Juhani Kirpilä (1931-1988), art collector and rheumatologist, who bequethed his property to the Finnish Cultural Foundation.

Kirpilä Art Collection

Iloinen laulaja frakissa

The best of the future

The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition

The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition, organised every three years by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, counts among the most prestigious competitions of its kind in the world.

The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition

The best of the future

The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition

The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition, organised every three years by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, counts among the most prestigious competitions of its kind in the world.

The Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition
Iloinen laulaja frakissa

View to a city that has a river flowing in the centre.

Residency programme

Finnish art has always relied upon international mobility, and these days it is more important than ever to give artists opportunities to travel and network internationally. In the future, we will continue to strengthen the residency programme.

Residency programme
View to a city that has a river flowing in the centre.

Residency programme

Finnish art has always relied upon international mobility, and these days it is more important than ever to give artists opportunities to travel and network internationally. In the future, we will continue to strengthen the residency programme.

Residency programme

What's new

Children and youth

  • All of Finland, Art 2017-

    Art Testers

    Art Testers is Finland's largest cultural education programme, which each year takes all eighth-graders in Finland – some 60,000 young…

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  • All of Finland 2023-

    Plain-language books to secondary schools

    The Finnish Cultural Foundation is helping to improve the literacy of secondary school pupils in Finland by donating inspiring plain-language…

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