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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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.
What's new
Children and youth
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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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