Programme

Preliminary timetable (defined timetable with sessions and slots will be announced by the end of the year).
Thursday, 13 February 2025

09 – 18.00 Conference Scientific Program 

18 – 22.00 Conference Dinner at Helsinki Design Museum (registration required) 

Friday, 14 February 2025

09 – 17.00 Conference Scientific Program 

17 – 19.00 University reception (registration required, free of charge) 

Saturday 15 February 2025, Events and excursions

10 – 16.00 Workshops and tours (free of charge) 

Morning 

10 – 11.30 Guided visit to Kalevala Koru flagship store 

10 – 11.30 Workshop 1 at Design Museum 

Early afternoon 

12.30 – 14.00 Workshop 1 at Helsinki Observatory 

12.30 - 14.00 Workshop 2 at Design Museum  

Late afternoon 

14.30 – 16.00 Guided tour in Glamour and Curtsy Exhibition, Villa Hakasalmi 

14.30 – 16.00 Workshop 2 at Helsinki Observatory 

Registration to Saturday's program will be open soon! All the workshops and tours will be free of charge. (Food and drinks are not included.)

 

Workshops 

Design Museum 

D-Ark Lab workshop:  

"Curating a collection exhibition"  

(2 similar workshops; max. 15 participants per workshop) 

How can we make an inspiring and meaningful exhibition about Finnish architecture and design in the 21st century? Who decides what is important to show and whose viewpoints should we include? What is the best way to present buildings and designed objects in a museum exhibition? How can we mediate the feel and experience? D-Ark Lab is an experimental exhibition testing ways to show and share the collections of Architecture and Design Museum. In the workshop, we will immerse into questions of curation and interpretation in the D-Ark Lab working hands-on with museum objects. Design + Architecture + exploring together = D-Ark Lab! 

Visit the D-Ark Lab website

Facilitators: 

Leading Researcher, Dr. Leena Svinhufvud, Architecture and Design Museum 

Museum Guide Anna-Maija Karjalainen, Architecture and Design Museum 

 

Location: Design Museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23, 00130 Helsinki 

Workshop 1: 10.00–11.30 

Workshop 2: 12.30–14.00 

Free visit to museum exhibitions for workshop participants. 

 

Helsinki University Museum Flame, Helsinki Observatory  

“To keep or not to keep?” 

(2 similar workshops; max. 15 participants per workshop) 

What significance can an individual object hold in a museum's collection? How is that significance uncovered? On what grounds can an item be removed from the collections? Museums must constantly consider what to preserve in their collections and what not to. The Helsinki University Museum Flame receives materials as donations, finds them within the depths of university campuses, and even discovers them on the museum's own shelves of unidentified objects. Welcome to the workshop where we examine some genuine objects offered to the collections and contemplate what they might reveal about the cultural heritage of the University of Helsinki! 

Facilitators: 

Head of Collections Jaana Tegelberg, Helsinki University Museum Flame   
Project Planner Susanna Hakkarainen, Helsinki University Museum Flame 

Visit the Helsinki Observatory website

Location: Helsinki Observatory (Helsinki University Museum Flame), Kopernikuksentie 1, 00130 Helsinki, opening hours 12-16. 

Workshop 1: 12.30–14.00 

Workshop 2: 14.30–16.00 

Free visit to Helsinki University Museum Flame during the whole Conference to all participants (University Main Building, same building as where conference will be held).

 

Tours 

Kalevala Koru, guided tour to the flagship store 

(max. 20 participants) 

Kalevala Koru was founded in the late 1930s at the initiative of the writer Elsa Heporauta as a tribute to Finnish women. Kalevala jewelry is more than just jewelry – it is design that brings joy every day, year after year. Kalevala jewelry represents equality, sustainable values, and a commitment to doing good. All Kalevala jewelry is handcrafted in Helsinki, Finland. 

We are delighted to invite you to visit our new flagship store to learn more about Kalevala's heritage and design. You will also receive a 15% discount during your visit. 

Facilitator: Taina Neva, Sales manager and customer service 

Visit the Kalevala Koru website 

Location: Kalevala Koru flagship store, Keskuskatu 3, 00100 Helsinki. 

Time: 10.00–11.30 

 

Helsinki City Museum, Villa Hakasalmi 

Glamour and Curtsy – Upstairs and Downstairs Life, guided tour to the exhibition 

(max. 25 participants) 

In the immersive exhibition, you will get to know the upstairs and downstairs folks, and the story characters who lead you through the joys and sorrows of manor life in Central Uusimaa from the 1860s to the 1880s. 

 In the tour, specially tailored for the conference, the guides will tell you about the background and the making of the exhibition, with particular emphasis on the material aspects. 

Facilitators:  

Curator Tommi Uutela, Helsinki City Museum 

Conservator Kimmo Oksala, Helsinki City Museum 

Visit the Villa Hakasalmi exhibition website

Location: Villa Hakasalmi, Mannerheimintie 13b, 00100 Helsinki 

Time: 14.30–16.00