Photographic artists Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo explore the rich life of natural forests in the Forest Home exhibition – from diverse habitats and life forms to the ongoing loss of forest ecosystems and biodiversity.
Forest Home portrays our natural forests as diverse spaces and states of being that sustain life. Most of the photographs in the exhibition were taken in protected areas near Finland’s eastern border, ranging from North Karelia to Lapland. Elsewhere in Finland, only small, isolated fragments of natural forest have survived. The Forest Home exhibition also features many scientific specimens that introduce museum visitors to the rarer inhabitants of the forest. Due to intensive forestry practices, many formerly common species have become rare treasures.
Forest Home brings together visual art, scientific insight and environmental reflection – and is designed to resonate with visitors of all ages.
Forest Home at the Natural History Museum 5 June 2025 – 5 April 2026
Ritva Kovalainen and Sanni Seppo have worked together for decades exploring forest themes. Their recent collaboration focuses on natural forests, most notably in the exhibition and book Forest of the North Wind (2023).
Contact, Luomus: Hasse Hyvärinen, Exhibition Curator,