Natural History Museum

When was the last time you stopped at the feet of a dinosaur or listened to nocturnal sounds under the African starry sky?
Admissions

20 € Adults

11 € Reduced price

  7 € Students or children (7–17 years)

 

We accept the Museum Card.

 
  • Pensioners
  • Unemployed
  • People completing military or non-military service
  • University of Helsinki staff
  • Members of the Helsinki Alumni community
  • Adult groups (at least 10 people)

Register at the ticket desk. 

  • Children under 7 years of age, excluding daycare and other groups
  • Group leaders and bus drivers
  • Assistants for people with disabilities 
  • Veterans 
  • Media representatives with a press card 
  • Museum Card or ICOM card carriers 
  • Undergraduate students of the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki
  • Daycare, comprehensive school, general upper secondary school and vocational school teachers from Finnish educational institutions

Educational institutions

  • €80 on weekdays, €120 on Saturdays
  • entrance fees are included in tour fees
  • applies to early childhood education, comprehensive school, upper secondary education groups and comparable groups such as integration education groups, scouts and summer camps

Adult groups

  • €80 on weekdays, €120 on Saturdays
  • in addition, entrance fees 11 €/adult or pensioner, 0 € with Museum Card, 7 €/student
  • admission is free for group leader

Child groups (other than educational institutions)

  • €80 on weekdays, €120 on Saturdays.
  • in addition, entrance fees 3 €/3-17-year-old will be charged
  • admission is free for max. three adult who are responsible for the group
  • applies to birthday party groups, football teams etc.

 

Admission for self-directed childhood education, comprehensive school and upper secondary education groups is €3 per person. Admission is free for teachers and early childhood educators.

Entrance fees according to the price list are charged to groups other than educational institutions. Adult groups of more than ten people are entitled to a reduced price.

Cash, debit card, Visa, MasterCard, five-euro Smartum exercise and culture vouchers, SmartumPay, the Epassi mobile app, Edenred payment cards and mobile app and the Museum Card are accepted as payment methods. 

You can also renew your  or buy one at the museum’s ticket desk.  

Groups can also be invoiced for their admission. The invoice must be completed on site. For invoicing, you must provide billing details, including a business ID if the invoice is addressed to a registered association or company. An invoicing surcharge of €5 will be charged.

Because of the great popularity of free admission days at the Natural History Museum, we will in the future target such days at private individuals and groups other than early childhood education and other educational groups.

Admission is free at the Natural History Museum on the following days:

  • 11.12.2024
  • 12.2.2025
  • 9.4.2025
  • 12.6.2025
  • 13.8.2025
  • 8.10.2025
  • 10.12.2025

NB! The open tables at the museum are not available on days when admission is free. There are tables for eating snacks in the courtyard outside the museum.

Free-of-charge visit times for educational groups

Early childhood education and other educational groups (up to 30 people per group) can apply for a free-of-charge visit to the Natural History Museum. Teachers can only apply for their own group, not for the whole school/daycare institution. The free-of-charge groups (40 groups per autumn or spring semester) will be drawn, after which the winning groups can choose a suitable visit time.  
 
Thefor the spring semester 2026 is open until 30.11. Winners of the draw will receive a calendar link so they can book a free visit time for their group. Visiting times can be booked for 20.1.-17.4.2026.  
Arrival and accessibility

The Natural History Museum is located at , just behind the Parliament House, right in the centre of Helsinki. The building is easily identified by the elk statue next to the main entrance.

The Natural History Museum is located close to the Kamppi bus and metro station and is within walking distance of the Central Railway Station and Eliel Square.

The museum’s courtyard offers accessible parking, but there are no other parking spaces for visitors. Parking in the museum courtyard is permitted only with a parking card for people with reduced mobility. Please notify the ticket desk of your arrival (phone +358 2941 28800). 

is located close to the museum, in addition to which there are metered parking spaces on the nearby streets.

With the exception of the winter corner of the Finnish Nature exhibition, the museum is accessible in terms of mobility. Strollers can be taken to the exhibitions.

There is a lift at the museum. An accessible toilet and a changing room are located in the museum’s ground floor lobby.

 You can ask for further information about accessibility at the museum ticket desk (phone +358 2941 28800) – we are happy to help!

  • The Natural History Museum recognises
  • Admission is free for personal assistants.
  • An accessible entrance for people with reduced mobility and those travelling with strollers is available in the museum’s courtyard. When arriving with a wheelchair, walker or wide stroller, please contact the museum’s ticket desk and we will open the gate to facilitate your arrival.
  • Accessible parking space is available in the museum courtyard. Please notify the ticket desk of your arrival in advance.
  • Guide and assistance dogs are welcome at the museum.
  • The ticket desk is equipped with a tele/induction loop.
  • A wheelchair can be borrowed for the duration of the visit next to the ticket desk. The wheelchair cannot be booked in advance.
  • The museum also has two loanable strollers.
Snacks, refreshments and gift shop

Enjoy and refresh yourself over lunch. Eating in the exhibition areas is prohibited. You can enjoy your own snacks at the open seating area on the fourth floor of the museum or outside at the tables in the museum courtyard.

The Natural History Museum has a café serving tasty soup lunches on  weekdays, with the exception of summer. The café and a gift shop adjacent to the café are located on the ground floor and operated by Ruokalähettiläs Oy (phone +358 400 286 202). The café and the shop observe the opening hours of the museum, opening in the morning half an hour after the museum opens.
Get to know the museum

Our five permanent exhibitions are Finnish Nature, World Nature, History of Life, Story of the Bones and Change in the Air. In addition, the museum has temporary exhibitions.

(in Finnish)

Free coat racks and lockers are located in the ground floor lobby. Personal belongings are stored at your own risk. 

A stroller park area is available in the museum courtyard. 

There is no storage option for luggage. The nearest luggage storage point is located at the Kamppi Helsinki shopping centre.

At the museum, travel photos for personal use can be taken with handheld cameras and phones. Share your visit experience by tagging Luomus on Instagram using @luonnontieteellinenkeskusmuseo.

Further information on photography at the public attractions of Luomus is available on the ‘s’ page.

You can listen to guided audio tours from your mobile device by going to the museum’s audio tour . Audio tours are available in English, Russian and French.

The museum has a free wireless connection (‘Helsinki UniGuest’), whose password is displayed in the entrance lobby.

The Natural History Museum is involved in of the City of Helsinki.
Customer service

Ticket desk: phone +358 2941 28800 during the opening hours of the museum.
Enquiries for guided tours: 
General enquiries and feedback: 

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