According to the Finnish Heritage Agency, Ateneumin taidemuseo in Helsinki had 507,881 visits in 2025, the most of any museum site in its statistics, ahead of Helsingin kaupunginmuseo with 325,713. The table ranks the 25 busiest of 329.
Which museums in Finland had the most visits in 2025?
The Finnish Heritage Agency publishes visits to every site of Finland's professionally run museums: 329 sites reported a total for 2025. These are the 25 with the most visits.1
| Rank | Museum site | Museum | Municipality | All visits | Paid | Free |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ateneumin taidemuseo | Kansallisgalleria | Helsinki | 507,881 | 399,327 | 108,554 |
| 2 | Helsingin kaupunginmuseo | Helsingin kaupunginmuseo | Helsinki | 325,713 | – | 325,713 |
| 3 | Nykytaiteen museo Kiasma | Kansallisgalleria | Helsinki | 274,394 | 168,195 | 106,199 |
| 4 | Vapriikki | Tampereen historialliset museot | Tampere | 245,692 | 185,657 | 60,035 |
| 5 | Luonnontieteellinen museo | Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo | Helsinki | 243,752 | 173,897 | 69,855 |
| 6 | Amos Rex | Amos Rex | Helsinki | 233,871 | 185,438 | 48,433 |
| 7 | Postimuseo | Postimuseo | Tampere | 202,677 | 155,773 | 46,904 |
| 8 | Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo | Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo | Tampere | 195,521 | 148,525 | 46,996 |
| 9 | Helsingin taidemuseo HAM | HAM Helsingin taidemuseo | Helsinki | 178,272 | 127,345 | 50,927 |
| 10 | Lapin maakuntamuseo | Lapin maakuntamuseo | Rovaniemi | 172,661 | 146,084 | 26,577 |
| 11 | EMMA-Espoon modernin taiteen museo | EMMA-Espoon modernin taiteen museo | Espoo | 159,997 | 85,375 | 74,622 |
| 12 | Didrichsenin taidemuseo | Didrichsenin taidemuseo | Helsinki | 145,283 | 131,879 | 13,404 |
| 13 | Arkkitehtuuri- ja designmuseo | Arkkitehtuuri- ja designmuseo | Helsinki | 134,315 | 104,251 | 30,064 |
| 14 | Turun linna | Turun kaupunginmuseo | Turku | 123,377 | 102,773 | 20,604 |
| 15 | Kymenlaakson museo | Kymenlaakson museo | Kotka | 118,476 | 51,797 | 66,679 |
| 16 | Muumimuseo | Tampereen taidemuseo ja Muumimuseo | Tampere | 118,356 | 78,755 | 39,601 |
| 17 | Kuralan Kylämäki | Turun kaupunginmuseo | Turku | 110,132 | 0 | 110,132 |
| 18 | Forum Marinum | Forum Marinum | Turku | 107,271 | 83,694 | 23,577 |
| 19 | Rovaniemen taidemuseo | Rovaniemen taidemuseo | Rovaniemi | 99,671 | 25,941 | 73,730 |
| 20 | Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova | Aboa Vetus Ars Nova -museo | Turku | 95,863 | 87,181 | 8,682 |
| 21 | Suomen merimuseo | Suomen kansallismuseo | Kotka | 94,556 | 52,035 | 42,521 |
| 22 | Päivälehden museo | Median museo ja arkisto Merkki | Helsinki | 90,000 | – | 90,000 |
| 23 | Turun taidemuseo | Turun taidemuseo | Turku | 85,712 | 67,148 | 18,564 |
| 24 | Saamelaismuseo Siida | Saamelaismuseo Siida | Inari | 83,323 | 72,809 | 10,514 |
| 25 | Tampereen taidemuseo | Tampereen taidemuseo ja Muumimuseo | Tampere | 81,368 | 62,789 | 18,579 |
Names as the museums report them, in Finnish or Swedish. Only professionally run museums are counted, so sites that are not run as museums are not in the list.
Planning a visit
Opening hours, prices and booking: check each museum's official website, as they change. We do not copy them.
For when Finland is busiest, see Finland month by month; for the weather in Helsinki, Helsinki weather by month. Other countries: most visited museums.
Key takeaways
- Ateneumin taidemuseo: 507,881 visits in 2025.
- Only professionally run museums are counted.
- What we would skip: reading a ranking as advice; it counts visits, not quality.
Sources
Figures as the official statistics publish them; the ranking and any changes in per cent are ours. See how we research.
- Museotilasto 2025, Museovirasto (Finnish Heritage Agency), Käynnit ja avoinnaolo museokohteittain 2025. Read it. Accessed 13 October 2026. Licensed under CC BY 4.0; we ranked and shortened the list.
Modified data: we ranked the sites and shortened the list (CC BY 4.0).