Gallen-Kallela Museum

The Gallen-Kallela Museum, located in Tarvaspää, , , and built between 1911 and 1913 was a home and studio for Finnish painter Akseli Gallen-Kallela. The atelier building has been a museum since 1961.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: art museum in Espoo, Finland
  • Also known as: “Akseli Gallen-Kallela Museum”, “Akseli Gallen-Kallelan Museo”, and “Tarvaspaa”
  • Address: Gallen-Kallelan tie 27, Espoo, 02600

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Vermo and Mäkkylä railway station.

Sports venue
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is the largest harness racing track in . The track was opened in 1977. It is located in the district of , but is officially regarded as the racecourse of the neighbouring . is situated 1 km north of Gallen-Kallela Museum.

Railway station
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Mäkkylä is a station on the VR commuter rail network, between the cities of and in . It is situated between and and is about nine kilometres northwest of Helsinki Central railway station. is situated 1½ km north of Gallen-Kallela Museum.

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is situated 1½ km northwest of Gallen-Kallela Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Talinranta and Perkkaa.

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in of , . It is located west from and south from . In south, Finnish national road 1 separates from .

Quarter
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is a neighbourhood in the district of in , . On New Year, 2017, the population of the neighbourhood was 3,836. The name of the neighbourhood comes from the Bergans farm that used to be located in the area.

Quarter
is a neighbourhood located in district of Western , . As of 2008, has 1,078 inhabitants living in an area of 1.01 km2. The race track hosted the steeplechase eventing equestrian competition for the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Gallen-Kallela Museum

Latitude
60.20646° or 60° 12′ 23″ north
Longitude
24.83893° or 24° 50′ 20″ east
Established
1913
Open location code
9GG66R4Q+HH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 29421642
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q1636905
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Swedish—“Gallen-Kallela Museum” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “加伦-卡勒拉博物馆”
  • Chinese: “加伦-卡莱拉博物馆”
  • Dutch: “Gallen-Kallela Museum”
  • Dutch: “Tarvaspää”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف جالن كاليلا”
  • Estonian: “Gallen-Kallela muuseum”
  • Finnish: “Gallen-Kallelan Museo”
  • French: “Tarvaspää”
  • German: “Gallen-Kallela-Museum”
  • German: “Tarvaspää”
  • Inari Sami: “Gallen-Kallela-museo”
  • Northern Sami: “Gallen-Kallela-musea”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gallen-Kallela Museum”
  • Romanian: “Tarvaspää”
  • Russian: “Музей Галлен-Каллела”
  • Skolt Sami: “Gallen-Kallela-muʹzei”
  • Slovenian: “Gallen-Kallelanov muzej”
  • Swedish: “Gallen-Kallela museet”
  • Swedish: “Gallen-Kallela Museet”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Läntinen Tarvonsilta and Vermonpuisto.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Tarvaspää Cafe Zoceria and Gallen-Kallelan tie.

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