Guided tours in English on June 21
The museum is open after Midsummer on Sunday, June 21, 2026, and there will be two guided tours in English on that day at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. On the tour, you will hear about Jean Sibelius and his family and their life in Ainola. The tour is limited to 25 people on a first-come, […]
Ainola’s architecture and construction
Ainola’s architecture and construction Aino and Jean dreamt of building their own house from early on. The young family initially lived at various different addresses in Helsinki, but in the late 19th century, Jean Sibelius started feeling the need to distance himself from the boisterous artist life in Helsinki. As Jean later reminisced: “In Helsinki, […]
Ainola’s garden
Establishing the garden Having a garden had been especially Aino’s long-term dream, and a kitchen garden was established in Ainola already in the spring of 1905, the following year after the family had moved to the house. The plot was still full of stones after the building work, but despite it, Aino worked on the […]
Daily life in Ainola
By today’s standards, the family living in Ainola in the early 20th century was a large one: mother and father as well as their daughters Eva, Ruth, Katarina, Margareta and Heidi. From the 1910s onwards, two women, Aino Kari and Helmi Vainikainen, also lived with the family permanently as domestic help. Furthermore, Heikki “Hesa” Sormunen […]
Ainolan museotoiminta 50 vuotta – oppaiden iltapäivä Ainolassa 27.9.2024
Oletko toiminut Ainolassa oppaana vuosina 1974-2024? Tervetuloa entisten ja nykyisten oppaiden iltapäivään 27.9. kello 14.00-18.00. Tänä vuonna on kulunut 50 vuotta Ainolan avaamisesta museona. Yleisöopastukset ovat olleet museotoiminnan ydin alkuajoista asti. Tule muistelemaan, tunnelmoimaan ja tapaamaan uusia ja vanhoja oppaita. Ohjelmassa musiikkia, muistelukierroksia tasatunnein 15.00-18.00 ja vapaata seurustelua kahvikupin ääressä kahvila Auliksessa. Ilmoittautumiset tapahtumaan sähköpostilla […]
Ainola on suljettu talvikaudeksi
Kiitos kaikille kävijöillemme! Ainola on suljettu talvikaudeksi 1.10.2023-1.5.2024. Otamme opastus- ja ryhmävierailuvarauksia vastaan läpi talven osoitteessa info@ainola.fi. Opastus kuuluu etukäteen varattaessa pääsylipun hintaan. Lisätietoja löydät sivuiltamme kohdasta museokäynti. Lämpimästi tervetuloa jälleen Ainolaan kun kevät koittaa!