Akseli Gallen-Kallela is perhaps Finland’s most important and certainly most impressive painter. The Gallen-Kallela house was built in 1911-13. Better known as Tarvaspää, the house was opened to the public as the Gallen-Kallela Museum in 1961. It contains a permanent exhibition of Gallen-Kallela’s own paintings, graphics, and tools. An excellent café is located on-site as well as a fine little store.
The Gallen-Kallela Museum is located on the beautiful shore of Laajalahti Bay in the eastern part of Helsinki, about ten kilometers from the center. It can be reached by car or by walking and the bike path from Munkkiniemi in Helsinki and Ruukinranta in Espoo.
