Acquisition of art

The Turku City Art Collection is expanded by purchase and donation. Art is purchased from exhibitions, artists and private persons. The City Board confirms annually the appropriations for investing in art acquisitions. With this money, works of art are purchased or ordered for new buildings. New art is also collected through donations.

An official record or a committee proposal is drawn up of every art acquisition and confirmed in a meeting of the Culture Committee.

The grounds for acquiring art by purchase or donation are written in the collection management policy of the Museum Centre of Turku.

The art collection focuses on:

• The art and cultural history of Turku
• Three-dimensional art
• The works of Wäinö Aaltonen