The Night of the Arts features programme from a museum disco to book finds

On the Night of the Arts on Thursday 16 August WAM offers guided tours for the exhibitions, with a museum disco as the culmination of the night. There is contemporary dance at the Pharmacy Museum and a concert by a string quartet at Hansa. At the main library, you can make book finds and enjoy jazz. The City Theatre will have an open house.

Take guided tours at the Luostarinmäki Handicrafts Museum free of charge with your Culture Card

Show your Culture Card to participate in a guided tour free of charge. The discount is valid 9–26 August.

The Biological Museum is closed for the time being

Damage caused by water leak in the Biological Museum requires immediate repairing. Due to repairs, the museum will be closed onwards Tuesday, 10.7.2018.

What do you think about your library?

Customers of public libraries across Finland are requested to evaluate their local library in a nationwide survey. The responses will be used for an evaluation of library services throughout the country and for developing the library services in your municipality and nationwide.

Luminous Finland 100 light art fusion fills the whole Turku Castle on Independence Day

Luminous Finland 100 Tour will culminate in an art fusion of various artforms and tens of artists on the Independence Day of Finland, 6th December, in Turku Castle. As one part of the Turku Castle work there is an environmental art ensemble called Suomen luonto, The Nature of Finland, with tens of dancers, a choir, fire artists and aerial acrobats. You can enjoy light art already on the 5th December between 4 p.m. and midnight.

Makoto Chiba feels at home in the forests of Turku

Makoto Chiba, 24, has now been in Finland for nine months and has recently started international business studies at Turku University of Applied Sciences. Chiba is very fond of Finnish nature and warmly recommends everyone to spend more time in nature.