Last week we rose a toast to the ”Glass for Everyone” exhibition

Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd did the design and the graphic elements for the ”Glass for Everyone” exhibition, now open at Maritime Centre Vellamo of the Kymenlaakso museum, Kotka. Along with the undersigned, Heikki Lamusuo, Jaana Partanen and Maija Haapala worked as the Pa-La team in this project. It was exciting to see live what a […]

The Pious and the Pagans – Portrayals of Humanity exhibition at the Häme Castle

Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd has designed the new exhibition of the National Museum of Finland in the historical premises of the Häme Castle. The Pious and the Pagans exhibition displays both modern and ancient sculptures, connected by the same material: wood. The skilfully worked artworks create an interesting suspense, as the new and the old […]

2017 World Fair story; Astana, Kazakhstan

Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd participated in the 2017 Astana World Expo exhibition design of the Finnish pavilion competition organized by Finpro. This was our idea: The Finnish pavilion is recognisable from afar: a thrilled crowd flocking in front of glass walls, looking in. The blades of a scale model of a wind turbine flex to […]

Star guest Teresa Töntsi RIISA: Eight months – over 10,000 visitors of 30 nationalities

The objective of RIISA’s extensive renovation and the ”Stairway to Sanctity” exhibition reform, completed in 2015, was to achieve a memorable, varied, ever-changing and accessible museum environment. In addition to the main exhibition, the museum experience is complemented by changing exhibitions, multi-purpose space Mosaiikki (Mosaic) and museum shop Pikku-Bysantti (Little Byzantium). The objective was achieved: […]

The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland, RIISA opens on 25 April, 2015

RIISA will open to the public, opening at the same the new basic exhibition ”On the stairs of sanctity”, to be blessed and inaugurated by Athenagoras, metropolitan of Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxemburg. In this momentous event a long common project will have the festive occasion it deserves. Partanen & Lamusuo Ltd has participated in […]

Smell of paint and cotton dust before Riisa

Conservators’ white gloves don’t belong here yet. Jewels, gold, beautifully embroidered fragile old textiles, all those thousands of treasures have been stored elsewhere. Fortunately, because here sing the sledgehammer, drill, hammer and saw. There is still plenty of dust in the air. The Orthodox Church Museum site is in full swing. Openings have been enlarged, […]

Replacing the old with piety and care

The Orthodox Church Museum of Finland is located in a building designed by architect Dag Englund and constructed in 1969 in Kuopio. The Church Museum has been undergoing changes ever since the basic exhibition closed down in the autumn of 2009. The basic exhibition served the museum’s visitors for 40 years, but time ineluctably passed […]

The Orthodox Church Museum to be an inspiring and experiential destination

The foundation of the Orthodox Church Museum of Finland has received 400,000 € from the Olvi foundation for the renovation of the basic exhibition. This assistance makes possible an experiential and informative exhibition set utilizing modern technology. The presentation of the unique collections in the possession of the Church Museum foundation, an ample placement and […]