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: […]
”Architecture is the greatest and most expensive of art forms, and it permanently shapes the living environment of us all. Finland is concentrating into cities and is building a lot now. Architects are at a vantage point in the change, and they traces in the landscape also internationally. ”Build Me” is a ten-part series on […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 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 […]
After long-running preparations, the dream of many comes true. The incomparable art treasures will stay in the heart of Savo, supporting the ensemble of the Valamo monastery and the Lintula convent. The museum renovation is under way on Kuopio’s Karjalalankatu. One can already see a hint of the future in the artwork tests of the […]
