Explore our museums’ opening hours and service price list in more detail.
A purchased admission ticket entitles you to visit all open museums in the City of Vaasa on the same day: The Ostrobothnian Museum, the Tikanoja Art Museum and the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art.
We are open
- The Ostrobothnian Museum: Wednesday – Sunday 10:00–17:00 (closed 21 Sep–7 Nov 2026)
- the Kuntsi Museum of Modern Art: Wednesday – Saturday 10:00–17:00
- Tikanoja Art Museum: Wednesday – Saturday 10:00–17:00 (closed 24 May–10 Oct 2026)
- Museum of Old Vaasa: open during the summer season (7 May–30 Aug 2026), Wednesday – Saturday 10:00–17:00
Ticket sales end daily half an hour before the museum’s closing time.
Special opening hours and free admission days
The Vaasa museums are closed on the following dates in 2026:
- 3 Apr. Good Friday
- 1 May. May Day (Vappu)
- 14 May. Ascension Day
- 19–21 Jun. Midsummer
- 31 Oct. All Saints’ Day
- 6 Dec. Independence Day
- 24–26 Dec. Christmas
Free admission on the days before holidays from 15:00–17:00.
Free admission days 2026:
- 13 Aug. Night of the Arts
- 2 Oct. Vaasa Day (the City of Vaasa’s anniversary)
- Free admission on the days before holidays from 15:00–17:00.
Service price list — tickets and guided tours
- Adults €15
- Reduced ticket €9
- Under 18s €0
- Groups (min. 10 persons) €8
- Group admission fee for students €40
The reduced ticket (€9) can be purchased by pensioners, students, conscripts, persons doing civilian service, teachers, visual artists, unemployed persons or employees of the City of Vaasa.
- With the Museum Card. Please show your card upon arrival at the museum.
- With the Kaikukortti
- Daycare and basic school groups as well as Vaasa upper secondary student groups accompanied by a teacher
- Teacher preparing a museum visit
- Interpreters and guides for groups
- Assistant of a person with mobility or functional limitations; friend/support person with a Friend Card; memory companion
- Museum professionals (ICOM members, employees of member museums of the Finnish Museums Association, members of national and international conservators’ unions)
- Students of museum and art subjects (history, ethnology, archaeology, art history, art research, museology, visual arts, architecture, design, biology) with a student organisation card; professional visual artists with a membership card (Finnish Artists’ Association or another national artists’ association, Finnish Sculptors’ Association, Finnish Art Printmakers, The Painters’ Union, MUU ry and the Association of Photographic Artists); architects (SAFA); designers (Omamo)
- Media representatives (press card etc.)
- Members of the Finnish Guides Association
- Members who have paid the annual membership fee of the Friends of Tikanoja Art Museum for Tikanoja Art Museum; members who have paid the annual membership fee of the Ostrobothnian Historical Museum Association for the Ostrobothnian Museum
- Free or reduced admission according to agreement (requires a written decision/agreement)
- Members and deputy members of the Sports and Culture Committee
- Official guests of the City of Vaasa’s chancellery, by arrangement
Card or proof must be presented.
Guided tours during the museum’s opening hours:
- Tuesday–Friday €60 + admission fees
- Saturday–Sunday €90 + admission fees
Guided tours outside opening hours:
- Tuesday–Friday €350, includes opening fee
Guided tours for school groups:
- Guided tours for schoolchildren and daycare groups from Vaasa €0
- Guided tours for schoolchildren not from Vaasa €40
- Guided tours for student groups €40 + group admission fee
- Guided tours for student groups €40 + group admission fee
Expert-guided tours
- During opening hours (max. 25 people) €50
- Saturday–Sunday during opening hours (max. 25 people) €80
Tours can be booked Tue–Fri by phone +358 40 865 1933 or by email museoinfo@vaasa.fi
Prices include VAT 24%, unless otherwise stated.
- Expert services: image search, information and training services, condition reports €100 / hour (or part thereof) + supplements according to KVTES.
Prices include VAT 24%
- Loan fee for an artwork; for loans of multiple works the fee is agreed separately: €170 / work.
- Artwork loan fee for abroad. For partner museums the fee is decided case-by-case taking into account the loaned ensemble and reciprocity: €250 / work. Additionally, any extensive conservation and packing costs will be invoiced; the borrower will be informed.
- Loan fee for an object: €90 / borrowed object. In addition, costs for research work, possible conservation, condition report, packing and packing materials: €100 / hour (or part thereof), first 30 minutes free. Upon receipt of the loan request, the borrower will receive an estimate of the required work hours.
- Traveling exhibition or exhibition production fee: agreed separately.
Prices include VAT 24%
- Image rights fee €35 / image for cultural use (non-profit use, e.g. associations, museums, university theses, scientific research, education, private individuals)
– Digital images of works and objects from the collections
– Digital images from the photo archive
– Does not include copyrights-based usage fees - For printed products intended for sale, such as a book, magazine, exhibition reproduction: image rights fee €90 / image.
- For commercial use: €290 / image. Usage fees for high circulation and moving image advertising are negotiated case-by-case.
- Image rights fee for internal use by the city: €50
- Image rights fee for online publication: by agreement.
- Discounts are granted on usage fees for orders to the same target: 10–19 pcs: 10% discount; 20–39 pcs: 20% discount; over 40 pcs: 30% discount
- Digital prints:
– on copy paper €5
– on photo paper €20
– proofs €20–50 (depending on size)
Prices include VAT 24 %
- Public event during museum opening hours: Personnel costs €70 / h + share of ticket revenue.
– If organized by a non-profit organization or the museum’s partner, the museum receives a share of the event’s ticket revenue (at least 25%)
– No separate venue fee - Private event (on weekdays until 20:00): Personnel costs €70 / h + supplements according to KVTES + €770 / event.
– Includes admission for up to 50 people
– Personnel costs for 2 persons, minimum charge 2 hours
– Includes furniture and use of museum equipment as agreed separately
– Additional staff and other services charged according to the price list - Private event: additional staff €70 / h / person + supplements according to KVTES
- Private event for the City of Vaasa: €70 / h / person (VAT-exempt service) + supplements according to KVTES.
– No venue fee, no admission charges
– Includes personnel costs for 2 people, minimum charge 2 h - Sponsor event: case-by-case
- Auditorium and other rentable spaces (max. 30 people): Prices from the starting hour €70 / h + supplements according to KVTES.