Ateneum

Ateneum
Ateneum art museum
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Established1887 (1887)
LocationFinland Helsinki, Finland
Coordinates60°10′12″N 024°56′39″E / 60.17000°N 24.94417°E / 60.17000; 24.94417
TypeArt museum
Key holdingsThe Wounded Angel, Lemminkäinen's Mother, Aino triptych, Raatajat rahanalaiset (Kaski), Street in Auvers-sur-Oise
Collection size4,300+ paintings, 750+ sculptures
Visitors400 000 (2012)[1]
DirectorMarja Sakari (2018–)[2][3]
Websiteateneum.fi

Ateneum is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland and one of the three museums forming the Finnish National Gallery. It is located in the centre of Helsinki on the south side of Rautatientori square close to Helsinki Central railway station. It has the biggest collections of classical art in Finland. Before 1991 the Ateneum building also housed the Finnish Academy of Fine Arts and University of Art and Design Helsinki.

Exhibition of the Finnish Art Society at Ateneum in 1915
  1. ^ "Ateneumin kävijämäärässä kaikkien aikojen ennätys" (in Finnish). Helsingin Sanomat. January 2, 2013. Retrieved February 20, 2014.
  2. ^ Koppinen, Mari (2 October 2018). "Ateneumille uusi johtaja – Kiasmasta siirtyvä Marja Sakari aloittaa joulukuussa". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  3. ^ Frilander, Aino (2 December 2018). "Ateneumin uusi johtaja Marja Sakari kertoo HS:n haastattelussa, mihin suuntaan hän haluaa museota viedä ja mitä taide hänelle merkitsee – "Taiteessa on sellainen totuudellisuus, joka välittyy ihmisille"". Helsingin Sanomat. Retrieved 10 August 2020.

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