Amos Rex, Helsinki: history and visit

The Amos Rex Museum, in Helsinki

Amos Rex is a museum of contemporary art of Helsinki with spectacular architecture, whose underground galleries emerge under a square. The Helsinki audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this innovative place, become a symbol of the artistic scene of the town.

The underground museum with emerging domes

Amos Rex is one of the most prominent museums of contemporary art of Helsinki, famous for its audacious architecture. Inaugurated at the end of the 2010s, it dug its vast exhibition galleries underground, under a square of the centre, near the former Glass Palace, the Lasipalatsi, a functionalist building of the 1930s. The particularity of the museum is that the domed ceilings of its underground rooms emerge at the surface of the square in the form of domes pierced with skylights, on which passers-by can walk. A place of international exhibitions and digital art, Amos Rex blends innovative architecture and contemporary creation, and symbolises the cultural dynamism of Helsinki.

What to see

You admire the audacious architecture of the museum, whose underground galleries emerge under the square in domes pierced with skylights on which you can walk, near the Glass Palace of the 1930s, and you discover exhibitions of contemporary and digital art. Amos Rex symbolises the cultural dynamism of Helsinki. It is a stop for art lovers, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The Amos Rex Museum lies in the centre of Helsinki, near the Glass Palace, reachable on foot and by public transport. The domes of the square are freely accessible; the visit of the galleries follows its own hours and conditions, which vary. It is best to check the arrangements before coming.

What is particular about the Amos Rex Museum in Helsinki?

Its vast exhibition galleries are underground, and the domed ceilings of its rooms emerge under the square in domes pierced with skylights on which you can walk, near the Glass Palace of the 1930s.