Moomin Museum
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Moomin Valley (Swedish: Mumindalen, Finnish: Muumilaakso) is situated in the city of Tampere
, Finland
. In the Moomin Valley Museum you can see original illustrations made by Tove Jansson
(the creator of Moomin
s), 40 miniatures, tableaux about Moomin events and a small (2.5 metres high) Moomin House. You can see the original Moomin Valley multimedia and you may visit the Moomin Valley shop which sells gift items and Moomin books in many languages.
, Pentti Eistola and Tove Jansson in the late 1970s. The original idea was to make it round, like Jansson always made it in her illustrations for the Moomin stories, but since it was going to be displayed in a corner at the Bratislava
biennale of illustrations in 1979, they decided to make it square instead. No blueprint
s were made, the house was built freely, floor by floor, and it does not follow any particular architectural style but is influenced by many different styles. The ground floor was sketched by Tuulikki Pietilä's brother, architect Reima Pietilä. Originally, a world tour was planned for the house after the 1979 biennale, but eventually it went on tour only in the Nordic countries
in 1980-1983. Then it was taken to the atelier of Tove Jansson, since it needed some repairs after the tour. It was displayed again at the Art Museum of Tampere in 1986 and then got its permanent location at the new Moomin Museum, where it has been on display since 1987. Photos of the Moomin House serve as illustrations in An Unwanted Guest
, the last of Jansson's four picture books about the Moomins.
Moominvalley is situated in central Tampere, in the basement of the Metso building of the city library. Metso is designed by architects Reima and Raili Pietilä.
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...
, Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
. In the Moomin Valley Museum you can see original illustrations made by Tove Jansson
Tove Jansson
Tove Marika Jansson was a Swedish-Finnish novelist, painter, illustrator and comic strip author. She is best known as the author of the Moomin books.- Biography :...
(the creator of Moomin
Moomin
The Moomins are the central characters in a series of books and a comic strip by Swedish-Finn illustrator and writer Tove Jansson, originally published in Swedish by Schildts in Finland. They are a family of trolls who are white and roundish, with large snouts that make them resemble hippopotamuses...
s), 40 miniatures, tableaux about Moomin events and a small (2.5 metres high) Moomin House. You can see the original Moomin Valley multimedia and you may visit the Moomin Valley shop which sells gift items and Moomin books in many languages.
History
The blue five-storey miniature Moomin House was built by Tuulikki PietiläTuulikki Pietilä
Tuulikki Pietilä was a Finnish graphic artist and professor, born in Seattle, Washington. Pietilä was one of the most influential people in Finnish graphic arts, and her work has been shown in numerous art exhibitions...
, Pentti Eistola and Tove Jansson in the late 1970s. The original idea was to make it round, like Jansson always made it in her illustrations for the Moomin stories, but since it was going to be displayed in a corner at the Bratislava
Bratislava
Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...
biennale of illustrations in 1979, they decided to make it square instead. No blueprint
Blueprint
A blueprint is a type of paper-based reproduction usually of a technical drawing, documenting an architecture or an engineering design. More generally, the term "blueprint" has come to be used to refer to any detailed plan....
s were made, the house was built freely, floor by floor, and it does not follow any particular architectural style but is influenced by many different styles. The ground floor was sketched by Tuulikki Pietilä's brother, architect Reima Pietilä. Originally, a world tour was planned for the house after the 1979 biennale, but eventually it went on tour only in the Nordic countries
Nordic countries
The Nordic countries make up a region in Northern Europe and the North Atlantic which consists of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden and their associated territories, the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Åland...
in 1980-1983. Then it was taken to the atelier of Tove Jansson, since it needed some repairs after the tour. It was displayed again at the Art Museum of Tampere in 1986 and then got its permanent location at the new Moomin Museum, where it has been on display since 1987. Photos of the Moomin House serve as illustrations in An Unwanted Guest
An Unwanted Guest
Skurken i muminhuset is a children's picture book in the Moomin series by Tove Jansson. It was published in 1980....
, the last of Jansson's four picture books about the Moomins.
Moominvalley is situated in central Tampere, in the basement of the Metso building of the city library. Metso is designed by architects Reima and Raili Pietilä.