Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki

The Finnish National Gallery operates three museum units in Helsinki: the Ateneum Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, and the Sinebrychoff Art Museum. The institution was formally established in 1990, though the Ateneum building opened in 1887 after the Finnish Art Society's founding in 1846.

The collection exceeds 43,000 works, emphasizing Finnish art from 18th-century rococo through 20th-century modernism. A notable distinction: when the Ateneum acquired a Vincent van Gogh painting in 1903, it became the first museum in the world to own one. Our collection includes works by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Finland's most celebrated painter.