Current exhibitions
The Rauma City Museums have permanent collection exhibitions and changing thematic exhibitions. The Rauma Art Museum presents three high quality temporary exhibitions of contemporary art each year in the spring, summer and autumn seasons.
RAUMA ART MUSEUM
Kuninkaankatu 37, tel. 02 822 4346
MARELA
Kauppakatu 24, tel. 044 567 9183
KIRSTI (open 2.5.-31.8.)
Pohjankatu 3, tel. 044 793 3529
OLD TOWN HALL
Kauppakatu 13, tel. 044 793 3532
Closed for restoration from 1.3.2024. The site will reopen in 2026.
The Heart of Pinnala – Art Collections of the City of Rauma
Rauma Art Museum 25.1.2025 –
Now its done. Upstairs at the Rauma Art Museum, hand picked items of the collection has been assembled under the title Heart of Pinnala. A selection of 60 works by 60 artists has been chosen from around 3,500 works. The oldest works of art date back to the 19th century, while the newest was completed and acquired last year. Paintings, sculptures, ceramics, prints, drawings and one video work. Numerous stories and imaginative images. Worth a visit more than once, the exhibition is on display for the time being.
Our message to the people of the future
Timo Metsäjoki & people around Finland
Marela 31.10.2024 –16.4.2025
Marela hosts an exhibition created by artist Timo Metsäjoki through the medium of community art. The exhibition asks what kind of message would you like to leave for future generations? The exhibition of hundreds of postcards and video greetings written by people is a counterweight to the polarised debate that often focuses on problems and disagreements. The future is shared by all. Metsäjoki has collected messages from ordinary and well-known people during the summer of 2024. Katri Helena, Tony Kakko, Elastinen, Maarit Hurmerinta and others have left messages. The messages are intended for 30 years from now until 2054.
The messages will be on public display for the duration of the Marela exhibition, after which they will be sealed in a time capsule. The capsule will be opened in 30 years. The capsule will also contain other memories of the present, such as today’s newspaper. The museum is also collecting suggestions from visitors for the contents of the capsule.
Timo Metsäjoki (TaM), a Rauma-born media artist and documentary maker behind the project, is an international award-winner who also produces the Blue Sea Film Festival in Rauma. During the project, Metsäjoki has collected people’s greetings for the future at events such as Santa Open Air, Porispere, Karmarock, Eurajoki Market, Blue Sea Film Festival and Pori Pride. Pupils from Eurajoki Community School have also contributed to the exhibition.
The exhibition is made possible by the Niilo Helander Foundation.
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Marela is not a barrier-free site.
Heidi Piiroinen: In Case Of Loss / sitten haluaisin laulaa
Rauma Art Museum 12.10.2024 –26.1.2025
Photographer and visual artist Heidi Piiroinen (b. 1978 Tampere) builds a monumental installation In Case Of Loss / sitten haluaisin laulaa combining experimental film, poetry and soundscape. Piiroinen’s work explores the anger felt by women, and examines a silenced subject that is socially perceived as frictional, difficult and shameful. The work will be premiered at Rauma Art Museum. It is produced in collaboration with PALO Art Productions. Other collaborators include Maria Academy and MLL Turvaverkko.
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This exhibition contains bright and flashing lights and loud sounds that may cause discomfort or reactions in sensitive individuals.
Rauma Art Museum is not a barrier-free site.
LET’S HAVE A WEDDING
Marela from 28.4.2023
The exhibition on wedding traditions will be on display at the Marela from 28.4.2023. The exhibition presents local wedding memories, treasures from the museum’s collections and West Finnish wedding traditions from the 19th century to the 1990s. Weddings have been celebrated for centuries and a surprising number of traditions have been passed down through the centuries, changing only slightly along the way. On the other hand, many things have also changed, from the colour of the wedding dress to the most popular time for weddings.
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Marela is not a barrier-free site.
EMBROIDERY AND THE FEELING OF HOME – Biedermeiersalon in the style of Rauma
Marela
Permanent exhibition at the Marela features Biedermeier-style interiors. The exhibition also presents popular crafts of the era, including embroidery.
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Marela is not a barrier-free site.