New Amos Anderson museum named Amos Rex

The name of the new Amos Anderson art museum to be built in downtown Helsinki will be Amos Rex.

The construction of the museum, which will be largely underground, began on 13 January with groundbreaking at the Lasipalatsi square.

Renovation of the commercial space of the Lasipalatsi building for the use of the new museum will take about one year. The construction of the museum space under the Lasipalatsi square and work on the museum facilities in Lasipalatsi will continue to 2018.

The new art museum will be a cultural centre consisting of the old Lasipalatsi including its movie theatre Bio Rex, and exhibition spaces beneath the Lasipalatsi square. The new exhibition hall– the core of the museum – will be built so that it can adapt to various purposes making it a unique space, in a Finnish context, for future art practices. Bio Rex offers excellent opportunities for exploring the intersection of visual art and film and will remain a home for film festivals.

Accessibility and audience engagement are key factors in the ethos of the new museum. Young people constitute one of our main target audiences.

Amos Andersson/Lasipalatsi(Link to another website.) (Opens New Window)