Kuopio Museum, Northern Savonia, Finland, Finnish Modern Architecture Images, Architects
Kuopio Museum in Northern Savonia
27 Aug 2021
Architects: ADT
Location: Northern Savonia, Finland

photo © Marko Huttunen
Kuopio Museum
This extension functionally and programmatically connects the existing Kuopio Museum of Cultural History, the Museum of Natural History, and the library. The Design is based on a reflection over urban structure and cityscape combined with specific building preservation and functionality questions. The objectives of the project’s diverse starting points are embodied in the new museum extension. The new part forms a gate – the entrance to a new kind of museum and cultural complex.

photos © Marko Huttunen The Kuopio Museum is a historically listed building designed by J. V. Strömberg and was completed in 1907. The purpose of the renovation was to restore the old museum to its original character by dismantling extensions done in the 1960s. The original wooden windows of the old museum were carefully restored.

photo © Marko Huttunen
A new construction entrance hall connects to the original museum?s main exhibition spaces, the adjacent library building (designer Matti Hakala, 1967), and a new space for changing exhibitions. The addition removes the existing boundary between the museum and the library. In connection with the lobby, there are customer service facilities, a museum shop, educational spaces, and a museum café on the site of ...