National Museum of Finland
Also known as Kansallismuseo
1916
National Romantic
museum
After a competition in 1901-1902, the trio Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren, and Eliel Saarinen designed the Finnish National Museum, built 1905-1910 and opened to the public in 1916. The project was the office's last major commission…
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- 1916
Eliel Saarinen, Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren
- 1905-1910
Gesellius, Lindgren, Saarinen built out their 1901-1902 competition-winning Carl XII proposal as a National Romantic stone museum with a tower, medieval church and Finnish castle references, and a fresco program; the main building was…
Herman Gesellius, Armas Lindgren, Eliel Saarinen
- 1916
The National Museum opened to the public in 1916, six years after the building itself was structurally finished, once interior fittings and collections were installed.
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