Culture kids
The National Museum of Finland offers free events for the Culture kids twice a year. The sponsored Culture kids of the National Museum are children from Helsinki born in 2023.
As part of the Culture kids project, The National Museum of Finland is a cultural sponsor for children born in 2023 and living in Helsinki. The museum offers free cultural events for the Culture Kids of 2023 twice a year. Register your child here: kummilapset.hel.fi/en/home
Since 2020, the City of Helsinki's Culture kids project has offered each child in Helsinki their own cultural sponsor. The culture sponsor offers the child two free events every year. The events are planned to suit the child's level of development, and they support the well-being of the whole family. Events are held for children for seven years, from the year of birth to the school start year.
If the child lives in Helsinki and was born in 2020 or later, you can register them to Culture kids program at kummilapset.hel.fi/en/home. The culture sponsor is determined by the year of birth of the child. Those born in different years have their own cultural actors as sponsors.
The Culture kids service is managed by the City of Helsinki's Culture and Leisure Division and is supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.
Nature Bath for babies and toddlers in Seurasaari
During the Nature Bath session, babies or toddlers explore nature with all their senses and play together with their own adult.
Nature Bath is a guided nature session for children and adults in Seurasaari's cultural landscape. In a nature bath, the child gets to explore nature with all their senses together with their own adult. During the nature baths, you you play together to get to know Finnish nature and cultural heritage, as well as reflect on your family's relationship with nature. The games and rhymes are in Finnish as well as the guiding, but the participants do not need to speak Finnish.
A baby and an adult marvel at nature. Photo: Esko Jämsä
The Nature Bath for babies is suitable for babies aged 6-12 months, who are not yet walking.
The
Nature Bath for toddlers is suitable for toddlers aged about 10-18
months, who are already walking.
Children participate Nature Baths with their own adult.
The event is aimed for children born in 2023 and living in Helsinki. Sessions will be held in August and early September.
You can register for the Nature Baths sessions in July via the Culture Kids system: https://kummilapset.hel.fi/en/
Nature Bath takes place outdoors in a natural environment. Therefore, choose clothes that are suitable for the weather and dirt-repellent for both adults and children. In rainy weather, the nature bath is held indoors. The session lasts about 45 minutes, including time for transitions. The session will be led by nature- and environmental educator Raakel Silvennoinen, who has developed the Nature Bath method for babies.
Facilities for childcare, feeding and toilets are located in the Seurasaari Open-Air Museum's building called Iisalmi Pappila, which also houses the museum shop. It is located about 500 m / 10 min walk from the beginning of the bridge over Seurasaari. Please note that you are not allowed to cycle on Seurasaari, but the bicycle parking is located on the mainland. Read more about Seurasaari Open-Air Museum: Seurasaari open air museum
We will send more detailed arrival instructions to participants by email before the nature bath.
More information about the events of the National Museum of Finland for Culture kids born in 2023:
Curator of Education, Hanna Korhonen, hanna.korhonen@kansallismuseo.fi
More information about Culture kids:
kummilapset.hel.fi/en/home
kulttuurin.kummilapset@hel.fi