A Museum made with people – Ulla Teräs, Helsinki City Museum (FI) 12 June 2017, Riga, Latvia

1. A MUSEUM MADE WITH
PEOPLE
ULLA TERÄS, HELSINKI CITY MUSEUM

2. “EVERYONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY
TO FALL IN LOVE WITH HELSINKI”

3. opening of the new
Helsinki city museum
13th may 2016

4. •
315 334
visitors in
8 months!

5. An impressive community-focused museum
which has created appealing spaces that
people want to be in.”

6. Identity
crisis! Why?
What? To
Whom? How?
Back to 2013. 102 years old institution
creating a new museum…

8. STRATEGIC STRENGHTS AND
QUESTIONS
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9. CONCLUSIONS
City museum as an
overall experience
From exhibition
planning to
concept
thinking

10. Museum
lobby as
an open
public
space

11. One ordinary
Wednesday
afternoon at
the museum
lobby…

12. Getting to know our
audiences more
personally
Reaching new
target groups
and people not
interested in
museums

13. Audience
profiling and
choosing
target groups

14. 4th floor:
Contents for
”Urban,
active, open
minded
adults”

17. #Flashback
exhibition:
co-design
experiment
It’s not just about
audiences but
Building up a
community

19. ESIMERKKINÄ AIKAKONE
Creating a culture of
experimenting instead of
rigid planning processes

20. Creating
Time machine:
testing
prototyping,
events

21. Time machine:
an
audiovisual
experience
and new way
to bring old
photos to life

22. Let’s do it
together!
Participating
citizens and
museum staff

23. CONCLUSIONS

24. THANK YOU!