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Turku Art Museum (Fi:Turun taidemuseo) is one of the most significant art museums in Finland, located in Puolalanmäki(in Finnish), Turku.[1] The museum and its extensive collection is maintained and owned by the Turku Art Association (founded in 1891), and housed in a building designed by Gustaf Nyström (1856-1917), a professor of architecture, completed in 1904. The building fund was donated by the Dahlströms, or two brothers of private businesspersons Ernst (1846-1924) and Magnus (1859-1924) as a contribution to the city of Turku. The Museum was the second Finnish national museum to be opened after the Ateneum.
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Turun taidemuseo | |
Established | 1904 (1904) |
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Location | Aurakatu 26, 20100 Turku, Helsinki, Finland[1] |
Coordinates | 60.4540°N 22.2620°E / 60.4540; 22.2620 (Turun taidemuseo, Turku) |
Type | Museum of Art, Regional Museum of Art[1][2] |
Visitors | 54, 672 (2015)[2] |
Director | Marja Sakari (in Finnish) (2018–)[3] |
Architect | Kari Immonen (in Finnish) |
Website | www.turuntaidemuseo.fi |
The first curator of the Art Museum was the landscape painter Victor Westerholm (1860-1919). Kari Immonen (in Finnish) has been the museum director since 2006,[4] which post Marja Sakari (in Finnish) holds since 2018.[3]
In 2018, the museum's exhibitions attracted a total of 51, 838 visitors.[2]
The Art Association of Turku was founded to promote the appreciation, understanding and practice of art and to maintain the art collection especially in the region of Southwest Finland. Between 1904 and 1933, the first floor of the building housed the Art Association's Drawing School which is now part of the Art Academy of Turku University of Applied Sciences.
The administration of Turku Art Museum annually grants scholarships to professional artists living in the Turku area. A grant from the Ellen and Magnus Dahlström Testamentary Fund has been awarded since 1931 and a corresponding grant from the Helena Bruunin Foundation since 2005. Ellen and Magnus Dahlström's a testament to the Fund shall also be granted every three years, amounting to EUR 15,000 Dahlström Eminentia Award for outstanding achievement in the artistic person's work, as well as residency and travel grants.
In 2004 Turku Art Association in accordance with the will of its long-term treasurer, Henry Lönnfors, it conceived an artist's studio, which is given every three years to an atelier scholar chosen by the board of the Turku Art Association. The scholarship holder will have free access to a studio in Turku Polo Park (in Finnish) for three years for artistic purposes. In the years 2018-2020, the artist Hertta Kiiski will be working in the studio.or three years for artistic work. In the years 2018-2020, the artist Hertta Kiiski will be working in the studio.
Turku Art Museum also publishes literature related to art. Amour unit deux cœurs – Henry Lönnforsin miniature collection was selected as the most beautiful work of the year in 2009.