Moomin Museum — Attraction in Tampere sub-region

In an essence: not recommended, utter cr** (I am sorry for my French and for hurting the feelings of whom it may concern).

O boy, where do I start?

PRICETAG (as of 25.1.20): parking ~ 5 eur / 2 hours, entrance 32 eur (2 adults & 5 y.o. child, small kids - free entrance) / 4 hours, 175g Moomin biscuits 3,9 eur (normal price in Helsinki shops around 2,5 eur, 3 eur tops) = give or take - 40 eur (spoiler: for the 40 minutes of nightmare). Well, let us see what you get for this price, shell we...

Outdoor parking (yeah, it's cold outside. It also could be free for the visitors, buut... nono).

A lot of people walking around the building, visiting other activities in Tampere talo (workshops, concerts etc.), bumping into you. Feels really nice and comfortable with small children, as you no doubts have guessed.

The wardrobe. Turns out as a Moomin museum visitor you are not an eligible to use the spacious, guarded, staffed wardrobe. Instead you have to use one of the sharp hooks (with a "use at own risk" sign) positioned in ~ three rows. It is massively overcrowded! Do you have a nice coat? Under no circumstances should you bring it here. I mean it, it will likely end up in the garbage.

Moomin museum experience. You are met with a guide of some kind. She/he basically tells you what you can't do. I.e. you can't give anything to drink or eat to your 1 y.o. baby (I guess the fuing sanctum is so sacred). You can't take photos (not that there is anything to photograph there). And... the guide disappears thereafter (nevertheless watching from the distance. To see if you/your kids are doing something forbidden, I guess). The ticket is valid for 4 hours, but there is really no much to see inside (granted, if you are true believer & know all the books/series by heart that may not be the case): there is like 10-20 stands with sculptures, drawings, possibility to see the videos / new books, nicely designed light, couple of interesting attractions (touch the animation and the lightning strikes) and that's it, not a hell of a lot more... It literally didn't even took us 20 minutes (same time we spent trying to deal with the wardrobe). No, I'm not exaggerating. And you can't really enjoy listening to the recorded audio stories by the stands with 1 and 5 y.o. children screaming to give them overpriced shy cookies which you just bought by the entrance, trying to explain that they'll have them later. For that so called experience they charge you more or less the same amount they do in the HERMITAGE museum!! I mean wow, just wow!

I could go on and on about how boring / overpriced / useless / poorly organized the place is, but... long story short: if you have a sense of dignity, small children and/or not a 101% fan, do not go in there! It just doesn't worth it and is a complete waste of your time, money and energy. With a luck it will also ruin your day (pick idk espionage museum or a decent...

We visited Moomin Museum in December 2018 and we enjoyed well established miniature Moomin characters inside the museum. The exhibition takes place in two floors. The place does not have much light, walls are dark, instead the installations are lit. Explanations are translated into several different languages which you can listen by pushing the button. Short stories from the Moomin books are read well. There were several families with young children. One room is available for handcrafts e.g. Christmas decorations (I assume this is seasonal). You could spend here couple of hours. However the exhibition itself does not take a long time unless you prefer listening every story. I could not see a lift (wheelchair access) but maybe it is 'hidden' somewhere... When walking downstairs by stairs, on your right is a beautiful art installation made of sparkling 'jewels' which resembles the comet. There were only one place where the photos were allowed to take. This was rather disappointing. I believe that sharing photos of this place would bring in more people. Internet is a powerful marketing tool. I hope this will change. Upstairs, (the main entrance to the building left side) is the shop. You can find Moomin items: mugs, keyrings, tea, scarfs, toys etc. The shop consists also other Finnish design e.g. Iittala products. You need to take a number ticket for paying your items. It took several minutes before I was served as there wasn't separate shop cashier. Tickets were €12 and valid...

The only Moomin Museum in the world is certainly worth going to for any fans of the Moomins. While it is a very fun experience for all ages, you should know that it is less about the Moomins themselves and more about Tove Jansson. In the two-floored museum you will find many tableaus created by Tove's aquaintances that show scenes from the books. There is a section for every book published by Tove and each tableau has an easy to use tablet set up next to it to tell you about. There is a huge model of Moominhouse that depicts it the way Tove envisioned it that makes the whole museum a must see in its self! You can even "walk around it" in a 3D model on one of the tablets. Also, there is an art studio next to the A Dangerous Journey section where you can, for free, paint in goulache watercolors on a blank piece of watercolor paper or on a book cover template to create your own Moomin cover art. It is great fun! Finally, you will find a reading room to the left (facing towards the museum) of the exhibition with the Moomin books in many different languages as well as the exclusive What Happens Next? book about the exhibition you can only buy there. The gift shop is also very good and for those that collect the mugs you may find one in it from only last year that you missed and can buy...