Design Museum (, ) is a museum in

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devoted to the exhibition of both Finnish and foreign design, including

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, fashion, and

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. The building is situated in

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, on

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Street, and is owned by the

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through

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. The building was completed in 1895 and originally built as a school building for the Swedish-language school Läroverket för gossar och flickor. The museum, which is 150 years old (2023) and one of the oldest in the world – was first founded in 1873 but has operated in its present premises, a former school, designed by architect Gustaf Nyström in 1894 in the

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style, since 1978. In 2002, the museum changed its name from Taideteollisuusmuseo to Designmuseo ("Design Museum") because the original name was too long and complicated. The museum also has a cafe and shop. Situated on the same city block is the Museum of Finnish Architecture. The museum includes a permanent exhibition devoted to the history of Finnish design from 1870 to the present day, as well as space for changing exhibitions. The museum's permanent collection consists of over 75,000 objects, 40,000 drawings and 100,000 drawings. Design Museum arranges also international touring exhibitions and publishes books and exhibition catalogues. From museum's home page, there is a free access to several web exhibitions on Finnish design, for example about the production of

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Factory,

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and designers

Kaj Franck Kaj Gabriel Franck (9 November 1911 – 26 September 1989) was one of the leading figures of Finnish design and an influential figure in design and applied arts between 1940 and 1980. Franck was born in Vyborg, Grand Duchy of Finland to parents ...

and

Oiva Toikka Oiva Kalervo Toikka (29 May 1931 – 22 April 2019) was a Finnish glass designer, best known for his designs for Iittala. Biography Oiva Toikka was born in Viipurin maalaiskunta, the rural municipality surrounding then-Finnish Vyborg, now p ...

. Latest web exhibition is about 1950–60s design – an iconic golden era of Finnish Design.

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