Turku Art Museum

Lonely Planet review

Recently re-opened, the excellent Turku Art Museum is in a striking granite building with elaborately carved pilasters, conical turrets and a polished iron hat. The majority of the art is from the last century or so; the 'Turku school' was one of Finland's most influential art movements; look out for works by Ilmari Kaijala and Emil Rautala among others.

Two famous tempera works by Akseli Gallen-Kallela, a friend of Sibelius, vividly depict scenes from the Kalevala, while pointillist landscapes by William Finch, a series of bronze Finnish animals by Jussi Mäntynen, Finnish scenes painted by Victor Westerholm and an enchanting family of pigs by Harro Koskinen are other things to look out for.