The sculpture garden
Free on the lakeshore.
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Modern art on a lakeshore: the Sara Hildén Art Museum (1979) is a low concrete-and-glass building among trees on the Näsijärvi shore in the Särkänniemi area, holding the collection of the fashion merchant Sara Hildén — among Finland's most important modern and contemporary holdings: Picasso, Miró, Bacon, Klee and Giacometti alongside leading Finnish artists from the 1960s to today. Exhibitions are mostly temporary, two or three a year with international names, and the permanent collection rotates — so the display changes with every visit. The sculpture garden on the shore is free, and the big windows look over the lake and the tower. A quiet hour for lovers of modern art, paired with the Näsinneula tower on one walk along the peninsula.
Free on the lakeshore.
International names two or three times a year.
Laiturikatu 13, Tampere
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