A history of urban planning in Helsinki

Suomenlinnakeskus Visitor Centre 26 March-15 August 2012
Helsinki libraries, autumn 2012

The exhibition provides visitors with an insight into how the city of Helsinki came to find its current shape, charting its history from its founding to present day. Also included are the stories of Helsinki’s many suburbs such as Herttoniemi, Pihlajamäki, Pasila, Itäkeskus, Viikki, Vuosaari and Arabianranta.

This touring exhibition curated by the City Planning Department is based on Kaupunkisuunnitelun vuosisadat (A history of urban planning in Helsinki) by Pertti Mustonen, published in February 2011.

Exhibition themes:

Urban planning in Helsinki – the early years 1550–1812
A neo-classical city rises from the ashes 1812–1890
Decades of rapid growth 1890–1940
Helsinki – rural migration and post-war rebuilding 1940–1970
A new leaf 1970–1990
Helsinki flourishes 1990–2010
Helsinki City Plans
Helsinki – the metro arrives
Kamppi – Töölönlahti Bay
Keskuspuisto – Central Park