Espoon Keskus

Helinä Rautavaara Museum

The Helinä Rautavaara museum presents ethnographic artefacts and information about cultures from around the world. The museum's exhibitions, collections and audience work showcase a variety of views of Finland as well as that of other cultures.

The ritual, everyday and art objects collected by globetrotter Helinä Rautavaara in Africa, Asia and Latin America comprise the core of the museum's collection. Photographs and audiovisual material from Rautavaara's travels are also part of the collection, as are her notes and diaries. The museum houses Finland's largest collection of objects from West Africa.

Espoo Cathedral

The medieval grey granite church is the oldest existing building in Espoo. The church's oldest parts date back to the 1480s. The architect was an unknown "Espoo master". The Espoo church is a significant monument of medieval murals. The church is also the most important single building in Espoo from the point of view of both building history and landscape.