Joensuu Museum of Fine Arts

The Joensuu Museum of Fine Arts is located in the city center in an elegant building in the Renaissance style. Here the attention of visitors is offered the art of different eras – from antiquity and collections of painting and sculpture of Central and Southern Europe of the 14th century to post-war Finnish modernism, which presents the works of such masters as Werner Holmberg, Magnus von Wright, Albert Edelfelt. There are also later works of art.

In February 2004, the museum opened a new exhibition representing the collection.

Orthodox icons belonging to the spouses Juhani and Hilkka Bergham. Not only the icons themselves are interesting in terms of spiritual and cultural value, but their presentation in the museum. The icons are arranged in a spiral, which symbolizes the movement of the procession around the church. In addition to displaying permanent collections, the museum annually organizes several temporary exhibitions of foreign or Finnish art.