We welcome daycare and school groups to explore the history of aviation! The Finnish Aviation Museum’s collections focus on aircraft designed or used by Finns and Finnish aviation. The museum’s exhibition features dozens of aircraft and other interesting items. Snacks can be ordered from our Café Yläpilvi, which operates in connection with the museum. By arranging with customer service in advance, it is often possible to eat your own snacks as well.
Welcome to explore the fascinating history of aviation!
General tour
EAYL2 duration 60 min
On the general tour, you will explore the Aviation Museum’s exhibition and the key stages of Finnish aviation history, as well as aviation as part of society, guided by a tour guide.
Air travel then and now
YL2 duration 60 min
On the tour, you will explore the past and a bit of the present of Finnish air travel, and hear how a privilege for the few became an everyday mode of public transport. The tour also examines the environmental impacts of air travel and how you can influence them with your own choices.
Sky of War
YL2 duration 60 min
On the tour, you will explore the history of domestic military aviation and the activities of the air force within the context of political history and international relations during the events of 1918, World War II, and the Cold War.
Reasons and Consequences of Travel – Workshop
YL2 duration 90 min
Responsible choices related to travel require both action models and historical perspective. In the workshop, you will explore the changes in air travel and practice media literacy and source criticism by examining how air travel has been depicted in materials produced by travel organizers. Students will also get to consider the environmental impacts of traveling by different modes of transport and how they can influence these impacts with their own choices.
Little Pilot's Flight School
EA duration 60 min
In the Little Pilot’s Flight School, we explore together the basics of flying through observation and reflection, and understand the principles by which different types of aircraft found in the museum’s exhibition stay in the air.
Ticket prices
Under 7 years old: €0.
School groups (elementary and high school, upper secondary): €5 / person
Students: €7 / person. Teacher, other staff, driver: €0
Tour price: €80 Workshop price: €100
Group size: Max 30 students / guide.
Aviation Museum digitally
At the Aviation Museum’s Finna, you can explore schedules, menus, objects, and photographs.
Through the museum’s website, you can find, for example, a virtual tour of the history of the Helsinki-Vantaa airport area and an educational package on air traffic and climate change issues (in Finnish): Verkkoaineistot – Suomen ilmailumuseo
The audio guide tells about the main exhibits of the museum and is suitable for listening both in the exhibition and in your own time (in Finnish): Ääniopastus – Suomen ilmailumuseo
In Finna Classroom, there is a curriculum-based task package on the changes in travel over the last hundred years for upper secondary school, high school, and vocational education (in Finnish): Changes in Travel Matkustamisen muutos | Aipa | Finna.fi
In the Library of Open Educational Resources, there is a curriculum-based task package on flight schedules as historical sources for upper secondary school and high school (in Finnish): Flight Schedules as Historical Sources Lentoaikataulut historian lähteinä | Avointen oppimateriaalien kirjasto | Finna.fi
In Digimuseum, you can explore the history of DC-3 aircraft in a virtual exhibition: On the Wings of the On the Wing of the DC-3 – Digital museum
