Opening hours, admission, location

The Finnish Museum of Photography, The Cable Factory

Opening hours

Exhibitions are open Tue–Fri 11 am – 7 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am – 6 pm.

Ticket sales and admission end half an hour before the museum closes.

Exceptions to opening hours

Some of the exhibition spaces are closed when the exhibitions are changed. Check out the open exhibitions here: Current exhibitions

 

The museum is closed:

18.4.2025 (Good Friday)
21.4.2025 (2nd Easter Day)
1.5.2025 (Vappu)
20.–22.6.2025 (Midsummer)
6.12.2025 (Finnish Independence Day)
24.–26.12.2025 (Christmas time)
31.12.2025–1.1.2026 (New Year)

 

Admission

Full price 16 €
Reduced price 6 €
Museokortti
Under 18 y.o. free admission

Reduced price and free admission

Reduced price 6 €: 

  • Students
  • Pensioners
  • Unemployed
  • Consrcpits and persons undergoing non-military service
  • Teachers working in Finland
  • Members of The Finnish Association of Photographic Artists

 

Free admission: 

  • Persons under 18 years old
  • Employees of other Finnish museums  
  • Veterans, lottas, war invalids
  • Press card or ICOM card holders
  • Kaikukortti holders
  • Asylum seeker groups  
  • Groups in primary education, secondary education, early childhood education and pre-school education
  • Groups of university students, as part of a course, under the guidance of a course leader
  • Rehabilitation and therapy groups  
  • Groups in residential care and day care for the elderly
  • Groups in residential care and day care for people with developmental disabilities

 

Joint ticket to Cable Museums 18 €. (The joint ticket cannot be paid for with a culture voucher.)

 

Free admission with Museokortti. Museokortti gives you access to over 250 museums in Finland. The card is valid for one year from the first day of use, and it costs 86 € (renewed 79 € for a still valid card, 86 € for outdated card, Museokortti can't be bought with culture vouchers).

Free admission with a Ukrainian passport.

Free admission on last Wednesday evening of every month 4–7 pm.

Payment methods

We accept cash and debit / credit cards (Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, Eurocard). We also accept Smartum-vouchers, Smartum-app, Edenredin Virike-vouchers, Ticket Duo and Ticket Virike.

Find us

Address: The Cable Factory, Kaapeliaukio 3, 00180 Helsinki

By metro: Ruoholahti (ca. 600 m)

By tram: Line 8, stop Kaapelitehdas (100 m).

By bus: stop Salmisaari (ca. 300 m)

Find your way by public transport: Journey Planner

By car: Parking in the Kaapelitehdas area

 

Accessibility

For information on the accessibility of the museum, click here.

K1, Kämp Galleria

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Address
The Cable Factory
Kaapeliaukio 3, 00180 Helsinki
See on the map The Cable Factory
Opening hours
Tue–Fri 11 am – 7 pm, Sat–Sun 11 am – 6 pm
Tickets
16/6/0 €
Museokortti
Under 18 y.o. free admission