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Roos House

Several new exhibitions are displayed in our Museum every year.  You can visit our temporary exhibitions at the Roos House, at the Exhibition Hall and in the corridor gallery of the Kokkola City Hall. In our exhibitions art and cultural history bring light to local topics and explore modern phenomenons.

Laitinen Antti, Broken Landscape III, 2017 Photo: Arto Liiti / Rovaniemi Art Museum

Biological ӏ Phenomena

5.12.2025 – 12.4.2026
Roos house, Pitkänsillankatu 39
Open Tue–Sun 11 am–4 pm, Thu 11 am–6 pm
8/5 €

Biological ӏ Phenomena explores the dynamic and mutually reflective relationships between nature and humanity, science and art. The exhibition turns its gaze toward the fragile ecosystem surrounding us and the cycle of life. It highlights the impacts of climate change in desert landscapes and the far reaches of Lapland, as well as the excessive habits of consumer society, while at the same time admiring, for instance, the nocturnal blossoming of the Queen of the Night and bearing witness to the inevitable course of natural processes despite human activity. Biological ӏ Phenomena contemplates the layers of biology and time, reaching far into the future.

The works of 26 artists and artist groups presented in the exhibition have been curated from the Jenny and Antti Wihuri Foundation Collection, one of the most significant collections of Finnish contemporary art. Biological ӏ Phenomena is realized in collaboration with the art museums of Rovaniemi, Kajaani, and Riihimäki.

Beda Stjernschantz, Pastoral, 1897. Photo: Joni Virtanen, KHRM.

A Glimpse into the 19th Century and Collection donated by K.H.Renlund

Permanent exhibition
Roos House, Pitkänsillankatu 39
Open Tue–Sun 11 am–4 pm, Thu 11 am–6 pm
8/5 €

The Roos House is an enchanting blend of art and Kokkola’s history. The upper floor features works by Finnish Golden Age artists from the K.H.Renlund donation collection. On display are pieces by, among others, Beda Stjernschantz, Magnus Enckell, Albert Edelfelt, Pekka Halonen, Viktor Westerholm, and Elin Danielson-Gambogi. In addition to these Golden Age treasures, the upstairs offers insights into 19th-century Kokkola, the Roos family, and the patron K.H.Renlund.

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