Art changes people and the world around them. At the Oulu Art Museum you can find transformative experiences and gain new perspectives through art. We believe sensitivity is courage – and we want to give room to it.

The Oulu Art Museum’s exhibition programme focuses on regional and contemporary art – but never forgetting collection exhibitions, special themes and international artists. The exhibitions are accompanied by a rich programme of events.

The collections of Oulu Art Museum emphasise contemporary art. Thematic wholes include different phenomena in visual art, artist self-portraits, naïvist art and the Northern dimension in art. In addition, Oulu Art Museum maintains the art collection of the City of Oulu and manages several smaller donated collections.