The Finnish Museum of Photography offers a fascinating setting for celebrating children’s birthday parties.
In this special birthday workshop, participants discover the magic of the darkroom through hands-on activities. At the end of the workshop, each participant gets to take home a framed photograph they have made themselves.
The Birthday Darkroom Workshop offers a chance to experience the magic of working in a darkroom built especially for the Etsin exhibition.
Choose from two workshop activities:
1. Photograms – create photographs without a camera, or
2. Pinhole photography – experiment with a pinhole camera.
What is a darkroom?
A darkroom is a light-proof space where light-sensitive film or photographic paper can be processed and photographs developed and printed. Darkrooms have been used since the early days of photography. A red light is often used in the darkroom, as the photographic paper commonly used for black-and-white photography is sensitive to all other wavelengths of visible light except red.
The birthday workshop works best when the participants are as close in age as possible. When making your booking, please let us know if the group includes children of different ages or languages, so that we can tailor the workshop accordingly.
PLEASE NOTE: Food and refreshments cannot be provided as part of the birthday workshop.
Birthday workshops are available in Finnish, Swedish and English. The workshop is suitable for children aged 5 and over.
* Duration: 2 hours
* Price: €260 (Saturdays €340). The birthday party can be paid at the museum ticket desk by cash or card, or by invoice. A €10 invoicing fee applies.
The price includes admission, instruction, the workshop and all materials.
The workshop is available during the museum’s opening hours. The latest possible start time is 2.5 hours before closing.
Bookings and further information: booking@fmp.fi
When making your booking, please include the following information: which workshop you would like to book, date, time, age of the participants, language, contact details and preferred payment method. Bookings must be made at least 14 days before the workshop.
Instructions
Location:
* Finnish Museum of Photography, Cable Factory, Kaapeliaukio 3.
* Please meet in the Glass Courtyard (Lasipiha) of the Cable Factory and register at the information desk.
* We recommend arriving at least 10 minutes early so that you are ready when the workshop begins.
Birthday workshop:
* 1–2 responsible adults must accompany the group during the birthday workshop. Accompanying adults enter the museum free of charge with the group and are responsible for the children during the event.
* The workshop can accommodate up to 10 children.
Food and refreshments:
* If the museum’s mezzanine area in the lobby is available, you may have a small snack there before the birthday adventure. For the safety of the artworks, eating and drinking are not permitted in the museum’s exhibition spaces. The mezzanine cannot be reserved.
* Suitable snacks include for example individually packaged juice, fruit, biscuits or a small savoury pastry.
* Dishes cannot be brought to the mezzanine, and tables cannot be set or the space decorated.
* Food is also available at for example Hima&Sali restaurant at the Cable Factory or Traba restaurant at the Dance House Helsinki. There are also several restaurants and cafés in the nearby Ruoholahti shopping centre and in the Jätkäsaari area.
Cancellation policy:
Cancellations must be made by email to booking@fmp.fi at least 7 days before the booked time. For cancellations made less than 7 days before the booked time, 50% of the birthday workshop fee will be charged. The full fee will be charged for no-shows. In these cases, an invoice will be sent to the email address provided with the booking. A €10 invoicing fee will be added to invoices.
