Didrichsen Art Museum Explained

Didrichsen Art Museum
Architectural Style:	Modernist
Location:	Helsinki, Finland
Completion Date:	1965, 1967
Architect:	Viljo Revell

Didrichsen Art Museum (Finnish: Didrichsenin taidemuseo, Swedish: Didrichsens konstmuseum) is an art museum in Helsinki, Finland.

History

The art museum was founded by Marie-Louise and Gunnar Didrichsen, who asked Finnish architect Viljo Revell to build the first of two phases in 1958 and again in 1965.^[1]

The modernist buildings are built to the contours of the land and surrounded by trees.

Location

The museum is located on the island of Kuusisaari. The founders have since died and are buried within the compound of the museum.^[2]

Further reading

• Minna Törmä, Nordic Private Collections of Chinese Objects (Routledge, 2020).

External links

• http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/?lang=en

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Didrichsen Art Museum - Didrichsenin taidemuseo . www.didrichsenmuseum.fi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417204211/http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/architecture/the-didrichsen-art-museum/ . 2016-04-17.
2. Web site: The Didrichsen Art Museum - Didrichsenin taidemuseo . www.didrichsenmuseum.fi . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160417204211/http://www.didrichsenmuseum.fi/architecture/the-didrichsen-art-museum/ . 2016-04-17.