Kuopio Museum

The competition was won by architects Aki Davidsson and Jaana Tarkela with their entry called "Hila".

[4] One of Kuopio Museum's main attractions since around the beginning of the new millennium has been a restored mammoth called Häkä.

The installation was completed in connection with the renewal of the main exhibitions of the Natural History Museum in 1999.

The name "Häkä" was derived from Kari Häkämies, at that time the Minister of the Interior, and formerly the Mayor of Kuopio, who officiated the unveiling of the exhibit on 3 June 1999.

The mammoth exhibit was made by conservator and artist Eirik Granqvist.

The Kuopio Museum at night in 2020
'Between Heaven and Earth', an artwork by Charles Sandison installed in the new extension of Kuopio Museum