The Architecture & Design Museum in Helsinki occupies a building designed by Gustaf Nyström in 1894 and completed in 1895. It was built as a school for the Swedish-language Läroverket för gossar och flickor. The Republic of Finland owns it through Senate Properties. The text gives the style as Neo-Gothic and names no materials or dimensions.
The museum was founded in 1873 as the Museum of Applied Arts and has been in this building since 1978. It was renamed the Design Museum in 2002, and it merged with the Museum of Finnish Architecture in 2024 to form the present museum.
The permanent exhibition covers Finnish design from 1870 to the present, with space for changing and touring shows. The collection holds over 75,000 objects. There is a cafe and shop, and free online exhibitions cover Arabia, Marimekko and Kaj Franck. The article gives no hours or admission.
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