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"In Flight – Birds at Vapriikki" - a new exhibition at Museum Centre Vapriikki

"In Flight – Birds at Vapriikki" - a new exhibition at Museum Centre Vapriikki

24.02.2012 15:11

Museum Centre Vapriikki in Tampere is opening a new exhibition "In Flight – Birds at Vapriikki". Take a flight into the Finnish bird’s history!

In this playful exhibition you can experience flying from the bird’s eye view in 3D, watch birds form a bird-watching tower, and play an Angry Birds live game. For those who wish to sing like a bird, there is a karaoke room with bird-themed songs, and children can curl up in a soft bird's nest. The core of the exhibition is built around an information pack on Finnish birds and objects from the Peter the Great Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography, Kunstkamera, in St Petersburg and from Finnish museums. The most valuable object displayed is a 21 000 year old swan figurine from Siberia.

Birds and humans live close to each other. People enjoy watching birds nest, and hear them sing. In all, 465 bird species have been found in Finland. Bird watching is a very popular hobby here. In the winter, Finns feed the birds that stay with us through the cold and dark period. We await the return of birds in the spring, which we see as a promise of summer, warmth and light. In Flight exhibition focuses on the Finnish bird both as a biological and cultural creature.

Ancient Finnish myths had it that the world emerged from the egg of a water bird. People used to predict harvests, weather and fortunes from bird behaviour. It was believed that the soul of the deceased flew to the heavens as a bird. The exhibition brings forward the presence of birds in the Finns’ lives in ancient times and the present. Why was the swan chosen as the national bird of Finland? Is it a coincidence that the best-known Finnish creations at the moment are angry birds?

In Flight – Birds at Vapriikki
24 February 2012 – 28 April 2013

More information:
Curator Marjo Meriluoto-Jaakkola
Tel +358 40 7323745

» In Flight – Birds at Vapriikki
http://www.vapriikki.net/lennossa/en/

» Museum Centre Vapriikki


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