Rulla's exhibitions
In Rulla's changing exhibition you get to know different kind of art and themes.
28 March to 18 June, 2026, Love it! - Cultural Education Program Art Arc’s 20th Anniversary Exhibition
Tampere's cultural education programme Art Arc's continues its 20th anniversary year in spring 2026. To celebrate the anniversary, an art exhibition Love it!, will open at the Children's Cultural Centre Rulla at the end of March, curated by the children.
The theme of the exhibition is celebrations. The art works were selected by the pupils of classes 4A and 4B of Peltolammi School from nominations sent by members of the Tampere Artists' Association in autumn 2025. The curating was done in a workshops and the classes were also able to create their own art. The children's artworks are displayed as part of the Love it! exhibition with works by professional artists.
The Art Arc is a cultural education programme in Tampere, which is visited by around 25 000 children and young people every year. The Art Arc starts at the age of 3-4 in an early childhood education and care centre and continues until the 9th grade. Each year, the Art Arc gives children the chance to experience culture and to do it themselves. For example, in 4th grade you can take part in a circus workshop and watch a performance for the Sori Circus.
Love it! exhibition is open in Rulla during opening hours.
3.1.-18.6. Rulla's Secret Party Office
In Rulla's Secret Party Office, you can complete secret party tasks, take a nap inside a cake, make important phone calls or organize tea parties.
The functional and playful party office exhibition was carried out as part of Rulla's 20th anniversary. Esikot group from Kalevanharju Kindergarten and the first grade of Wivi Lönn's school participated in the design of the party office in spring 2025. The data collection and interviews with children were made by students from Tampere University of Applied Sciences.
Secret Party Office is open during Rulla's opening hours.
8 August to 4 October, 2026, HIDDEN - a functional space for children's play and imagination
The Hidden is a functional space for children's play and imagination. Babies, toddlers and play-age children can adventure and play in the space with their own adult. The functional space hides the excitement of being hidden and the joy of searching and discovering.
The exhibition "HIDDEN" is open during Rulla's opening hours.
10 October to 20 December, 2026, On That Day - exhibition on the chain of freedom
In 1989, more than two million people took each other by the hand and formed a chain through Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania to demand freedom and peacefully resist occupation. The exhibition is based on the book of the same name, written by Eppu Nuotio and illustrated by Sanna Pelliccioni, which tells the story of the Baltic Chain through the eyes of a child.
The exhibition takes you to the meadow of freedom and asks what freedom really is, listening to the soundscape in the corner of home, looking at illustrations and old photographs, searching for keys and making a human chain.
The exhibition "On That Day" is open during Rulla's opening hours.
Children's and Youth's Gallery
Children's and Youth's Gallery is an art concept developed by the Children's Cultural Centre Rulla and cultural education program Art Arc (Taidekaari), where art of children is highlighted in Tampere cityscape.
Adventure room Terra
Rulla's adventure room Terra is a permanent space for the little ones of the family, where they can play and wonder. In Terra you get to marvel underwater world and play our own imagination plays e.g. with soft toys. There is also a little playhouse where you can keep a small imagination tea-party!
