Amos Rex for kids
Explore the exhibitions with Ou, our art guide for young visitors, and relax on the volcano-shaped sofa at Studio Rex.
This is Ou. You’ll find Ou at Amos Rex. As the museum’s art guide for children, Ou helps young visitors experience the exhibitions in their own way. Look out for Ou’s picture in the exhibition halls and on the exhibition map. Wherever you see it, you’ll find one of Ou’s tips about the artworks. Can you spot them all?
Studio Rex
Draw, relax and discover more about the art and the artists in Studio Rex. A space for experimentation, Studio Rex opens up a new perspective on each exhibition through activities that invite visitors to create and explore. Some exhibitions also offer the chance to get hands-on with artists’ materials.
Discussion guides
Want to talk about art? Amos Rex’s discussion guides are in the exhibition halls to chat with visitors of all ages. They are happy to answer questions, share thoughts about the artworks, or simply have a conversation. You can spot them by their lavender-coloured coats.
tips for exploring THE EXHIBITIONS
14 October 2026 – 21 March 2027
The artists in The Other Side of the Mountain are interested in how cities and different landscapes affect us, bringing us closer to one another or pushing us further apart. The exhibition features sculptures, video works, paintings and photographs. Climb aboard a Danfo minibus, gaze at the stars and follow Moko Jumbie, a figure from Afro-Caribbean folklore, as he dances through the streets of Copenhagen.
Museum hands
It’s easy to get absorbed in the artworks in an exhibition when you clasp your hands behind your back. There’s even a name for this pose: museum hands. It helps you concentrate and reminds you not to touch the artworks unless you’re told otherwise.
Emeka Ogboh: Transmissions
Emeka Ogboh is a careful listener. For years, he has recorded the sounds of his home city, Lagos. Through sound, he explores how the city changes and what happens when sounds travel from one city to another. Ogboh has brought a yellow Danfo bus to Amos Rex. Lagos is full of Danfo buses, which carry thousands of people across the megacity every day. Climb aboard the bus in the exhibition and listen to all the things it has encountered on its journey to the museum.
Studio Rex
At Studio Rex, you can peek behind the scenes of the exhibition. A video shows how the exhibition was put together. You’ll also find a library, where books for different ages share their shelves with maps, stones and fabrics. They invite you to think about how knowledge is created and all the different places we can find it. You can touch the objects in the library and explore them at your own pace.
Find Ou
Ou is the museum’s very own art guide for children, and the museum is Ou’s home. Ou has created tips for three artworks that are especially fun for our youngest visitors. You’ll find Ou’s home base in the cloakroom, with Ou’s own exhibition and a postbox. Ou is always happy to receive letters. Did you find the exhibition exciting, amazing or maybe so funny that you couldn’t stop laughing? Tell Ou all about it.
The exhibition is a great place to try Ou’s own card game. It’s perfect for anyone who wants to talk about art and how it feels – but might need a little inspiration.
You’ll find the Ou game in the exhibition, and our staff will be happy to help you locate it.
Recommended for ages 5 and up.
From the start
Children and young people have always been central to Amos Rex. This commitment dates back to its predecessor, the Amos Anderson Art Museum: in the early 1970s, it was already one of the few museums in Finland offering art programmes for children.
Visiting with kids
Free admission
All visitors under 18 can enter the museum free of charge.
Strollers and pushchairs
Strollers are welcome in the exhibition halls. Just remove large bags before entering. A limited number of strollers can be stored at the cloakroom. If you’re visiting with a stroller, you can enter through the accessible entrance and buy tickets from the museum shop.
With small children
Breastfeeding is welcome anywhere in the museum. A baby care station is available next to the cloakroom. You are welcome to enjoy snacks in the museum lobby.
Play outside
You can borrow a skateboard, scooter, street chalk or helmet from the museum shop and enjoy the museum’s courtyard on Lasipalatsi Square.
Loud sounds in the exhibition
Children’s hearing protectors can also be borrowed from the cloakroom.
Visiting without an adult
We recommend that primary school pupils visit the museum with an adult. Lower secondary school pupils are welcome to visit on their own.
Culture Kids
Amos Rex has been part of the City of Helsinki’s Culture Kids project since 2025. As a Culture Kids sponsor, Amos Rex creates tailored experiences for young Helsinki residents and accompanies them on their first encounters with art and museums.
Through the project, Amos Rex continues to develop its ways of welcoming children to the museum and supporting the cultural wellbeing of Helsinki families.
The Culture Kids programme is open to all children living in Helsinki who were born in 2020 or later. The cultural sponsor is determined by the child’s year of birth. Children are invited to two free events each year until they start school. Nearly 30 art and cultural operators are involved in the Culture Kids programme. Sign up here.
The Culture Kids programme is administered by the City of Helsinki’s Culture and Leisure Division and supported by the Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation.