Schools & daycares
Teacher, on this page you’ll find Amos Rex’s services for your group: school visits, guided tours and assignments.
Welcome to Amos Rex. Please always book group visits in advance so that we can provide you with the best service at the museum. If the museum is crowded, pre-booked groups will be given priority access. Please inquire about available group visit times using the form or by email. Your booking is confirmed once you receive a booking confirmation email from our Group Service. Groups arriving without a reservation may need to wait or visit the exhibition on another day.
During the Generation 2026 exhibition, Amos Rex collaborates with the City of Helsinki Education Division and offers free guided tours of the exhibition for 7th and 8th grade students. During the exhibition period, morning slots before 11:00 will not be available to other school groups.
For inquiries about guided tours, please contact booking@amosrex.fi or call +358 9 6844 4633. The telephone service is available Mon, Wed and Thu, 1–4 pm.
Generation 2026
What are young artists dreaming about? What interests them, and what worries them?
Generation is a triennial, in other words an exhibition that repeats every three years. This is the fourth edition of Generation exhibition. Applications for the exhibition were open to creators aged 15–23. The jury selected 50 artists and artist pairs from a strong pool of enthusiastic applications.
The Generation artists stretch the boundaries of what art can be. They mix art forms including painting, installation and performance, and work across all kinds of materials and media, ranging from advanced technologies used in gaming to old traditions such as lamb’s wool coloured with natural dyes, for example.
The Generation 2026 artists explore themes such as identity, community, belonging and power structures. Many seek connection to their background and cultural heritage, reflecting also on human-nature relationships and the environmental crisis. Amplifying marginalised voices, examining the impact of technology, and using humour and absurdity as tools of resistance are also present in the exhibition.
The exhibition includes one work presented in a separate space that is not recommended for minors. Another work contains nudity. For more details, please explore the exhibition content and sensory information.
Generation jury
The artists in the exhibition were chosen by a seven-person jury, which included its chair, artist and game designer Harold Hejazi, Generation 2023 artists Yoonsik Kim and Aino Kontinen, as well as Amos Rex Museum director Kieran Long, curator Inna Schwanck, exhibition assistant Krista Mamia and curator of public programmes Laura Porola.
Next open call
The open call for the Generation 2029 exhibition will begin in autumn 2027, and we encourage all interested young people to apply. The museum will support selected artists throughout the entire exhibition process, so no prior experience in presenting art is required. We will also hold workshops on how to apply, which will be announced via our newsletter for teachers.
Exhibition guide
The exhibition guide includes an introduction to the exhibition, the artists’ own descriptions of their works, additional information about the artists, and a floor plan of the exhibition. The brochure is available at the museum in Finnish, Swedish, and English. It is free of charge.
Performance art
The Generation 2026 exhibition also includes performance-based artworks that take place in real time.
Assignments
At the museum.
Amos Rex’s mascot Ou has created special artwork labels just for kids in the Generation 2026-exhibition. Can you spot all of them? These labels include tips on how to approach and reflect on the works together.
Before your visit.
1. What do you think you will see in the museum? Write down 10 things. You can do the task by yourself or in pairs or small groups. You can start by discussing what you have seen in art museums before. If you haven’t been to one, it doesn’t matter – you can still guess.
2. Make another list of 10 things that you would like to see in the art museum. You could list techniques, subjects or certain types of artists. Or perhaps you’re interested in benches?
3. Compare the lists, do they have anything in common? You can take the lists with you to the museum and check how many matches you find. With younger children, you can prepare for the visit by writing a list together.
At the museum or after the visit.
In this pair assignment, each of you will choose a work of art to view in person. One of you begins by imagining you were in the artist’s studio while they were creating the work. Report back to your partner: What did the process look like? What stages did the work go through? What tools did the artist use? Where did they source their materials? How might the artist have felt? Use your imagination freely.
Next, repeat the assignment, with the other partner giving a similar report on their chosen artwork. If you are unsure about the medium listed on the artwork’s label, please ask your teacher or a discussion guide on site.
At the museum.
The Sigurd Frosterus collection hall has a very different atmosphere from the main exhibition. Choose your favourite work (alone or in a group) and find out how old the artist was when they created it. All art was once contemporary – how does the Modernist style of Frosterus (displayed in the collection hall) differ from today’s visual arts?
After the visit.
The Generation exhibition takes place every three years, and applications are open to people aged 15–23. The next Generation show takes place three years from now. What kind of work would you apply with yourself?
Think about a work proposal, and consider the following points:
- What is the work about?
- What material or technique is used? How is the work created (e.g. drawing, painting, collage, or more experimental methods)?
- How big is the work, and how is it presented in the space? Does it hang from the ceiling or on a wall? Or does it perhaps become part of the visitor as they enter the space? Your imagination is the only limit!
Your imagination is the only limit. Make a sketch or plan for a work using a technique of your choice.
P.S. If you complete the task in pairs or small groups, also consider how you divide the work. Will you work together throughout, or take on different roles (for example, one person as photographer and another as performer)?
The Ou card game is perfect for anyone (of any age) who wants to talk about art and how it feels – but needs a little inspiration.
Teachers get a 15% discount when purchasing the game at the Amos Rex Shop. The card game works in any exhibition. Ask our staff if you’d like to borrow a deck for your visit.
Breathe is a comic book designed for young people (12+) that tells the story of two 14-year-olds trying to find their friend’s artwork in a strange and massive museum. The book opens up art and museum structures in a fun and visual way.
The comic book can be borrowed and read on-site. Teachers get a 15% discount on the book at the museum shop with an OAJ card.
Explore the artists’ materials in Studio Rex
In Studio Rex, you can draw, relax, and reflect on thoughts inspired by art.
At Studio Rex, you can find out more about the favourite materials of three of the Generation 2026 artists. Let your hands sink into wool, feel the coolness of ceramics against your fingertips, or learn to weave your own piece of art from recycled electric cables.
While you may touch the materials in Studio Rex, please remember that this is not permitted in the exhibition space unless otherwise stated. Studio Rex is open to all, and you’re welcome to gather your group there. We kindly ask that you keep your voices down if a guided visit is in progress.