Advanced Day Trips

Duration: 6 hours
Season: all year round
Example price:
– with sculpture workshop: 182 € / person (in a group of 4 persons)
– with acrylic painting workshop 206 € / person (n a group of 4 persons)
Included: entrance fee to Serlachius Museums, art workshop (acrylic painting or sculpture modeling), lunch (3-course), guided tour with the artist

Program Example:

• 11.00 Welcome to the heart of art – Serlachius Museum Gösta! Gösta Serlachius Fine Art Foundation maintains two awarded museums. Serlachius Museum Gösta is the home for Serlachius Collection, which is one of the biggest private art collections in the Nordic Countries. The museum’s extension, Gösta’s Pavilion, has gained many prizes for its architecture. On the short orientation tour, you will get a flying start for your day!
• 11.30 It is time to find out your artistic talents at the interesting and intensive art workshop! You may choose (in advance) from these two special workshops, which are carried through by professional artists: 

ACRYLIC PAINTING

In this workshop you will dive into the world of art with the guidance of an educated visual artist. The first lesson will familiarize you with the materials used in painting and you will begin your own work. On the second lesson you will get inspiration from the museum’s exhibitions and combine the newly learned aspects of painting and the ideas rising from the seen artworks. The last lesson will make you ponder the things you wanted to include in your own work, which colors indulged you and how did the whole process of painting feel like. Your artwork is now finished and you can share your experience with others!

OR

SCULPTURE MODELING

How do you look at a sculpture? How do you mold one? With the guidance of a professional artist you will take a tour at the Art Museum Gösta’s exhibitions and Sculpture Park. You will become familiar with different shapes, material and technic used in the process of sculpture modeling. After the inspirational tour you will start working on your own sculpture with the help of an educated and encouraging artist. Real sculptor’s equipment and plaster are used in the modeling. After you have finished your work you may take it with you.

• 13.00 Lunch break
  Restaurant Gösta is the perfect place for art & design lovers: sit on the funny, bouncy design chairs and relax in the beautiful milieu! Let the Art Menu, inspired by the art on show, indulge you!

• 14.00 Art workshop continues
• 15.30 Time of your own: to have a refreshing stroll in the park, take another turn in the exhibitions, make some unique purchase at the Museum Shop or maybe have a cup of coffee… With the same price you can also visit Serlachius Museum Gustaf in the center of Mänttä. Both of the museums are closing at 18.00.
• In the end of the artistic day, remember to take your artwork with you! See you soon again!

Live as a Local – Gösta

Amid the exquisite beauty of Finnish Lakeland lies one of Finland’s Icons, Serlachius, offering memorable experiences to the lovers of fascinating art, architecture, history, good food and beautiful landscapes. Welcome to enjoy the overall experience of multi-awarded Serlachius!

This one-day tour at Serlachius Museum Gösta offers a fresh angle to art and Finnishness. Combine with other destinations or book a two-days tour including a day in the Art Town Mänttä as well.

Duration: 6 hours
Season: all year round
Languages: English, Swedish, German, Japanese, Finnish
Price: from 75 € / person
Included: VAT, a short film and a guided art tour at Gösta (approx. 1,5 h), graphics art workshop (approx. 1,5 h), lunch (3-courses) at Restaurant Gösta, orientation tour in the pavilion (15 min.) entrance fee to both Serlachius Museums, loan of Nordic walking poles, bicycles, rowing boats (in summertime)
Optional: Stay overnight in Mänttä, several days program, sauna safari, fishing trips, visit a local home, nature tour, Mänttä Art Festival (June-August), visit at the Wine Tavern Vuorenmaja (in summertime)

Program Example:

• 11.00 Time traveling in Art: A beautiful video (10 min.) will give you interesting background information about the Serlachius collection which is one of the largest art collections in the Nordic countries. After the video show, the guided tour will take you on a trip, where you will see national art treasures and learn about their importance in Finnish history and culture. Nature and Finnish lifestyle are not forgotten either! 
• 12.30 Graphics Art Workshop: Inspired by the artworks on show at the museum, this workshop allows you to design and print your own special artwork to take back home. Beside the proper press, our supplies during the process consist of cola drink, among others. Fun and creative! 
• 14.00 Lunch at Restaurant Gösta: It is time to relax in the stylish restaurant of the museum and enjoy a tasteful meal prepared by Restaurant Gösta’s awarded top chef Henry Tikkanen. You will taste pure, local and seasonal ingredients! 
• 15.00 Internationally awarded Pavilion with Contemporary Art: A short orientation tour tells about the architecture and exhibitions in the art museum’s wooden pavilion. After the introduction you have some independent time to experience the exciting exhibitions, take a walk in the sculpture park and stroll in the island close by and enjoy the beautiful lakeside views. You may also buy unique souvenirs from the museum shop.
• 17.00 Farewell… or perhaps still another day in Mänttä?

Live as a Local – Gustaf

There is something odd in this little town of Mänttä, but in a good and intriguing way! Let’s find out the lifestyle of the small-town people and their incredible past from a little village to a producer of a well-known paper-brand Serla. Fun, exciting and active journey may begin! Combine with other destinations or book a two-days tour including a day at the Art Museum Gösta as well.

Duration: 6 hours
Season: all year round
Languages: English, Swedish, German, Japanese, Finnish
Price: from 75 € / person
Included: VAT, dramatized tour at Serlachius Museum Gustaf with paper workshop (approx. 1,5 h), lunch at Gustaf, guided walking tour in the Art Town (approx. 2 h), coffee and Finnish bun, entrance fee to both Serlachius Museums, loan of Nordic walking poles, bicycles, rowing boats (in summertime)
Optional: Stay overnight in Mänttä, several days program, sauna safari, fishing trips, visit a local home, nature tour, Mänttä Art Festival (June-August), visit at the Wine Tavern Vuorenmaja (in summertime)

Program Example:

• 11.00 The White House of Mänttä with Art and Stories from the Industrial Past: Serlachius Museum Gustaf, the former head office of the paper company, is also known as “the white house” of Mänttä. It was once the place where all the significant decisions of the Finnish paper industry were made. The peculiar habits and the history of the 1950’s Finland come alive through our humoristic drama guidance, where the paper company’s strict secretary testes your ability to work for the company. In the end of the tour you will learn how to make paper. Laughter guaranteed! 
• You may also take some time of your own at the museum’s exhibitions and the museum shop. Especially the exciting exhibition Paper Devil fascinates with the 150 years old story. The building in itself deserves a second look as well!
• 13.00 Lunch at Gustaf: Light and delicious lunch is served you at the historical café furnished with Pauli Blomstedt’s famous design.
• 14.00 Finnish Small-Town Life: This guided walking tour takes you in the core of Finnish living in a small town. You won’t only hear about the everyday life of the locals in the past and today but experience it by yourself!  How do locals do their shopping? Finns certainly know how to party, but where do they get all the booze? What is the most common carpet used in the Finnish homes through the years? Let’s find out this and other funny details of the Finnish culture! The tour will take you in the most common and interesting places of the locality. Length 2 hours.
• After the dive into the Finnish lifestyle, you have become Finnish enough to know what the Finns mean, when they say, “my coffee tooth is aching!”. Well, you need a cup of coffee with a Finnish pulla (bun) of course!
• 17.00 It is time to leave the Art Town Mänttä with a bagful of memories to take with you! Or perhaps still another day…?