Art is Ours.

Oulu Art Museum is the Northern museum of contemporary art – and is here just for you. Everyone has the right to experience art their own way and ask it the questions they need to ask.

Rauha Mäkilä: I Wanna Rock Your Body (detail), 2007, Collection of the Oulu Art Museum. Photograph: Mika Friman. © Kuvasto 2023

Matti Mikkola, Blue monolith, 1970, oil on hardboard, 115x158 cm, Oulu Art Museum Collection. Photograph: Mika Friman.

28.3.–30.11.2025 Exhibition

Imagine Abstract

Discover the joy of shapes, rhythms and colours - interpretation is free!

Antti Holma, Hard Times, 2000 (detail). Oulu Art Museum Collection. Photo: Mika Friman.

6.9.–30.11.2025 Exhibition

Antti Holma

The unevenness of life, strong emotions and physical frenzy.

4.9.2025 News

The Oulu Art Museum's 2026 exhibition programme will celebrate collaboration
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4.9.2025 News

Jenna Sutela to present her Venice Biennale work in Oulu in 2027
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7.5.2025 News

Award winning composer Lau Nau visits Oulu Art Museum
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9.9.2025 Featured artists

Voice of the Land exhibition curators
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30.4.2025 Featured artists

Artists of the Kirjo exhibition
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11.11.2024 Featured artists

Artists of the Den exhibition
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18.9.2024 In Close-up

Minna Henriksson
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5.6.2024 Featured artists

Artists of the Listen to the Dust
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3.4.2024 Featured artists

Jaakko Niemelä
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Museum shop

Ainoa

We know happiness and good mood often depend on small things, and choose the products we offer with that in mind.

Service

Kaari

Museum café Kaari is located in the historic Åström Brothers industrial building next to the scenic Ainola Park.