EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art

This guide to EMMA, the Espoo Museum of Modern Art near Helsinki, starts beneath architect Aarno Ruusuvuori's concrete tower, built in nineteen sixty-four for the printing company Weilin and Goos rather than for any visitor. It follows why he sealed almost every wall against sunlight, how the presses ran there for decades before the company left Tapiola in nineteen ninety-two, and how the city of Espoo later acquired the empty hall. You'll hear about the Saastamoinen Foundation's collection that eventually filled it. Stand beneath the tower and look up before you move into the galleries.