Cultural Routes

Alvar Aalto Foundation / Alvar Aalto -säätiö

Cultural Route

• Alvar Aalto Route – 20th Century Architecture and Design

Country

• Finland

Member Category

• Cultural Institution / NGO
• Museum
• Heritage Site

Member Status

Individual

Year of Accession to Membership

2017

Contact Details

Tiilimäki 20
FI-00330 Helsinki

Tel: +358 44 562 1625
Website: www.alvaraalto.fi
Email: tommi.lindh[at]alvaraalto.fi

Alvar Aalto -museo (The Alvar Aalto Museum)
Alvar Aallon katu 7
FI-40600 Jyväskylä

Tel: +358 40 135 6210
Website: www.alvaraalto.fi
Email: museum[at]alvaraalto.fi

Alvar Aallon kotitalo (The Aalto House)
Riihitie 20
FI-00330 Helsinki FI-40900

Tel: +358 9 481 350
Website: www.alvaraalto.fi
Email: riihitie[at]alvaraalto.fi

Contact Person

Tommi LINDH (CEO) / Noora KIILI (Producer)

Main Town/Region

Helsinki (Uusimaa)

Site Town/Region

Jyväskylä (Central Finland) / Helsinki (Uusimaa) / Muuratsalo (Jyväskylä/Muurame, Central Finland)

Main GPS Location

60.198330, 24.869375

Site GPS Location

62.233759, 25.731872 / 60.196849, 24.876741 / 62.101230, 25.748868

UNESCO World Heritage List

N/D

European Heritage Label

N/D

Other Heritage Labels

UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List:
The Architectural Works of Alvar Aalto – a Human Dimension to the Modern Movement (2021) (whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/6509)

Description

The Alvar Aalto Foundation maintains the material and intellectual legacy of the world-famous architect and designer Alvar Aalto.
The Alvar Aalto Foundation’s sites in Helsinki and Jyväskylä are meeting points for friends of architecture and design from all over the world. The Alvar Aalto Museum (Alvar Aalto -museo) founded in 1966 in Jyväskylä, is a specialist museum of architecture and design, and a national and international centre for information about Alvar Aalto with extensive collections.
The Foundation organises guided tours of The Aalto House (Alvar Aallon kotitalo), the home of the Aalto family, the Studio Aalto (Alvar Aallon ateljee) in Helsinki, and the architect’s summer residence, the Muuratsalo Experimental House (Muuratsalon koetaloon) in Jyväskylä.
The Alvar Aalto Foundation also oversees the work of the Alvar Aalto Academy (Alvar Aalto –akatemian) and the Foundation’s Architectural Heritage Department, fostering training and research in modern architecture and providing expert assistance on repairs of buildings designed by Aalto.

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