Restrictions The Ateneum will still open next Tuesday, avin’s decision will not limit visitors to ten people

National Gallery announced on Wednesday that it would close the Ateneum and Sinebrychoff art museums on Thursday, December 30, after interpreting that freezing the corona passport would limit the number of visitors to ten per space. The museums were to be closed until January 20th.

Now, however, a working group at the National Gallery has decided that the museums will open on Tuesday, January 4, with fewer customers. A valid corona passport is still required for museum visitors.

The number of audiences that can enter both museums will be limited so that the exhibition halls can maintain safe distances between both individuals and groups, the press release says.

Possible queuing takes place outside the doors of museums. Group visits, guided tours and events at the museums will be suspended for the time being. Outi Heiskasen The cinema in the ongoing exhibition at the Ateneum will be closed due to its small size.

Outi Heiskanen exhibition and Sinebrychoff Art Museum Treasures of the world exhibition are open until Sunday 9 January and the opening hours of the exhibitions will not be extended.

Senior Inspector of the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland (AVI) Oona Mölsä told Yle on Wednesdaythat such a ten-person limit on museums does not apply in Uusimaa.

Public events are currently prohibited in Uusimaa, but ongoing museum activities are not considered public events.

KORONAPASS can still claim in all the same places as before, Mölsä told HS on Thursday. However, a passport cannot be exempted for at least three weeks.

Yesterday the Director General of the National Gallery Kimmo Levä said to HS that the museums would be closed based on a decision made by the Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland on 23 December

“According to the constraints, there should be only ten visitors per space, which makes the situation awkward in terms of work organization. We can’t control it so well, ”said Algae.

In the National Gallery, one space was interpreted to mean one exhibition hall, regardless of the size of the hall, and the Ateneum and the Sinebrychoff Museum have several exhibition halls of different sizes.

There was also a concern that the freezing of the corona passport would not ensure that exhibition guests and staff were spared from exposure.

“Of course, in the new situation, those who have not been vaccinated and those who do not have a corona could also come to the museum, which would cause concern for the occupational safety of the staff,” Kimmo Levä said on Wednesday.

Coron passport the effect of the freeze was reported on Wednesday at other cultural events.

Broadcasting news on Wednesday morning that in Jyväskylä for New Year’s Eve The last temptations The premiere of the opera will be postponed to a later date.

The same in Kuopio Minna from Canth telling Minnan heaven The premiere of the opera is planned to be postponed, says the Savo Opera Association, which produces the work.

The new premiere of both operas has not yet been determined.

Modified 30.12. 4:12 PM: Article modified with new information. The article originally reported how the National Gallery announced it would close the Ateneum and Sinebrychoff art museums on Thursday, December 30, after interpreting that freezing the corona pass would limit the number of visitors to ten per space.