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Lecture: Famous chairs and stories from art history on January 18th at Riemu Museums

15.1.2025 News Culture and leisure Culture The Museum Center Riemu Art

Hjalmar Hagelstam, Portrait of a Woman, 1938. Oil on canvas. Riihimäki Art Museum, Tatjana and Pentti Wähäjärvi collection. Photo: Sami Parkkinen

Riemu Museums will host a lecture on Saturday, January 18 at 14 p.m. entitled “Famous chairs and stories from art history.” Lecturer: FL Tuija Vertainen.

The lecture will tell the stories of chairs familiar from art history and the people who sat on them from different centuries. The lecture is part of the joint exhibition of Riihimäki City Museum and Riihimäki Art Museum, The Story of a Chair, which leads the viewer through centuries and history, presenting chairs, objects and art.

The lecture is included in the price of the museum admission ticket. The event lasts approximately one hour.

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