The Museum Leikki’s Surveys

My Little Pony -lelu, joka on muokattu Käärijä-artistin näköiseksi.

The Museum Leikki’s Surveys In 2023, the Museum Leikki organized a Käärijä Fandom collection. The picture shows Käärijä as a My Little Pony. Between 2020 and 2025, the Museum Leikki has organized 11 online surveys on play knowledge. If you are interested in accessing material from the surveys, please contact info@museoleikki.fi.   SURVEYS Children of […]

Museum Collections

Mustavalkoinen kuva kolmesta tytöstä leikkimässä kotipihalla paperinukeilla.

Museum Collections Black-and-white photo of three girls playing with paper dolls in their yard. Photo: Kari Hakli, 1956, Helsinki City Museum. This listing will continue to be expanded. If you would like your organization to be included, please contact info@museoleikki.fi. Halonen Museum Foundation / The Museum of Fine Arts Eemil The collections of the Halonen […]

Archival Collections

Vanhoja ystäväkirjoja esillä Museo Leikin näyttelyssä.

Archival Collections Friendship books from the Museum Leikki’s exhibition. Photo: Pekka Elomaa. This listing will continue to be expanded. If you would like your organization to be included, please contact info@museoleikki.fi. Aalto University Archives The Aalto University Archives hold materials related to art education, including photographs, documents, and student works from the 1910s onwards. The […]

Play and Childhood Studies

Play and Childhood Studies Brothers on a Linnanmäki amusement ride in the 1970s. Photo: The Museum Leikki’s archives. Childhood studies has developed from a marginal topic into a diverse, established field characterized by interdisciplinarity and theoretical creativity. In Finland, childhood studies has advanced especially within early childhood education, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. For example, […]

Materials of Museums and Archives

Materials of Museums and Archives People sledding on a sunny winter’s day in Helsinki, 2018. Photo: Sakari Kiuru, Finnish Heritage Agency’s Historical Picture Collection. In Finland, museums, archives, and other organizations have long preserved a wide variety of materials related to play and childhood. In spring 2024, the Museum Leikki conducted a survey aimed at […]

Projects, Organizations and Networks

Projects, Organizations and Networks Residents of a dollhouse having a meal. Photo from the Museum Leikki exhibition. Photographer: Paula Virta. Below you can browse Finnish organizations focusing on play and childhood studies. These pages are continually updated. If you would like your project, organization, or research to be included, please contact info@museoleikki.fi. EntrePlay Project  The […]

Researchers of Childhood and Play

Researchers of Childhood and Play Dolls’ tea party at Päiväpirtti kindergarten. Photo: The Museum Leikki’s archives. Individual Researchers Below you can browse Finnish researchers focusing on play and childhood studies. These pages are continually updated. If you would like your name to be included here, please contact info@museoleikki.fi. Leena Alanen Leena Alanen is a sociologist […]