Espoo Museum of Modern Art

EMMA Shop’s gift ideas for the upcoming holiday season

Laura Meriluoto: Muhku vase © Paula Virta / EMMA
Laura Meriluoto: Muhku vase © Paula Virta / EMMA

At EMMA’s museum shop, you’ll find the perfect Christmas gifts for lovers of art and design of all ages. Sustainability and local craftsmanship are highlighted in our thoughtfully curated selection of gift items.

Whom would you like to surprise this coming festive season? Read on for EMMA Shop’s great gift ideas!

For lovers of Finnish art

 

Jasmin Anoschkin’s ceramic sculptures © Paula Virta / EMMA

EMMA Shop is a treasure trove for art enthusiasts, especially for lovers of Finnish glass and ceramics. Our gift selection offers plenty to choose from, with over a dozen local artists represented in our art range. Whether a wall relief or a vase, art is a gift that keeps on giving for years to come!

Our gift tips: 

• Jasmin Anoschkin: ceramic sculptures, 145–2025 €

• Laura Meriluoto: Muhku vase, 469–499 €

• Laura Pehkonen: pick your own combo from the ceramics buffet, 85 € / 5 pieces

 

Cosy gifts for homebodies

 

Candles by Mersia Design & candleholders by Piia Jalkanen © Paula Virta / EMMA

Looking to delight someone who enjoys nothing better than lighting candles and curling up under a soft blanket with a good book and a hot mug of something delicious? Choose a cosy gift to brighten up the darkening winter evenings from our beautiful selection of candles and our shelves packed with inviting books about art, design, architecture and history.  As a finishing touch, add an elegant flourish to your fireplace with a matchbox decorated with art by Rut Bryk.

Our gift tips:

• Mersia Design: taper candles hand-dyed in Espoo, 12 € / 2 candles

Piia Jalkanen: Bri porcelain candleholder, 48 €

Rut Bryk matches, 5.50 €

Art books like: Tapio Wirkkala – Form, The Blue Door – Yrjö Kukkapuro’s Life and Work & Kim Simonsson: Tales of the Moss People, 10–189 €

 

The gift of time with loved ones

 

© Paula Virta / EMMA

Unhurried time with loved ones is one of the most wonderful gifts anyone can give – and the perfect way to spend time together is by bonding over art and design! Gift your loved ones a gift card for a guided tour, and treat them to the special experience of exploring any of our exhibitions in the company of one of our expert museum guides. A shared guided tour is a gift of joy that can be enjoyed by giver and receiver alike!

Our gift tip:

Gift card for a guided tour, 100 / 180 €

 

For stylish design buffs

 

Jewellery by Lahja Kallinen, Butoni Design & Kati Peltola © Paula Virta / EMMA

Hunting for something special for a loved one with a refined eye for beauty and elegant design? Look no further than our stylish selection of handmade jewellery! Unique jewellery is a gift that will be loved from year to year, adding the perfect finishing touch to any outfit, whether dressing up or keeping it casual. The newest addition to our range is a limited-edition collection of shirts designed by US artist Tschabalala Self. Each shirt is made in Finland and is a unique artwork that comes with an artist-signed certificate of authenticity.

Our gift tips: 

• Lahja Kallinen: Gift of the Waves earrings (made from sea glass from the Baltic Sea), 95 €

• Butoni Design: Flow & Kaari earrings, 37.90 / 59.90 €

• Kati Peltola: glass ring, 47–65 €

• Tschabalala Self: Artist Edition T-Shirt, 239 €

• Harri Koskinen, Wooden: Kuvastin mirror, 139 €

 

For little artists

 

© Paula Virta / EMMA

EMMA Shop’s inspiring range of art and craft supplies invites you to get creative at home. What kind of crafts would you like to try this winter: modelling clay or wax pastels? Don’t forget to add a fun game or two to your Christmas stocking!

Our gift tips:

Finnish-made playdough, 16.50–18.50 €

Animal-themed memory gameMatch It Right game, 24,90 €

Aquarelle Crayons, 13,90 €

Sketchbook inspired by EMMA’s Experiments in Concretism exhibition, 12,90 €

 

SHOP ONLINE

Note: Certain products are available only in-store. Warmly welcome! EMMA Shop is open:

Tue 12 pm – 5 pm
Wed-Fri 12 pm – 7 pm
Sat-Sun 11 am – 5 pm

We are closed on Independence Day, 6 December, and during the Christmas holidays, 24–25 December.

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