Previous Exhibitions in the Café and in the Agricola room
20.1.-5.3.2012
Recipient of the 2012 Puupäähattu Award for Finnish
comics artists
Kaisa Leka.
In cooperation with the Finnish Comics Society.
TUGAN TEL - The Literature of Finland’s Tatars
16.9.2011 – 10.1.2012
Exhibition design: Researcher Kadriye Bedretdin and Professor Emeritus Tapani Harviainen.
In cooperation: Finnish Oriental Society.
In connection with the exhibition, an anthology containing research studies, magazine, and newspaper articles concerning Finland’s Tatar community from the period 1864–2011, will be published by the Finnish Oriental Society. The anthology is edited by Kadriye Bedretdin
16.5.-10.9.2011
The Flying Carpet. Cultural interaction in Finnish children’s and youth literature.
In cooperation with The Finnish Union of authors writing for children, youngters and young adults.
Exhibition design: The Finnish Union of authors writing for children, youngters and young adults’ working group Taina Haahti, Hannu Hirvonen, Marjut Hjelt, Kirsti Kuronen, Tuija Lehtinen, Ismo Loivamaa, Raili Mikkanen and Terhi Rannela.
11.3.-11.5.
In cooperation with the Finnish Book Arts Committee and the National Library of Estonia.
28.9.-31.12.2010
Upper secondary school students’ favourite books
Displayed are the favourite books of students from the Vaskivuori
and Herttoniemi Upper Secondary Schools.
20.10. - 31.12.2010
Ancient Greek Written Sources
From the Sand to the Screen
A center of excellence named by the Academy of Finland Ancient Greek Written Sources, itroduces itself. Banner exhibition.
The exhibition is related to a symposium:
Eikonopoiía.
Digital Imaging of Ancient Textual Heritage: Technological Challenges
and Solutions. 28–29 October, 2010, Helsinki.
12.5-18.9.2010
The new reading culture in the Finland in the 18th century
Favourite books from fiction to travel accounts
Exhibition design: Library Director Cecilia af Forselles, Ph D
Produced in cooperation with the Finnish Literature Society
Cecilia af Forselles
During
the 1700s, new literary genres dramatically affected the rapidly
expanding literate population and readers’ world of ideas. Travel
accounts, works of fiction, as well as enlightenment and practical
literature opened up readers’ worlds in an unprecedented way. The
reading of the new literature was also associated with a more
individualistic reading culture that fostered one’s own reading
experiences.
A reader’s spiritual freedom and opportunity to
personally influence the quality and level of his or her own education
broadened; interest in a certain subject or literary genre could
channel a person’s reading habits in new directions. A central part of
the new reading culture was the possibility to deepen, put one’s soul
into, and contemplate one’s own reading in peace, in the comfort of
one’s own surroundings.
Religious literature continued to occupy
a dominant position among the agricultural population, but in cities,
its status was no longer as strong among merchants, civil servants and
handicraftsmen. In the small Finnish cities of that time, it was also
possible to read
world literature, either in the original language or translated.
The books on display represent books that were read in Helsinki and Oulu in the 1700s.
Many
travel accounts were read in Finland. Among the most popular were those
of Carl von Linneus and his students, as well as descriptions written
by foreigners. For example, Karl Johan Fagerström , who served as the
mayor of Oulu during the period 1788-1799, owned the work displayed
here, Voyage aux Indes orientales et la Chine, fait depuis 1774 jusqu’à
(1781) written by the renowned French natural scientist and explorer
Pierre Sonnerat. Sonnerat, who made several trips to Southeast Asia,
was known as an advocate of cultural diversity and an admirer of
ancient Indian culture.
Non-fiction, particularly novels and
plays, became a new influential part of reading culture in the Finland
of the late 1700s. Besides enlightenment literature, works of fiction
also proved to be a powerful way to disseminate the epoch’s new values.
By emphasizing feelings and the importance of nature, non-fiction works
conveyed an appre ciation of nature, as well as emotional or empathetic
attitudes towards life. In the form of comedies, satire or parody,
they also often questioned or criticized the foibles of people and society.
Like
non-fiction, the period’s popular historical works supported individual
thinking as well as social awareness and interpretation. Historical
literature became renewed during the 1700s in many ways; historians
adopted a more dynamic presentation style and wrote works that
encouraged readers to make political, emotional and ethical choices.
Voltaire’s work on Charles XII was particularly popular in Finland.
The
period’s utilitarian thinking and the growing availability of
non-fiction literature also fostered, besides professional expertise,
new types of economical and societal aspirations. A increa singly
diversified supply of books created a broad basis for a more
individualistic attitude towards life, contemplation, personal
development as well as comparisons between one’s own outlook and the
views of others.
More about the subject can be found in the
book: Book Culture in Cites during the 1700s. Editors Cecilia af
Forselles & Tuija Laine. The Finnish Literature Society library
publication 20, SKS 2008.
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The finest Finnish books 2009
17.5.-18.9.2010
Produced in cooperation with the Finnish Book Arts Committee
8.4-8.5.2010
Best-Designed Estonian Books 2009
25 of the best-designed books and 8 of the best-designed children’s books
Produced in cooperation with the National Library of Estonia.
15.1-1.4.2010
Puupäähattu-Award for Finnish comics artist
Recipient of the 2010 Puupäähattu Award for Finnish comic artist, Tiina Pystynen
Produced in cooperation with the Finnish Comics Society.»
2.12.2009-11.1.2010
The Third Dimension
Pop-up books, Christmas-themed and other works from the Brummeriana and Lea Collections
Exhibition design: Professor Markus Brummer-Korvenkontio
23.9-28.11.2009
Finnish Behind the Borders 1918-1944
Finnish-language Soviet literature from the National Library of Finland's collections. Exhibition expert: Non-fiction writer Antero Uitto
Exhibition working group: Librarian Harri Ahonen, Pauli Krushe, FM, and non-fiction writer Antero Uitto
The exhibition is associated with a lecture given 30.9 by non-fiction writer Antero Uitto.
4.6-15.9.2009
Authors and important people from Satakunta
Produced in cooperation with the Pori City Library-Regional Library and the Regional Council of Satakunta
18.12.2008-7.3.2009
Darwiniana – The Origin of Species and Partners
Exhibition design: Professor Anto Leikola
The exhibition is associated with the Science Days 2009 theme
14.6−20.9.2008
Not for the Revenue Men!
From Moonshine to Koskenkorva
Exhibition and multimedia
Design: Esko Rahikainen and Ricardo Parada
10.10-13.12.2008
Aavan meren tuolla puolen…
Finnish songbooks and recording stars
Design: Esko Rahikainen.
Produced in cooperation with: F-Kustannus Oy.
Fifty years of music libraries in FInland
