Rautatientori is Helsinki's biggest open square downtown, immediately east to the central railway station. In such location there are placed the Ateneum and the Finnish National Theatre; one in front of the other.
A bit of the history explains that the Art Museum of the Finnish National Gallery began with the founding of the first Finnish Art Society, which focused on developing a knowledge of art among the public, and creating a framework for basic art studies, while selecting its members, organizing art education, art raffles and exhibitions. It is interesting knowing that when the Ateneum was built in 1887, apart from the Art Society and its collections, the building also housed the society’s Drawing School (today the Academy of Fine Arts, where Mireia undergoes her PhD), the Finnish Association of Applied Arts (today the Design Museum), as well as the School of Applied Arts (today the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture).
Primarily as a touring company, the first Finnish National Theatre was established in 1872. It did not acquire a permanent home until 1902, when a purpose-built structure was erected prominently in the heart of Helsinki. There, until the Theatre School was founded in 1943, the Finnish-speaking actors were formed.
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