Guided tours
Public tours
During the summer season in May–September, public tours in Finnish are held at Ahola on Saturdays at 11 am. The tour is included in the price of the entrance ticket and requires no advance registration.
The tour describes the stages of the Ahola building, the exciting life of the family of Juhani Aho and Venny Soldan-Brofeldt and life in the Lake Tuusula artist community.
Book your own tour!
A guided tour for your own group can be ordered during Ahola’s opening hours by calling +358 40 315 2213 or by sending email to ahola@jarvenpaa.fi.
A guided tour for a group of up to 25 people costs €80 and the museum entrance fees. Groups larger than this are divided between two guides so that everyone can see and hear well. In this case, the guidance fee is doubled to €160.
In addition to the basic tours on the life and history of Ahola, you can also book a themed tour for your group from the list below. When ordering a tour, it is possible to make special requests regarding the content of the tour.
Themed tours at Ahola
Life in the artist community
The tour focuses on the artist couple’s life at Ahola in 1897–1911. What did Ahola look like at the time? Who all lived at Ahola? And who all visited the place? The tour reveals such things as who designed the interior of the house, how Juhani Aho relaxed and what the children’s life at Ahola may have been like.
Price €80 + entrance fees
Juhani Aho’s path as a writer
The tour introduces the exhibition at Ahola and especially Juhani Aho’s career as a writer. Aho was a versatile penman who wrote everything from biographies and newspaper articles to short stories and novels. At Ahola, you get to see Aho’s manuscripts and first editions of his works, among other things. The tour also sheds light on the people who influenced Aho’s works.
Price €80 + entrance fees
The bohemian life of Venny Soldan-Brofeldt
This themed tour focuses on Venny Soldan-Brofeldt’s journey as an artist all the way from Helsinki via St. Petersburg to Paris. The tour introduces Soldan-Brofeldt’s works and her diverse career as an artist. The tour also discusses the status of female artists at the turn of the last century.
Price €80 + entrance fees