Amos Rex

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"A contemporary art museum completed in 2018 with both aboveground and subterranean galleries; its underground annex features an undulating concrete roof that invites playful interaction and climbing while housing thought-provoking exhibitions." - Dinaw Mengestu Dinaw Mengestu Dinaw Mengestu is an award-winning author of three novels, all of which were named New York Times Notable Books. His writing on foreign affairs, history, conflict, and politics has appeared in Harper's, The Wall Street Journal, and Rolling Stone, among others. Travel + Leisure Editorial Guidelines

"The Amos Rex museum combines some of the best of old and new Helsinki amid striking architecture, much of which is below ground. The cultural institution showcases historic artefacts from the former Amos Anderson Art Museum and also hosts contemporary exhibitions in its cavernous interior. The vast space was created by hollowing out the earth beneath Lasipalatsin aukio – a public square that has itself been given a curvy and contoured makeover. Above ground, the architecture is no less impressive, with bars, cafés and a 590-seat cinema inside the functionalist 1930s gem that is Lasipalatsi."

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"Opened in August 2018 and named after patron Amos Anderson, Amos Rex stages a rotating series of temporary exhibitions by local and international artists and has quickly become one of the city’s most popular modern art museums — I’m not a modern art fan, but I’ve heard the gallery’s exhibitions are really cool." - Matthew Kepnes