Heureka's interactive exhibitions encourage learning
In the menu below you will find all of Heureka's interactive exhibitions and you can explore them in more detail. At Heureka, you don't just look; you do, explore and wonder.
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Giants of the Ice Age
8.2.2025–30.8.2026
Nearly twenty life-size animal robots await visitors at the Giants of the Ice Age exhibition - including a mammoth and a saber-toothed cat!
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Our Journey in Space
10.2.2024-6.1.2027
Our Journey in Space is an interactive science center exhibition for the whole family
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Play and Explore
On display until further notice
The exhibition consists of sites from the Power of Play exhibition and the Idea Workshop. Play is natural and essential for human well-being. Playing is about exploring and experimenting, getting to know ourselves and each other. Through play, we learn to explore the world, and we should maintain this skill...
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Exhibitions Outdoors
Open until 27.9.2026
At Science Park Galilei you can try out large-scale objects based on music, mathematics and physics phenomena. Open until 27.9.2026
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Water – The stream of Life
On display until further notice
Water – The Stream of Life. The exhibition is suitable for people of all ages and backgrounds, to children and to adults, as well as the curious and those who like to delve deeper.
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Artificial Intelligence – Me, Myself & AI
Exhibition is on display until further notice
Welcome to the world of artificial intelligence! The mini-exhibition brings together the best parts of the previous exhibition at Heureka. Come and try out the artificial intelligence-based devices and games that the main character of the exhibition, the Scientist, had made for his home.
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Heureka Classics
On display until further notice
Experience our classic destinations with the whole family! Heureka Classics has a selection of the most beloved aha-experiences.
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Science on a Sphere
The Science on a Ball site presents data collected by satellites about climate and space, among other things.
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Main Exhibition Area
In the main exhibition area you will find tightrope cycling, Foucault's pendulum, the Water - the Stream of Life exhibition and Heureka classics.
Autumn 2025 events
Heureka has a wide and exciting selection of events for all ages. The events have their own themes and during them you can also tour Heureka's exhibitions. In autumn 2025 there will be events every month:
Good to know before visiting Heureka
Heureka has fun things to do every day in the autumn of 2025. You can experience our exhibitions, rat feeding demonstrations and other science performances. In addition, our new water-themed exhibition is now open!. In the list below you will find other important information as well as useful tips for your Heureka visit.
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Heureka is being renewed
The planetarium is closed. We will open a completely renovated and state-of-the-art planetarium at the turn of the year 2025–2026.
Heureka's exhibition selection changes at the turn of the year. So this autumn it's worth coming to experience Heureka as it is right now!
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The Science Restaurant
Read more about The Science RestaurantThe Science Restaurant offers a hearty lunch, a delicious Science Snack Menu and different kinds of smaller savoury and sweet treats.
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Heureka Shop
Go to the Heureka Shop pageFrom Heureka Shop you can grab the best science gifts, either as a keepsake for yourself, for a loved one celebrating a birthday, or just for fun. Give a gift that makes you smarter!
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Heureka is a safe space
Get to know the principles of Heureka's safer spaceEveryone should feel safe at Heureka. When I am at Heureka, I follow these principles of a safer space.
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Science at home
Check out science experiences for your home couch hereThere are also fun, Heureka-like things to do on the couch at home on the darkening autumn evenings. Note that all of these activities are in Finnish.
🎥 Watch our hilariously exciting Heureka moments and Wheel of Fortune episodes.
💡 Take our online tests: Photographic memory test, Hearing Test , Astronaut Test, Eyewitness Test , Musical Ear Test , Lie Detector Test and Multiple Intelligence Test .
Currently at Heureka
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Summer tips for your Heureka-visit
The most fun adventure of your summer vacation awaits you at Heureka! Check out the best tips for a memorable visit to Heureka and come spend an unforgettable summer day surrounded by science.
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Midsummer at Heureka
Looking for things to do in Helsinki during Midsummer? Head to Heureka in Vantaa – exhibitions, experiences, and tips for the whole family.
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Summer Science Camps 2026
Are you looking for a summer camp for your child in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area? Heureka organizes week-long science and space camps for elementary and middle school children throughout the summer. Tickets are on sale until 2 p.m. the Wednesday before the start of the chosen camp or until the...
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NCISC competition entries on display at Heureka
The NCISC is an annual science competition held in the US for American high school students. Some of the competition entries will be presented at Heureka from June 30th to July 1st. Read more about the competition entries and schedule on this page.
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New episodes of hilarious Heureka moments
Our hilarious science duo is back with a new episode of mind-blowing scientific tricks! Watch the latest Heureka moment on this page. Note! The videos are in Finnish.
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AI Art Recognition Test online (in Finnish!)
Can you distinguish genuine works of art from those fabricated with generative AI? Find out in Heureka's free AI art identification test! As you take the test, you'll get tips on how to identify AI-generated works.
