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
8.2.2025–6.9.2026
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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Water – The stream of Life
Exhibition is on display for the time being
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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Play and Explore
The exhibition is on display for the time being
A new exhibition dedicated to play will open on Saturday 20.12.2025. The exhibition consists of sites from the Power of Play exhibition and the Idea Workshop.
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Different Eyes
May 15, 2025–January 6, 2026
Two Centuries of Braille anniversary exhibition. We live in a world that emphasises visual information – but what if our eyes cannot see? The exhibition was curated in collaboration with the Finnish Federation of the Visually Impaired.
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Fibrations
10.6.2025–6.1.2026
The exhibition showcases student works of the Aalto University interdisciplinary course Crystal Flowers in Halls of Mirrors: Mathematics Meets Art and Architecture.
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Exhibitions Outdoors
Opens again summer 2026.
At Science Park Galilei you can try out large-scale objects based on music, mathematics and physics phenomena. Opens again 2026.
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Artificial Intelligence – Me, Myself & AI
Welcome to the village of the Scientist's home full of artificial intelligence! Can you beat the robot in rock-paper-scissors?
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Heureka Classics
Opens in Spring 2026
Heureka Classics is temporarily closed. The renewed exhibition will open during spring 2026.
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Electri City
Delve into smart electricity in your everyday life! What is a smart home like and how can you yourself use electricity intelligently?
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Circular Factory
Circular Factory is an exhibition of sustainable development solutions. How can familiar objects be recycled as efficiently as possible?
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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, a few old favorites are on display, such as the wire wheel and Foucault's pendulum.
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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Christmas Holidays at Heureka
Spend a fun Christmas holiday at Heureka! We offer fun and insightful activities for the whole family: exhibitions, experiments and experiences. There's plenty to do for the whole day!
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Gift ticket to Heureka
Give an experience as a Christmas gift - a gift card to Heureka is a joyful gift for a lover of science and culture. The ticket is valid for 12 months. Buy a gift card in the online store!
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Christmas gift ideas 2025 - best tips for men, ...
Looking for the perfect Christmas gifts? Find inspiring Christmas gift ideas for men, women and children. Order easily online from the Heureka Shop selection.
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Heureka's winter holiday camps 2026
Note! The camps are in Finnish. Are you looking for a winter holiday camp for your child in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area? Heureka is organizing two-day science camps for curious primary school children in week 8. Tickets are on sale until 11.2. 3 pm or until the camps are sold...
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The renewed planetarium open 26.12.
We will open a fully renovated and state-of-the-art Planetarium 26.12.
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Photographic Memory Test online
Note! The test in in Finnish. Take Heureka's free and fun photo memory test online. Challenge your visual memory, exercise your brain, and find out how accurately you remember the details of what you see.
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NOX evenings for adults
You'll leave Heureka's NOX events smarter than you arrived. Every event has their own theme.
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Thursday evening ticket for 10 €
Note! The discount does not apply on Thursday evening 25.12. On Thursdays from 15:00–20:00, all entrance tickets are 10 €/each. Children under 5 years of age can enter Heureka free of charge accompanied by a guardian.
