Honouring Christmas traditions – Festive table settings in Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff’s House Museum

Christmas spirit on Bulevardi
28.11.2025–6.1.2026
Sinebrychoff Art Museum
Entry to the House Museum is free 

Christmas is being celebrated at Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff’s House Museum with festive table settings and events. Visitors have been able to experience old-time Christmases at the Museum since 2018. 

“Christmas at the Museum has become an annual tradition, one eagerly awaited by visitors, and we want to honour that. We have a unique ambiance here, in which you can admire the Yuletide celebrations in a genteel home of more than a century ago,” says Museum Director Kirsi Eskelinen. 

In the 19th century, splendid, lavish festive table settings became common in the homes of the gentry, and now you can see them in the House Museum. The Empire Room has a sweet table and a teatime table. It’s coffee time in the Gustavian Salon and Christmas dinner is laid out in the Dining Room. The Friends of the Sinebrychoff Art Museum joined us in designing table settings in the style of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

Besides celebratory table settings and decorations, the Museum takes us into Christmas with dramatic scenes performed by guides and music. At the House Museum on Saturdays, you can meet Paul himself, his wife Fanny, and housekeeper Alma. They are getting ready for Christmas by working at their own pastimes, while at the same time entertaining Museum visitors. Drama guides bring the Museum to life with short dramatic scenes and chat with the public. In the role of Fanny Sinebrychoff is Riitta Ojamaa, Paul Sinebrychoff is played by Antti Solin, and housekeeper Alma by Emmi Halmesvirta. 

In the House Museum you can enjoy the nostalgic Christmas atmosphere and admire the style furniture, rare objects, and the extensive collection – with the accent on old European art – amassed by Fanny and Paul Sinebrychoff. Or book a “Christmas Spirit” guided tour of the House Museum for your group. The Museum shop sells lovely gifts and decorations to add to your Christmas revels. Entrance to the House Museum is free of charge.


Christmas events

29.11., 13.12. & 20.12.2025
at 11–16 
Bringing the Christmas spirit to life

30.11.2025 at 13–16
3.12. & 17.12.2025 at 17–20
21.12.2025 at 13–16
6.1.2026 at 13–16 
Festive music on the grand piano / pianist Olivier Wu



Besides the Christmas spirit, the Sinebrychoff Art Museum is hosting a temporary exhibition: Spain Beyond the Myths.


Oy Sinebrychoff Ab supports the Sinebrychoff Art Museum.