Night of the Arts: School Food of the Future and a Celebration of Taste

During the Night of the Arts on Thursday 20.8.2026, entry to the Hotel and Restaurant Museum is free from 17 to 21. The evening programme features school food, a taste workshop, and a creative craft session.

Flavours from School: New Dishes and Classics (17-20)
Fresh school meals prepared that day can be tasted on site while supplies last. The creators of school meals from the Service Centre Helsinki are also present. The Ruukku Food Education Association's taste workshop challenges the palate and introduces ingredients through all the senses.

Dream Delicacies Workshop (18-20)
A nonstop craft workshop for all ages takes place in the museum's café: participants build their own plate of dream delicacies.

Triple Fun - Guided Tour: A Walk Through Three Museums (17)
A one-hour tour leads through all the Cable Factory Museums - the Hotel and Restaurant Museum, the Theatre Museum, and the Finnish Museum of Photography. Space for the first 20 visitors.

The museum's exhibitions are open all day. The "Sparkling Decades" exhibition explores restaurant memories from the 1960s and 1970s, the "Taste Matters" exhibition presents different perspectives on food and drink culture, and "From Bridal Bread to Wedding Cake" is a small exhibition about festive food.