Opening week
1.-4.6.2022
Sámi Museum and Northern Lapland Nature Centre Siida invites everyone to celebrate in the opening week
The opening of the Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida’s exhibition Enâmeh láá mii párnááh – These lands are our children and the renovated Siida will be celebrated on Wednesday, 1 June 2022. On the inauguration day, Siida hosts an open house. Programmes connected with the new exhibition will be offered until Saturday, 4 June. Siida will be open for the public throughout the week despite special theme days and invited groups visiting the house. All visitors are welcome to Siida.
The programme of the opening week, with updates, is available here and on social media. We retain the right to changes in the programme. Siida’s museum shop SiidaShop serves the public in the renovated facilities during Siida’s opening hours and as an online store at www.siidashop.fi. There will be opening bargains and new products starting on 1 June. Restaurant Sarrit serves the public in the opening week too.
Further information:
Pia Nikula, Inauguration Coordinator, +358 40 621 2663, pia.nikula(at)samimuseum.fi. fi
Programme
Wednesday 1 June
10:00–16:00 Inauguration, open house
10:00 Opening of the exhibition Enâmeh láá mii párnááh – These lands are our children
11:00 Music Hour: Wimme
Noon Meeting with the exhibition experts and artists at the exhibition
13:00 Music Hour: Čaʹppesrääʹstes
14:00 Meeting with the exhibition experts and artists at the exhibition
15:00 Music Hour: Satu Aikio
16:00 Exhibition and Open-Air Museum close
16:30 Customer Service and SiidaShop close
10:00–18:00 Restaurant Sarrit open
18:00–21:00 Visit for invited guests
Thursday 2 June
9:00–18:00 Siida is open
Children’s and Young People’s Day: Programme on special themes for groups with a booking
Friday 3 June
9:00–18:00 Siida is open
Senior Citizens’ Day: Programme on special themes for groups with a booking
17:30–19:00 Siida’s auditorium, book release of Veli-Pekka Lehtola’s Entiset elävät meissä: Saamelaisten historiat ja Suomi (“The past lives in us: Sámi histories and Finland”). Open for everybody.
Saturday 4 June
9:00–18:00 Siida is open
11:00 Meeting with the exhibition experts in the exhibition
13:00 Meeting with the exhibition experts in the exhibition
15:00 Meeting with the exhibition experts in the exhibition