International Christmas

Welcome to the International Christmas at the Forssa Museum!

Time: Saturday 29.11.2025 at 10-14 (10 am - 2 pm)
Location: Forssa Museum, Wahreninkatu 12, Forssa

As part of the Spinning Mill Christmas event in 2025, Forssa Museum will host the International Christmas. At the museum, you can taste and buy treats from different countries, chat, share memories, and explore festivities from various cultures.

The Forssa Museum offers the space for free and invites everyone to share and experience the seasons traditions. The museum wants to create new ways of connecting to the Forssa community. The museum is a space for everyone!

The event is alcohol-free and substance-free, and follows the principles of a Safe space.

PROGRAM INCLUDES

1. Culture on Your Plate
Culture on Your Plate is a communal event showcasing seasonal delicacies from around the world. Everyone is welcome to bring their traditional flavors. Register your group and share the tastes and customs of your culture with the Forssa community!

Registration on the Forssa Museum Website: https:/­/­www.forssanmuseo.fi/­ajankohtaista/­

2. Pop-up exhibition: Wall of Memories
During the event, a Wall of Memories will be built in the Gallery Moletti at the Forssa Museum, where memories will be collected in the form of stories, photos, and objects.

Bring a memory with you that relates to Christmas, winter, or the turn of the year.
The exhibition has a Memory writing stations where you can also write down what you want to share.

3. Christmas themed crafts
Non-stop Crafting Station for the Little Ones – and Why Not for Adults Too! The Forssa Museum’s industrial textile collection and it's patterns offer a wonderful source of inspiration for creating various decorations and cards. Join in and make your own to take home. Perhaps it will become a lasting Christmas tradition for years to come.

4. Free entrance to the Forssa Museum permanent exhibition.
The Forssa Museum will host an open house with free admission during the entire event on Saturday, November 29, 2025, from 10 to 14. Welcome to explore the City of Colorful Cloth exhibition and take part in the International Christmas as part of the Spinning Mill Christmas event!

More information about the event and the registration for Culture on Your plate via the museum website:
https:/­/­www.forssanmuseo.fi/­ajankohtaista/­