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Museum Renovation work
The Sinebrychoff Art Museum has undergone extensive renovations between 2001 and 2002. The building's technical systems have been renewed and the rooms made more functional. Added to the Museum is a new elevator, storage and work areas for the safekeeping and maintenance of works of art. The most noticeable change has been the creation of the Interior Museum on the second floor, replicating the home interior of the main art collections original owners, Paul and Fanny Sinebrychoff.
Fanny Sinebrychoff resided in the building up until the start of the 1920s. The new Interior Museum shows the Sinebrychoff family home in all it's former glory, with the collected artefacts and furniture returned to their original resting places within the rooms. The selection of wallpaper and paints for the interior rooms has been made to match, as closely as possible, the original appearance of the rooms as they were in the 1910s.
Adjacent to the Museum is a new modern glass-walled Café building that borders on the Sinebrychoff Park. Café Fanny, named after Fanny Sinebrychoff, is situated to the east of the main Museum building.
Senatti-Real Estate carried out the renovation and extension work under the direction of the firm of architects Jukka Turtiainen Ltd. The estimated costs for the project totalled 6 862 000 euros and building work was completed in August 2002.
The renovated Sinebrychoff Art Museum opened its doors once again to the public in February 2003, and visitors were able to acquaint themselves with the new Interior Museum and Permanent Collection as well as the new Miniature Cabinet.
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