WAM Turku City Art Museum’s building on Itäinen Rantakatu is undergoing a renovation. The exhibition and audience engagement activities of WAM are temporarily located in Art House Turku’s Kilta Gallery. The gallery is located in the old fire station building along Hämeenkatu street. Entrance to the gallery is from the courtyard of the Art House.
WAM Kilta Gallery is located in the heart of Turku. The distance from the market square is about 800 metres by foot or bicycle.
The courtyard of the Art House can be accessed by bike. It has its own bicycle parking spaces for frame locks. There is a bike park on the medieval street Luostarin Välikatu, which is open from 8.00 to 22.00. You can also bike parks on the Old Great Square near the cathedral.
There may be event-specific instructions for cycle parking on the Art House’s yard.
The nearest city bicycle stations can be found on Hämeenkatu street in front of Kåren and on the Old Great Square.
The Kilta Gallery is accessible by several buses. The nearest stops are Tuomiokirkkotori near the Cathedral, and Kåren on Hämeenkatu street.
There is no car access to the courtyard. Art House Turku does not have its own parking spaces.
You can find street parking on Nunnankatu and Hämeenkatu streets, and a little further away around the Cathedral. Please note that as a rule, there is a charge for curbside parking.
You can stop at the Art House’s gate on Nunnankatu.
The entrance to Kilta Gallery is located at the back of the Art House courtyard. The courtyard is paved with cobblestone.
Access to the gallery from the courtyard is via a fixed ramp. There is a handrail on both sides of the ramp. The width of the access routes is at least 130 cm, or approximately 4 feet and 3 inches. The height of the threshold of the external door does not exceed 2 cm or one inch.
There are no level differences or thresholds in the galleries.
The accessible toilet is located opposite the external door.
There is a separate entrance to the WAM workshop from the same courtyard. The workshop is not accessible. The workshop is on the second floor, with stairs leading up to it. The stairs have a handrail on the left side.
There is a toilet near the workshop. The workshop has chairs with backrests.
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