What’s Happening in 2026/27
A living calendar of Tove Jansson‑related happenings – from seaside festivals and Moomin exhibitions to friendly bookish tributes…
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OCTOBER
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Ongoing until 4th October 2026
Moomin pop-up shop in Paris: a temporary store dedicated to the hero of Tove Jansson’s books
36 Rue Étienne Marcel 75002 Paris 2
According to Sortir à Paris: “This fall, Moomin lovers, Parisians and residents of Île-de-France, or tourists just passing through the capital, will be smiling. For the first time in France, the Moumines are setting up in Paris in a pop-up shop ‘that invites young and old to discover the tender, poetic, and profoundly human universe created by Finnish author Tove Jansson’”.
10th October to 13th December
Tove and the Moomins Exhibition in Kobe
“Kobe City Museum is hosting Tove and the Moomins this autumn, and the useful thing to know upfront is that it’s a Tove Jansson exhibition at least as much as a Moomin one — and that high-school students and younger get in free.” The exhibition is touring after Kobe. It goes to the Iwate Museum of Art from 26th December 2026 to 28th February 2027, then the Yokosuka Museum of Art from 13th March to 9th May 2027.”
Kobe City Museum is in the Kyūkyoryūchi district, Japan
Ongoing until 20th December 2026
Finnish Design: Myths and Moomins
“Rare Moomin mugs and original figurines, on loan from Moomin Characters, join a new exhibition exploring the nature, mythology and folklore behind Finnish modernist design.”
The Stradling Collection, 48 Park Row, Bristol BS1 5LH, UK.
Ongoing until 5th January 2027
Moomin Mug Mania
“Moomin Mug Mania delves into Moomin mugs as iconic and hugely popular collectible objects, exploring the philosophy, sociology, and cultural history of collecting.”
Moomin Museum, Tampere Hall, Yliopistonkatu 55, FI-33100 Tampere, Finland
Ongoing until 24th January 2027
Tove Jansson Gallery, HAM (Helsinki, Finland)
Tove Jansson has her own dedicated space spanning three exhibition halls in the Helsinki Art Museum built around her frescoes ‘Party in the Countryside’ and ‘Party in the City’. “The inaugural exhibition centres on Jansson’s artistic family, with courage – inspired by Tove Jansson’s book Comet in Moominland – as its unifying theme.”
Ongoing until March 2027
Enchanted by Klovharun – On the Island of Tove and Tuulikki
Chappe Gustav Wasas gata 11 10600 Ekenäs, Finland
The exhibition showcases some of Tove Jansson’s few sea-themed paintings and Tuulikki Pietilä’s prints that depict Klovharun. The photographs taken by visiting artists Erika Adamsson and Katja Syrjä provide a comprehensive view into the working life of the artists on a distant outer island in the Baltic Sea. In connection with the exhibition, a book will be published, with an article by non-fiction writer Sanna Nyqvist, Docent in Comparative Literature.
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NOVEMBER
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21st November 2026 to 9th May 2027
Tove Jansson and her Families
Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration, 1 Myddelton Passage London EC1R 1AG, UK
An exhibition focussing on the Finnish writer and artist’s illustrations will include original art from her first Moomin book.
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HAPPENING NEXT YEAR
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JULY 2027
3rd July 2027
BBC SO Total Immersion: The World of Tove Jansson
Barbican Centre, Silk St, London, UK
“Discover a day of talks, film screenings, music and more inspired by the life and works of Tove Jansson.”
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AUGUST 2027
9th August 2027
Finnish Art Day / Tove Jansson Day
“Finnish Art Day, also known as Tove Jansson Day, is an annual flag flying day [in Finland, which] celebrates the birthday of Tove Jansson”. At Book Jotter, we honour Tove and her Moomins throughout the month of August and encourage others to do likewise.
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