The museum opened in January 2017. By the end of June 2017, over 100,000 people had visited the museum.[1]
Exposition
Interactive gaming stands exposition
The museum exhibition consists of 100 Finnish games, six thematic period rooms, a video game arcade and a changing exhibition space.[2] Overall, the museum has around 85 playable digital games.[3] Museum also interviewed over 40 game developers, recording each as a half-hour long video, and published on YouTube short versions of these interviews.[4]
The museum was created with the help of a crowdfunding campaign arranged in 2015. The crowdfunding campaign raised €85,860 from 1,120 backers. Major backers included game companies Supercell, Housemarque and Colossal Order.[5]
Huhtinen, Petri (2 December 2016). Suomen pelimuseon joukkorahoittajien vip-tilaisuus [VIP event for crowdfunding at the Finnish Museum of Games] (JPG) (in Finnish). Tampere: Museokeskus Vapriikki. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024 – via Finna.fi. Lapsi pelaa Pelimuseon suunnistussimulaattorilla. = The child plays with the Museum of Games' orienteering simulator.
^Nauhalainen (2018-06-18). "Suomen Pelimuseo". www.nauhalainen.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2023-12-31.
^Huhtinen, Petri (2 December 2016). "Suomen pelimuseon joukkorahoittajien vip-tilaisuus" [VIP event for crowdfunding at the Finnish Museum of Games] (JPG). siiri.tampere.fi (Photo) (in Finnish). Tampere: Tampereen museot. Archived from the original on 1 January 2024. Lapsi pelaa Pelimuseon suunnistussimulaattorilla. [The child plays with the Museum of Games' orienteering simulator.]