September 18, 2026

​Hello Pittsburgh Finns and friends!
 

We are thrilled to tell you that it's happening! The Finnish Room is being constructed. The first step is to remove what's currently in Room 306. We did that and are building back up. See the photos in our two social media accounts (they both post the same updates) https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61593020529369

https://www.instagram.com/finnishnationalityroom/

Soon we will add log walls and it will begin to look like the Finnish Room.

Construction will extend to the end of the year. The dedication of the room will take place in 2027. We have just released updated computer simulations of the room. You can find them on this site in "A Walk through the Finnish Room". Fundraising is still in progress.

 

This year we gave our annual Vappu party on May 3. During 2025, we had several social events. On November 23, we held our Pikkujoulu party. On October 12, we toured The Scandinavian Home: Landscape and Lore, an exhibit at the Frick Museum in Pittsburgh which comprised over 100 works of Scandinavian art. In July, we attended FinnFest in Duluth, MN and follow-up events hosted in Hancock, MI. 

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We'd like to thank all members, and those involved once again for their donations and their PATIENCE with the Finnish room project - a project decades in the making, passed on to new generations to come. We should not stop supporting our project and our group.  We are ALL now builders of our ROOM. Also, we need to keep our group going through yearly dues. 

If you haven’t paid dues or want to make a donation, you need to follow separate procedures for the two organizations we are members of—the Finlandia Foundation Pittsburgh Chapter and the University of Pittsburgh Finnish Room Committee.

Finlandia Foundation Pittsburgh
Dues are $5 yearly. We also appreciate donations for office supplies, if you would like to add something extra to the $5. 
Make the check payable to “Finlandia Foundation Pittsburgh” and send it to “Sally Morton, 5250 Liberty Ave, Apt 447, Pittsburgh, PA 15224-2380.” 
Finnish Room Committee
Dues are $10 yearly. You can also include donations for the Finnish Room, since all monies sent to our Committee go into the same fund while we are building the room. 
By mail:
Make the check payable to “University of Pittsburgh” and in the memo write “Finnish Room”. Send it to “University of Pittsburgh, PO Box 640093, 
Pittsburgh, PA 15264-0093”.  
Online: 

https://give.pitt.edu/campaigns/67446/donations/new?a=10770094&designation_id=FINNR&utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAcGRvZgJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA85MzY2MTk3NDMzOTI0NTkAAae8aco-PyeIpYweBRqAMMyObkz-LZg-4Z6b-yrZbvM7s8qiGV0uVrEQbTi2qg_aem_lZLBf5AcPeuPXW6bDFTpvw&utm_id=97760_v0_s00_e0_tv3

Best wishes,

Your Officers