Contributor's Details

Name: Mikko Myllykoski

Position: CEO, Heureka

Country: Finland

MA Mikko Myllykoski (b. 1963) is CEO of Heureka, the Finnish Science Centre. Myllykoski is a historian by education, and he has worked in multisensory science engagement since 1990 and, in the CEO role since 2020. In Finland, Heureka is the most trusted and appreciated leisure time destination with 350,000 annual visitors in a country of 5.5 million people.

Mikko Myllykoski is VP of ECSITE, a Board member of ASTC, and a Conference Programme Committee member of NAMES.

Myllykoski received State Prize for Information in 1997 for the exhibition “Nordic Explorers”, which toured Europe in 1996–98. He has published about culture, history, art, museology, and science engagement. In the name of Heureka, he was the recipient of the Roy L. Shafer Leading Edge Award for Visitor Experience for the exhibition “Heureka Goes Crazy” in 2014.

Heureka’s exhibitions travel world-wide and they have been experienced by more than 30 million people in 25 countries on four continents.

Status: Confirmed