Powerful Pictures

Powerful Pictures explores posters and other printed materials designed to influence their audience. Throughout different periods, printed visual communication has been used with varying emphases, and its style has evolved—from the dramatic expression of the late 1930s, through the straightforward tone of the post-war era, to the postmodern insights of the 1980s.

The museum’s collections include a wide range of printed messages intended to inform and persuade. Posters and other printed materials—such as educational charts and stickers—have been sourced both from Mobilia’s own collection and from those of our partners, particularly the Finnish Road Safety Council (Liikenneturva) and the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. These collection treasures offer a fascinating overview of general trends in poster art and commercial illustration.

The exhibition features a comprehensive selection of mainly post–World War II materials, including informative and cautionary posters, instructional and educational charts, as well as catchy and perceptive stickers.

The image shows a poster from the Liikenneturva collection.

Powerful Pictures at Lossisali in Mobilia from 4 June to 1 November 2026.