http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html In 1981 the renovation of the old Riihimäki Glassworks to house the Finnish Glass Museum was completed The redesigning of the building was the work of Tapio Wirkkala, who also designed the museum's permanent exhibition. The opening exhibition was a large retrospective of work by Wirkkala, which went on an international tour to Moscow, Mexico City, Paris, Milan and New York. In the 1980s Wirkkala designer filigree glass for Venini and for Iittala, a collection of glasses called Maaru and the Festival tableware service for Rosenthal. Viva, designed in for Iittala, was Wirkkala's last collection of glassware. Tapio Wirkkala actively campaigned for the establishment of a centre of Sámi culture in Inari. This later became the Siida Sámi Museum and North Lapland Nature Centre, which were competed in 1999, several years after the death of Tapio Wirkkala. Tapio Wirkkala died on the 19th of May 1985. http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html#0 14fb5acc-acba-46f0-978e-34185100db5a http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/wirk-foto7g/thumb.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/wirk-foto7g/micro.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/wirk-foto7g/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Tapio Wirkkala</p></div></div> http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html#1 46b60695-87bb-4e8b-a347-6f98ae43bb70 http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/00056g/thumb.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/00056g/micro.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/00056g/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Maaru glassware,  Iittala<br/></p></div></div> http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html#2 5522baaa-991a-4910-b6d8-d095505d7b6b http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/PAVONIg/thumb.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/PAVONIg/micro.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/PAVONIg/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Pavoni vases, Venini<br/></p></div></div> http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html#3 4a65e8b5-984c-44e9-bbe8-679e6a9e1bfa http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/NENONENg/thumb.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/NENONENg/micro.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/NENONENg/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Memorial medal in honour of General Nenonen, Kultakeskus <br/></p></div></div> http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html#4 87604542-490f-4180-87c2-086eb22e3da7 http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/FESTIVALg/thumb.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/FESTIVALg/micro.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/FESTIVALg/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_1">Festival service,   Rosenthal<br/></p></div></div> http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985.html#5 516da283-97f2-4843-9df4-a8af75af1104 http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/512_0_248061_APJg/thumb.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/512_0_248061_APJg/micro.jpg http://www.wirkkala.fi/e_wirkkala/Biography/Sivut/1981-1985_files/Media/512_0_248061_APJg/mip.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">19.5.1985<br/></p></div></div>