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=== Documentaries and exhibitions of her work === In 1968, Swedish public TV, [[Sveriges Television|SVT]], made a documentary about Tove called ''Moomins and the Sea'' (39 min.).<ref>{{Citation |title=Mumin och havet |trans-title=Moomins and the Sea|url=https://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/2194071/mumin-och-havet |language=sv|access-date=2019-03-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150406002509/http://www.oppetarkiv.se/video/2194071/mumin-och-havet |archive-date=6 April 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jansson's books, originally written in Swedish, have been translated into 45 languages.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hällsten |first=Annika |title=Boksuccé efterlyses |work=[[Hufvudstadsbladet]] |date=22 January 2014 |page=21 }}</ref> The [[Moomin Museum]] in [[Tampere]] displays much of Jansson's work on the Moomins.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tällainen on maailman ainoa Muumimuseo – Ensimmäiset japanilaisturistit paikalla jo tunteja ennen avajaisia |language=fi |trans-title=This is the only Moomin Museum in the world - The first Japanese tourists arrive hours before the opening |url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-9669246 |access-date=2021-09-04 |website=Yle Uutiset|date=17 June 2017 }}</ref> There is a Moomin theme park named [[Moomin World]] in {{lang|fi|[[Naantali]]|italic=no}}. In 2012, the BBC broadcast a one-hour documentary on Jansson, ''Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01pgrk2/moominland-tales-the-life-of-tove-jansson |title=BBC Four - Moominland Tales: The Life of Tove Jansson |publisher=BBC }}</ref> A Moominvalley Park opened at [[Hannō]], Japan in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=The first Moomin theme park outside Finland is simply magical – and officially open! See the full photo story from Moominvalley Park, Japan |url=https://www.moomin.com/en/blog/moominvalley-park-japan/#5d6e7ee0 |website=Moomin.com |access-date=2 January 2024 |date=17 March 2019}}</ref> In March 2014, the [[Ateneum|Ateneum Art Museum]] opened a major centenary exhibition showcasing Jansson's works as an artist, an illustrator, a political caricaturist and the creator of the Moomins. The exhibition drew nearly 300,000 visitors in six months.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Tove Jansson centenary exhibition attracted 293,837 visitors |url=http://www.ateneum.fi/en/tove-jansson-centenary-exhibition-attracted-293837-visitors |publisher=[[Ateneum|Ateneum Art Museum]] |access-date=11 December 2014 |date=7 September 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213013855/http://www.ateneum.fi/en/tove-jansson-centenary-exhibition-attracted-293837-visitors |archive-date=13 December 2014 }}</ref> After Helsinki the exhibition embarked on a tour in Japan to visit five Japanese museums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ateneum.fi/en/tove-jansson |title=Tove Jansson 14.03.2014 – 07.09.2014 |publisher=[[Ateneum|Ateneum Art Museum]] |access-date=14 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320025622/http://www.ateneum.fi/en/tove-jansson |archive-date=20 March 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://yle.fi/uutiset/ei_vain_muumien_aiti__tove_janssonilla_oli_taiteilijana_sadat_kasvot/7133913 |title=Ei vain muumien äiti – Tove Janssonilla oli taiteilijana sadat kasvot |trans-title=Not just the mother of the moomins – Tove Jansson had hundreds of faces as an artist |publisher=[[Yle Uutiset]] |language=fi |date=13 March 2014|access-date=14 March 2014}}</ref> In January 2016, a permanent Tove Jansson exhibition of murals, an oil painting, photographs and sketches opened at the [[Helsinki Art Museum]]. The two murals, ''Party in the Countryside'' and ''Party in the City'' were created for [[Helsinki City Hall]]'s {{lang|fi|Kaupunginkellari|italic=no}} restaurant.<ref name="HAM">{{cite web |title=Tove Jansson |publisher=[[Helsinki Art Museum]] |date=29 January 2016 |url=https://www.hamhelsinki.fi/en/exhibition/tove-jansson/ |access-date=9 December 2023}}</ref><!-- Jansson painted an image of herself, seated smoking and drinking at a table with a Moomintroll doll, while couples dance hehind her, in ''Party in the City''. In 1974 they were moved to Helsinki Swedish-language Adult Education Centre's Workers' Institute Arbis, and in 2016 to the museum. The oil painting is ''Before the Masquerade''. The sketches are those for the murals for the Aurora Children's hospital, which remain ''in situ''.--> From June 2017 to September 2017, an exhibition of Jansson's paintings, illustrations, and cartoons was held in Kunstforeningen Gammel Strand in [[Copenhagen]] in collaboration with [[Ateneum]] in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lauritzen |first=Af: Franziska |date=2017-08-18 |title=Tove Jansson; kunst, kærlighed og mumitrolde |language=Danish |trans-title=Tove Jansson: Art, Love, and Moomintrolls |website=OplevByen.dk |url=https://www.oplevbyen.dk/tove-jansson-kunst-kaerlighed-og-mumitrolde/ |access-date=2024-09-14}}</ref> The exhibition then moved from October 2017 to January 2018 to the [[Dulwich Picture Gallery]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Tove Jansson (1914-2001) |url=https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2017/october/tove-jansson/ |publisher=Dulwich Picture Gallery |access-date=2 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107015752/https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/2017/october/tove-jansson/ |archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> This was the first major retrospective exhibition of her work in the United Kingdom.<ref name="Kennedy2018">{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Maev |title=Moomins and more: UK show to exhibit Tove Jansson's broader work |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/22/moomins-and-more-uk-show-to-exhibit-tove-janssons-broader-work |access-date=2 February 2018 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=22 October 2017}}</ref> A [[Biographical film|biopic]], titled ''[[Tove (film)|Tove]]'', directed by [[Zaida Bergroth]] was released in October 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-06-18 |title=New feature drama film about Tove Jansson to premiere in 2020 |url=https://www.moomin.com/en/blog/new-feature-drama-film-about-tove-jansson-to-premiere-in-2020/ |access-date=2020-06-19 |website=Moomin.com |language=en-US |archive-date=14 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210214041524/https://www.moomin.com/en/blog/new-feature-drama-film-about-tove-jansson-to-premiere-in-2020/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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