The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection

Cuauhtémoc’s crew on the rigging during The Tall Ships’ Races event in Kotka in July 2007 (cropped image), Erik Tirkkonen / The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection / Finnish Heritage Agency. Objektinumero: SMK200708:86

The Finnish Rescue Company Neptun in action: the sunken steamboat Bluestone on 27 June 1927 (cropped image), The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection / Finnish Heritage Agency. Objektinumero: SMK91057:641

The Katajanokka terminal and hotel Grand Marina in Helsinki in the 1990s (cropped image), Seppo Kaksonen / The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection / Finnish Heritage Agency. Objektinumero: SMK200211:264

The Söderskär lighthouse on 27 July 1971 (cropped image), Jorma Pohjanpalo / The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection / Finnish Heritage Agency. Objektinumero: SMK201312:34

The crew on the deck of the steamboat Sextant in 1935 (cropped image), The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection / Finnish Heritage Agency. Objektinumero: SMK201505:8

Finland’s South American merchant vessel Anja (formerly Tropic Star) c. 1939–1942 (cropped image), Kurt Illiminsky / The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection / Finnish Heritage Agency. Objektinumero: SMK200627:89

The Finnish Maritime Museum’s Picture Collection comprises of ca. 30,000 pictures. The collection includes photographs of Finnish merchant vessels, work and free-time on board a ship, portraits of the crews as well as various activities of the Finnish Maritime Administration, such as pilot stations, lighthouses and icebreakers. One could mention sea captain Sten Lille's photographs of sailing ships and Pelastusyhtiö Neptun's (Salvage Company Neptun) collection as examples of the picture collection's interesting material donated by numerous individuals and organisations. Furthermore, the picture collection contains digital images of various documentation projects on contemporary seafaring.

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Collections and Conservation Centre
Kanervikkotie 4, 01380 Vantaa, Finland

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