Lasinvalmistus
The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, has inscribed the knowledge, craft and skills of handmade glass production on the UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Press releases
Finnish Heritage Agency
- Käsityönä valmistettuun lasiin liittyvä tietotaito Suomen uusin kohde Unescon aineettoman kulttuuriperinnön luettelossa
- Kunnande relaterat till handtillverkat glas den nyaste element på Unescos lista över immateriella kulturarv
- Handcrafted glass know-how the latest Finnish inscription on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
- Press release, Japanese (pdf)
Finnish Glass Museum
Ministry of Education and Culture
Videos
Short video on glass blowingVideo in the application for UNESCO
Video from The Ministry of Education and Culture
People to interview
Leena Marsio, Senior Advisor, Finnish Heritage Agency, leena.marsio@museovirasto.fi, tel. +358 2953 36017
Hanna Mamia-Walther, Director, Finnish Glass Museum, hanna.mamia-walther@riihimaki.fi, tel. +358 40 330 4100
(6.12.) Minna Karvonen, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Education and Culture, minna.karvonen@gov.fi, +358 2953 30142
Mirva Mattila, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Education and Culture, mirva.mattila@gov.fi, tel. +358 295 330 269