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The Finnish Heritage Agency
Visiting address: Sturenkatu 2a, Helsinki
Postal address: P.O. Box 913, FI-00101 Helsinki
Telephone exchange +358 295 33 6000 (Mon–Fri 8–16.15)

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The Sturenkatu service point is open from Monday to Thursday from 9am to 3pm.
The telephone service is open on weekdays from 9 to 11.30.
At other times, please contact by e-mail.

Visiting address: Sturenkatu 2a
Postal address: P.O. Box 913, FI-00101 Helsinki

Email: kirjaamo@museovirasto.fi
Tel.: 0295 33 6080
Fax: 0295 33 6999

Museokatu 1 (Carriage House). The Carriage House is situated in The National Museum of Finland's park.
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European cultural heritage

The Finnish Heritage Agency starts the first round of applications for the European Heritage Label in Finland – actors in the field are invited to apply

For the first time, Finnish cultural heritage sites have the opportunity to apply for a European Heritage Label. The first Finnish application will be submitted in...
Intangible Cultural Heritage

Demoscene, musical saw playing and horsemanship of the Roma – 12 new elements inscribed on the National Inventory of Living Heritage

The Ministry of Education and Culture has inscribed 12 new elements on the National Inventory of Living Heritage. The National Inventory, which adheres to UNESCO’s Convention...
Maritime Heritage

Itämeri.fi is opened – Finnish maritime information combined

You can now access Finnish maritime information through a single online portal. The Itämeri.fi service is a collection of information produced by several Finnish institutions over...
Finnish Heritage Agency

Tiina Merisalo to head the Finnish Heritage Agency

The Government has appointed Museum Director, Master of Arts Tiina Merisalo as the Director General of the Finnish Heritage Agency for the term 1 April 2020–31...
Intangible Cultural Heritage, International Activities, Maritime Heritage

The Kaustinen folk fiddling tradition and the Nordic clinker boat tradition proposed for the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list

The Ministry of Education and Culture is nominating the Kaustinen folk fiddling tradition for inscription into UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list. In addition to this, Finland...
Finnish Heritage Agency

New Museums Act to take effect on 1 January 2020 – changes to managing cultural environment tasks

According to the reformed Museums Act (314/2019), regional museums replace the current system consisting of regional museums and regional art museums.
Finnish Heritage Agency, National Museum of Finland

JKMM Architects declared the winner of the architecture competition for the design of an annex to the National Museum of Finland

The Uusi Kansallinen (‘the New National’) architecture competition held this year sought proposals for the design of an annex to the National Museum of Finland. A...
Intangible Cultural Heritage, International Activities

Application for the National Inventory of Living Heritage 2019

The National Inventory will be updated regularly and the next opportunity to submit applications is from the 4th of November to 5th of December 2019. In...
Picture Collections

Finnish Heritage Agency contributing to the National Archives’ 100th Anniversary of Finland’s Constitutional Democracy exhibition

The Constitution Act of the Republic of Finland adopted in 1919 turns one hundred years old this year.

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