The Finnish Heritage Agency preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it.

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)

The Record Office

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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Tel. +358 295 33 6901 Ticket Office
Tel. +358 295 33 6902 Booking of guided tours
Tel. +358 295 33 6903 Museum Shop

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The Finnish Heritage Agency

Tomorrow’s cultural heritage is created today. Together. We accumulate, maintain and showcase culture-historical national heritage, and preserve, produce and convey information.

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3D model of Petäjävesi Old Church published

The Finnish Heritage Agency and its partners have produced a 3D model of Petäjävesi Old Church to help preserve...

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Action Plan for Intangible Cultural Heritage leading the way to 2028

The Finnish Heritage Agency has published the Action Plan for Intangible Cultural Heritage for 2024–2028. The action plan compiles...

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Torne River dipnetting culture to be prepared for nomination for UNESCO’s list jointly by Finland and Sweden

Finland's next element to be inscribed on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage of humanity concerns the dipnet fishing...

Finnish Heritage Agency

Education and Culture Administration 2030 reform project: the Finnish Heritage Agency and the Governing Body of Suomenlinna would merge into a single agency

The Ministry of Education and Culture has 20.12.2023 announced the progress of the reform of the administrative sector 2030...

Intangible Cultural Heritage

Handcrafted glass know-how the latest Finnish inscription on UNESCO’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity

The Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, convening in Botswana, has inscribed the knowledge, craft and...

International Activities

General notification: consultation on the Hague inventory target list

On behalf of the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Finnish Heritage Agency has drawn up an inventory of...

Archaeology

Stone Age moose head axe found in Kuusamo – one of the most significant prehistoric finds in Finland

In May 2023, a very rare archaeological find was made in Kuusamo: the poll part of a moose head...

European cultural heritage

Finland's first European Heritage Label for Seminaarinmäki campus in Jyväskylä and equal education

The European Commission awarded the European Heritage Label to the Seminaarinmäki campus of the University of Jyväskylä at its...

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The cultural environment

The environment shows traces of human activities and interaction with...

Collection and Information Services

Museum Sector Development

The Finnish Heritage Agency promotes cooperation between museums, relays information,...

Museum Services