Library
The Finnish Heritage Agency Library is a research library open to all, specialising in cultural heritage.
We provide information on archaeology and history, ethnology and museology, building preservation, restoration and conservation as well as art history and the history of artefacts.
You can borrow material from the library with a Helka card. Borrowing e-books requires you to log into the service in the Finnish Heritage Agency Library. The library’s materials are included in the Helka collection database.
The library is a self-service library, but services are available from the library, picture collections and archive’s joint Customer Service desk, as well as by reserving an appointment with library staff.
The Finnish Heritage Agency Library closes temporarily for relocation
The Finnish Heritage Agency Library is preparing to move to new premises. Library services at the current location, Sturenkatu 2 A, were closed on December 20, 2024.
Materials borrowed from the library may be kept until early June. All due dates have been extended to June 3, 2025, following the library’s closure.
Loans can be returned via the returns box at Sturenkatu throughout the spring, but no later than June 3, 2025. The returns box is located at the main entrance of the Sturenkatu location, beneath the large staircase.
Library services will reopen in a building located at the northern end of the National Museum’s garden park once the renovation of the yard area is completed. The planned reopening is scheduled for early 2027.