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The Finnish Heritage Agency’s picture collections customer service part of Finnish Heritage Agency's online Permit and Collection's service, which you can find from: https://asiointi.museovirasto.... All contacts should be done through Permit and Collections service.
Picture Collection's physical customer service is located at Finnish Heritage Agency's Collection and Conservation Center at Vantaa, Kanervikkotie 4. Visiting the collections always requires a reserved time which is reserved through https://www.museovirasto.fi/fi.... At Picture Collection's materials delivery time is two weeks.
User regulations (pdf)
Finnish Heritage Agency has released more than 240,000 print-quality pictures for public use
The Finnish Heritage Agency has published more than 240,000 pictures from its collections as print-quality image files for anyone to use via the Finna online service of museums, archives and libraries. The Finnish Heritage Agency has also opened its dedicated Finna view, museovirasto.finna.fi, from where the images can be downloaded free of charge.
Images of the Press Photo Archive JOKA can be found at the address museovirasto.finna.fi/joka.
The majority of the print-quality, high-resolution images is published under the Creative Commons CC BY 4.0 licence. Images marked with this licence can be freely downloaded and used when mentioning the name of the photographer or author and the owner of the collection. The licence of a small number of images further restricts their use. If an image contains living persons, their permission must be requested for the image to be used for marketing and advertising purposes. When using the photos, please adhere to the photo-specific licence, user instructions and good practice.
Only a small share of the 22 million pictures in the Picture Collections of the Finnish Heritage Agency has been digitised and released online so far. New images are constantly being added to the service. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please contact our customer service. Pictures ordered through the customer service are charged according to our price list.
The condition of the original picture, its copyright and issues related to the protection of personal data may limit access to and use of the picture. If there are no limitations, you can order a digital copy of the picture and a publication right for it.
The Picture Collections also provide advice on storing pictures.