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

News

Finnish Heritage Agency

31.01.2025, Intangible Cultural Heritage, European cultural heritage, International Activities, Finnish Heritage Agency, Research

Finnish Heritage Agency’s LIVIND Project brought together professionals in intangible cultural heritage from the Nordic countries

LIVIND (Creative and Living Cultural Heritage as a Resource for the Northern Dimension) was a three-year project led by the Finnish Heritage Agency. It involved nine...

22.01.2025, International Activities, Finnish Heritage Agency, Built Heritage

The nomination of the Aaltos’ architecture as a World Heritage Site, currently being prepared by the Finnish Heritage Agency, highlights the importance of the internationally renowned architecture in creating the Finnish welfare state

The nomination of the Aalto Works as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be submitted to UNESCO by 1.2.2025, signed by the Ministry of Education and...

24.10.2024, Finnish Heritage Agency

The Finnish Heritage Agency’s co-operation negotiations lead to a reduction in services, the closure of museums and extensive layoffs

The Finnish Heritage Agency’s co-operation negotiations have been concluded.

16.04.2024, Intangible Cultural Heritage, Finnish Heritage Agency

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 past efforts and defines education, research, communication...

20.12.2023, 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 project. In addition to the Ministry, administrative...

27.09.2023, International Activities, Cultural Heritage, Finnish Heritage Agency, Built Heritage

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 cultural property in accordance with the Hague...

29.03.2023, Finnish Heritage Agency

The Finnish Heritage Agency opened a reporting channel for suspected misconduct

The Finnish Heritage Agency has opened a channel where current and former employees, as well as various stakeholders, can confidentially report any misconduct they have observed...

31.03.2021, Museum Sector, Finnish Heritage Agency

The coronavirus pandemic of 2020 created uncertainty for museums but also sparked new ways of working

The coronavirus pandemic has had major effects in the Finnish museum field. Nearly all museums closed their doors in 2020 for periods of various lengths, and...

27.11.2020, Finnish Heritage Agency

Finnish Heritage Agency customer service closed

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the researchers’ hall and research rooms of the the Finnish Heritage Agency’s picture collections, library, archives and the archaeological collections as...