Major exhibition about the Battle of Svensksund and the fortress city of Ruotsinsalmi opens in Kotka
29.5.2020
The Fateful Svensksund exhibition will open at Maritime Centre Vellamo in Kotka on 9 June 2020. It provides an unprecedented..
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History is here!
17.5.2020
Finland deserves the annex of the National Museum right now, writes Director General Elina Anttila.
The procedures of the National Museum of Finland due to the Coronavirus – updated on Mar 16th
13.3.2020
The National Museum of Finland's museums and castles are temporarily closed.
3D models of Svensksund wrecks available to everyone
4.3.2020
The Maritime Museum of Finland is going to publish 3D models of six historical shipwrecks. The wrecks are located in..
Finland to repatriate American Indian artefacts to the United States from its national collections
3.10.2019
Finland will be repatriating artefacts of human origin from the National Museum of Finland’s Mesa Verde collection to representatives of..
The exhibition The World that Wasn’t There brings the ancient cultures of Central and South America to the National Museum of Finland
19.9.2019
On display are almost 200 rare pre-Columbian artefacts from the collection of the Italian Giancarlo Ligabue Foundation, covering a period..
Inherit the Dust photograph exhibition became the topic of the summer
4.9.2019
The number of visitors at the exhibition by Nick Brandt came close to the Barbie exhibition last year, almost 100,000..
The National Museum’s Summer Yard
9.5.2019
An architecture competition named New National (Uusi Kansallinen) is currently under way for the annex to be added to the..
SEA MONSTERS – the monsters of old naval charts come to life on 12 April in the Maritime Museum of Finland’s new exhibition
11.4.2019
When the earth was flat and the seas teemed with monsters... The monsters of old naval charts have been brought..
TRACES exhibition at the National Museum of Finland from 5 April onwards
3.4.2019
The Inherit the Dust photo exhibition opening at the National Museum of Finland will be accompanied by a smaller exhibition..
Inherit the Dust – Photographs by Nick Brandt at the National Museum of Finland from 5 April 2019 onwards
3.4.2019
What kind of world will we be leaving behind? Will our legacy turn out to be nothing but dust? This..
The Ulvila coin hoard, conserved with the help of a Cultural Sponsor, will be exhibited in the National Museum of Finland
13.2.2019
The largest medieval coin hoard discovered in the area of present day Finland was found in October 2004 in connection..