Finnish Heritage Agency

The Finnish Heritage Agency
Museovirasto (Finnish); Museiverket (Swedish)
Agency overview
Formed	1972
Headquarters	Sturenkatu 2a, Helsinki
Employees	235
Agency executive	Tiina Merisalo, Director-general;
Parent department	Ministry of Education and Culture
Website	www.museovirasto.fi
Footnotes
	Until 2018, The National Board of Antiquities.

The Finnish Heritage Agency (Finnish: Museovirasto, Swedish: Museiverket), previously known in English as the National Board of Antiquities, preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The agency is a cultural and research institution, but it is also a government authority charged with the protection of archaeological sites, built heritage, cultural-historically valuable environments and cultural property, in collaboration with other officials and museums.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The Agency offers a wide range and diversified range of services, a professional staff of specialists, the exhibitions and collections of its several museums, extensive archives, and a specialized scientific library, all of which are at the disposal of the general public.^[1]

The Finnish Heritage Agency is attached to the Ministry of Education.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "About us". Museovirasto. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "History of the Agency". Museovirasto. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Strategy". Museovirasto. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ Härö, Mikko; Salmela, Ulla (December 10, 2017). "Työ muuttuu, Museovirasto pysyy". Sadan Vuoden Satoa. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Museovirasto sitoutui kilpailuolosuhteiden tasapuolisuutta parantaviin toimenpiteisiin". Kilpailu- ja kuluttajavirasto. 7 May 2020. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
^ "Organisation". Museovirasto. Retrieved 23 July 2020.