The National Archives of Finland

The duty of the National Archives is to ensure that records belonging to the national cultural heritage are preserved for future generations. Our unique materials are available to everyone.

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06.10.2020 ICA's Guiding Principles for Safe Havens for Archives at Risk

08.09.2020 "Musketöörien aikaan" exhibition sheds light on the history of maps

24.08.2020 The customer and reading room services of the National Archive will adopt autumn opening hours – instructions concerning hygiene and safe distance must still be followed

21.08.2020 Life phases of Finns in Russia after the October Revolution in 1917 - extensive research project to be launched by the National Archives

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Memory of the World

UNESCO’s Memory of the World programme protects documentary and written cultural heritage in Finland and all over the world, and promotes its availability. Finland’s national Memory of the World committee organises the programme in Finland. It maintains the national Memory of the World register, in which nationally significant documentary cultural heritage has been collected.

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