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Finland's National Board of Antiquities is the nation's specialist, service provider, developer and authority in material cultural heritage and the cultural environment field. It collects, manages and presents the national heritage of cultural history and records in addition to producing and providing knowledge.

A panoramic view of the National Board of Antiquities’ new offices on Sturenkatu. The offices are located on both sides of the Kulttuuritalo concert hall wing (centre picture). Photo and editing by Liisa Tuomikoski, National Board of Antiquities	The National Board of Antiquities’ Helsinki offices are now located on Sturenkatu The National Board of Antiquities’ five-year premises project has now come to an end, and all the Board’s operations, with the exception of museums, are now located on Sturenkatu. The premises solution combines old and new. The National Board of Antiquities has the use of two old buildings that have been renovated into beautiful and modern offices: the former Helsinki College of Home Economics building located at Sturenkatu 2a, and the office wing of the Kulttuuritalo building at Sturenkatu 4. To connect these two buildings, which are located on the opposite sides of the famous Kulttuuritalo concert hall, a new passage has been built between them, while a completely new and modern underground facility has been constructed to house the Board’s nationally significant pre-historical item collections, archives, and picture collections.
Children gathered around a frozen puddle on Topeliuksenkatu in Töölö, Helsinki in 1930. Photo by Pietinen, National Board of Antiquities (19670603_258)	Thousands of new photographs added to the National Board of Antiquities' Kuvakokoelmat.fi service The National Board of Antiquities' online Kuvakokoelmat.fi service allows you to browse and view digitised image materials from the National Board of Antiquities' photograph collections. Over 5,000 new photographs have been added to the service, which can be found at www.kuvakokoelmat.fi, including new photographs from the collections of the Maritime Museum of Finland, which depict Finnish ships, harbours and life aboard various vessels. The service also features a wealth of interesting photographs from, for example, the Second World War. As a result, the Kuvakokoelmat.fi service now features a total of 30,000 photographs depicting historical Finnish people, places, events and culture. You can also purchase one-time publication rights to specific photographs through the service.
	The book "Lost at Sea" takes you from the 18th century to present day aboard the Vrouw Maria and the St. Michel In the new book titled "Lost at Sea, Rediscovered" published by the Maritime Museum of Finland and the National Board of Antiquities, the reader is taken on a voyage aboard the merchant vessels Vrouw Maria and St. Michel from 18th century Amsterdam to the depths of Finland's rocky waters, and from there to the present day. The ships' voyage to St. Petersburg is cut short when they lose their way and become shipwrecked. One ship simply disappears. The other leaves behind documents detailing rescue efforts and the accident itself, and ultimately the crew survives. The ships' stories continue in the 20th century when their wrecks are discovered and their study begins. Read more about the book
Hvitträsk dining hall. Photo by: Markku Haverinen, National Board of Antiquities.	Hvitträsk items digitised as part of a large-scale European project The National Museum of Finland is a partner in a two-year project that was initiated in March 2012, which aims to digitise some 75 000 Art Nouveau items in total. The Partage Plus involves 24 museums from all over Europe. A total of approximately 550 items and photos of Hvitträsk will be digitised from the collections of the National Museum of Finland. The pan-European Europeana collection database will begin making the results of the project available from the beginning of 2013. More information: http://www.partage-plus.eu/, http://www.europeana.eu

A panoramic view of the National Boardof Antiquities’ new offices on Sturenkatu. The offices are located on both sides ofthe Kulttuuritalo concert hall wing(centre picture). Photo and editing by Liisa Tuomikoski, National Board of Antiquities

The National Board of Antiquities’ Helsinki offices are now located on Sturenkatu

Children gathered around a frozen puddle on Topeliuksenkatu in Töölö, Helsinki in 1930. Photo by Pietinen, National Board of Antiquities (19670603_258)

Thousands of new photographs added to the National Board of Antiquities' Kuvakokoelmat.fi service

The book "Lost at Sea" takes you from the 18th century to present day aboard the Vrouw Maria and the St. Michel

Hvitträsk dining hall. Photo by: Markku Haverinen, National Board of Antiquities.

Hvitträsk items digitised as part of a large-scale European project

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A panoramic view of the National Board
of Antiquities’ new offices on Sturenkatu. The offices are located on both sides of
the Kulttuuritalo concert hall wing
(centre picture). Photo and editing by
Liisa Tuomikoski, National Board of Antiquities

Children gathered around a frozen
puddle on Topeliuksenkatu in Töölö, Helsinki in 1930. Photo by Pietinen, National Board of Antiquities (19670603_258)