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Books from the art history collection Kuva: Markku Haverinen (2006)

Books from the art history collection.
Photo: Markku Haverinen
       The National Board of Antiquities Library concentrates on the following fields:

  • Archaeology, especially Northern and Central Europe and Russia
  • Architectural history and building preservation
  • Art history, applied art and the history of material culture
  • Conservation and restoration
  • Ethnology, especially Finno-Ugric and comparative ethnology
  • History, especially cultural history
  • Local history
  • Museology
  • Museum guides and exhibition catalogues
  • Naval history and underwater archaeology
  • Numismatics

The library contains some 180 000 volumes and about 1000 current periodicals.

All of the material acquired since 1995 and most of the older material can be found in the Helsinki University Library database, HELKA and in the database of Finnish university libraries, LINDA. The collection of the Library of the Maritime Museum of Finland is situated in Kotka in the Information Centre Vellamo and it is in the KYMI catalogue. Some electronic publications and CD-ROMs are also available.

HELKA

KYMI

LINDA

Journal Portal

Databases and online resources (only in Finnish)

 Kirjastokokoelmia tiivishyllyissä Kuva: Markku Haverinen (2011)

Books in the automatic shelves
Photo: Markku Haverinen.

Reference libraries

Some of the library material is in the reference libraries of the various National Board of Antiquities departments and available only for reading room use. Inquire about this material at the main library.
The collection of old literature

The library has a collection of old literature consisting of about 4000 volumes printed before 1850: studies of history from the 17th and 18th centuries, local history, travel descriptions, books on economy, biographical literature and more. The books are available for reading room use, only.

The old literature collection is compiled in the catalogue "Libri rari et cari". Electronic version without the illustrations is published in 2010.

pdf Librirari (2.92 MB) (pdf)


The archives

The National Board of Antiquities retains the archives of Finnish Antiquarian Society (Suomen Muinaismuistoyhdistys), copies of the catalogues of several Finnish museums and some private archives. Archival documents can be studied in the reading rooms. The library staff can take photocopies of the documents, if the material isn't too fragile.
 The book Libri rari et cari

Johanna Lilja
Libri rari et cari
Ed. Kerttu Itkonen
Helsinki, The National Board of Antiquities, 1996. Orders and inquiries: tel. +358 9 40501 or, by e-mail, kirjatilaus@nba.fi