The National Board of Antiquities Library

Museoviraston kirjasto

Museiverkets bibliotek

Nervanderinkatu 13
P.O. Box 913
FI-00101 HELSINKI

tel. +358 9 4050 9213 (library's customer service)
+358 9 40501 (switchboard)
fax +358 9 4050 9315
kirjasto@nba.fi

Opening hours: Mon, Tue, Thu: 9 am to 4 pm
Wed, Fri: 9 am to 12 am.

Library will move to Sturenkatu 2a from the end of the year 2010 to the beginning of the year 2011.
Jun 1 - Aug 31, 2010 open ONLY on THU 9 am - 4 pm, Jun 24, 2010 closed.
CLOSED due to relocation of the library from Sep 1, 2010.
Reopening in May 2011 at Sturenkatu 2 a.

The Library of the National Board of Antiquities is the largest scientific museum library in Finland.
Photo: Markku Haverinen

The National Board of Antiquities Library is open to the general public. It specialises in literature on cultural history and protection of cultural heritage. The majority of the collection concerns archaeology, history, ethnology, museology and art history.

Most of the books and periodicals in the main library are available for borrowing. Some of the library material is in the reference libraries of the various National Board of Antiquities' departments. Material from the reference libraries of the various departments is in most cases for reading room use only.

Most of the literature can be found in the union catalogue database HELKA and can be borrowed with the HELKA library card.

The main library has a reading room and public-access computers for information searches. Photocopies, interlibrary loans and extensive information retrievals are subject to a fee.

The library supplies interlibrary loans from its own collections to other libraries, who can place their order by e-mail, fax or mail.

HELKA database

How to use HELKA

Journal Portal