Second Announcement

Dear Colleagues,

The National Museum of Finland, Tampere Museums and Turku Provincial Museum have the pleasure to invite you to attend the 22^nd Conference of the Association of European Open-Air Museums which will be held in Finland from August 22^nd to 28^th, 2005.The conference will tour through the South-Western Finland, starting from Helsinki and ending at the medieval Turku Castle.

The three actual themes to be discussed at the conference are The Open-Air Museums and Preservation of Cultural Heritage, Open-Air Museums and the Modern Society and Open-Air Museums as Part of the Landscape. There are exceptionally many open-air museums in Finland and we have chosen to show you a wide variety of different kinds of open-air museums supporting the themes of the discussions.

We are looking forward to a successful meeting and vivid discussions in the late summer scenery.
On behalf of the organizing committee we warmly welcome you to meet your colleagues in Finland.

Welcome to Finland!

Ritva Wäre, The National Museum of Finland
Riitta Ailonen, The National Museum of Finland
Toimi Jaatinen, Tampere Museums
Paula Leinonen, Tampere Museums
Juhani Kostet, Turku Provincial Museum
Solveig Sjöberg-Pietarinen, Turku Provincial Museum