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Finnish Heritage Agency
Logo: Finnish Heritage Agency . Retrieved on 17 December 2024 ., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Agency to preserve Finland's material cultural heritage
The Finnish Heritage Agency (Finnish: Museovirasto, Swedish: Museiverket), previously known in English as the National Board of Antiquities, preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The agency is a cultural and research institution, but it is also a government authority charged with the protection of archaeological sites, built heritage, cultural-historically valuable environments and cultural property, in collaboration with other officials and museums.2 It employed 260 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersHelsinki, Finland1
- Websitewww.museovirasto.fi
- Legal formValtio ja sen laitokset3
- Kind of organizationGovernment agency1
- LEI743700OEFM5ZRKK1YO693
- StatusActive3
- LEI statusIssued and current3
- Registered addressPL 913, FI-00101 Helsinki, Finland3
- Registered withFinnish Patent and Registration Office, 0292559-23
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The Finnish Heritage Agency (Finnish: Museovirasto, Swedish: Museiverket), previously known in English as the National Board of Antiquities, preserves Finland's material cultural heritage: collects, studies and distributes knowledge of it. The agency is a cultural and research institution, but it is also a government authority charged with the protection of archaeological sites, built heritage, cultural-historically valuable environments and cultural property, in collaboration with other officials and museums.2
Corporate structure
Finnish Heritage Agency sits at the top of its group. 2 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- Finnish Heritage Agency Helsinki, Finland
- Maritime Museum of Finland Subsidiary ยท Kotka, Finland
Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Subsidiaries
- Maritime Museum of Finland
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
- Succeeded Commission of Prehistory1
Timeline
- 1972Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.nba.fi1
- Websitewww.museovirasto.fi1
- X (Twitter)x.com/Museovirasto1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/Museovirasto1
- WikipediaFinnish Heritage Agency
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ3029524
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1
- 2WikipediaFinnish Heritage Agency on Wikipedia
- 3
- 4
- 5Wikimedia CommonsFinnish Heritage Agency photo by Bengt Oberger, CC BY-SA 4.0