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Museum of Finnish Architecture
Suomen Rakennustaiteen Museo
http://www.mfa.fi
Address
Kasarmikatu 24
SF 00130 Helsinki
Finland
fon: +358 | 9 | 8567 DW: 5100, fax: +358 | 9 | 8567 5101
Contact
Juulia Kauste
Juulia.Kauste@mfa.fi
Founded
1956
Staff
Number of staff: 21
Collection
Focus: national.
Consists of: a drawings collection, photographic archives, and a collection of slides. The material is mainly on 20th century architecture.
Strengths: architectural archives: 100.000 photographs and copies of drawings; 32.000 slides; approximately 300.000 original drawings.
Collection accessible by computer (new material) and through inventories.
Drawings can be reproduced.
Institution has a conservation laboratory.
Opening Hours
Exhibition, bookshop: Tuesday-Sunday, 10:00-16:00; Wednesday, 10:00-19:00. Library: Tuesday-Friday, 10:00-16:00; Wednesday, 10:00-19:00; Saturday-Sunday, 12:00-16:00. Archives: Tuesday-Friday, 10:00-16:00.
Appointment needed if one wants to consult original drawings.
Library
Holdings: about 33.000 volumes. General architecture library: literature on all aspects of architecture and community planning, both Finnish and foreign. Loans within Finland. The following are not available for loan: Reference library - general reference works, complete annual issues of journals, including the Finnish Architectural Review, and a small collection of rare publications; Fennica - Finnish and foreign publications on Finnish architecture; Manuscripts - unpublished material: manuscripts, notes, travel accounts, letters, etc.
Exhibition
Institution organizes exhibitions.
No permanent exhibitions, although a collection in book form of Finnish architecture is constantly available to the public.
Exhibitions travel.
Publications
Catalogues and other publications.
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