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22.5.2026

The Museum of the Year 2025 award was presented to Särestöniemi museum

Museum Awards 2025 were announced at the Museum Award Gala in Hämeenlinna on 21st May. The Museum of the Year 2025 award was given to Särestöniemi museum.

6.5.2026

Join us in building a new kind of collaboration between museums and businesses!

The Museums and Business Collaboration: New Opportunities project, funded by ESR+, aims to discover innovative approaches to service development in the museum sector.

4.5.2026

Heritage Futures Network brings together professional museums in Finland

The new science-based action project entitled ‘Towards eco-social all-round education. The Heritage Futures Network of Museums as a catalyzer for sustainability transformation’ has been launched at the Finnish Museums Association.

22.5.2025

The Museum of the Year 2025 award was presented to Lahti City Museums

Museum Awards 2025 were announced at the Museum Award Gala in Pori on 22nd May 2025. The Museum of the Year 2025 award was given to Lahti City Museums. The Communication Act of the Year award was granted for the communication of the From Tokyo to Tapiola exhibition at Leikki – the Museum of Play, and for the renaming of Idänsuhteiden museo into Nootti – Museum of Finnish-Russian Relations.

5.8.2024

Petra Havu takes over as Chairperson of the NEMO Executive Board

Petra Havu, CEO of the Finnish Museums Association and member of the board since 2022, has been appointed by NEMO’s Executive Board to take over the role as Chairperson starting 1 August 2024. After 10 years as Chair of the NEMO Executive Board, David Vuillaume is stepping down since he is leaving the German Museums Association.

23.5.2024

Siida is the Museum of the Year 2024

The 2024 museum awards were presented at the Museum Gala in Jyväskylä on 23 May 2024. The recipient of the Museum of the Year 2024 award was Sámi Museum and Nature Centre Siida. The Special Award 2024 was presented to Varkaus Museum Centre Konsti. The Museum Publication of the Year award was presented to the book “Lintuhuviloita Savonlinnasta haudankaivaja Ruuskasen tapaan” (“Gravedigger Ruuskanen’s bird houses in Savonlinna”) published by Riihisaari – Savonlinna Museum.

21.5.2024

The Museum Days start tomorrow in Jyväskylä – the theme is the Investigative Museum

This year, the national Museum Days will be held in Jyväskylä between 22–24 May 2024 in collaboration with the museums in Jyväskylä, the City of Jyväskylä and the University of Jyväskylä.  The theme is the Investigative Museum – research as the power of the museum.The Museum Days will culminate on Thursday at the Museum Gala where the Finnish Museums Association and the Finnish National Committee of ICOM will grant the Museum of the Year award.

21.11.2023

European museums unite in commitment to climate action at NEMO European Museum Conference

NEMO – the Network of European Museum Organisations continues its commitment to the sustainable transformation with a three-day conference dedicated to inspiring museums to act for the climate. 300+ museum professionals from nearly 40 countries have gathered in Lahti, Finland, to fully tap into museums’ potential to contribute to a sustainable future.

23.10.2023

Register Now: The NEMO European Museum Conference 2023 “and… ACTION! Museums in the climate crisis”

The NEMO European Museum Conference 2023 “and… ACTION! Museums in the climate crisis” will take place from 19-21 November in Lahti, Finland. Join 200+ museum colleagues from all over Europe to explore how museums can take action for the climate and a sustainable future.

9.10.2023

Kookos collection management services to be transferred to zetcom Nordics

The Finnish Museums Association (FMA) and zetcom have agreed to transfer the business operations of Kookos collections management services to zetcom as of October 2023.

26.1.2023

Study: Perceived Well-being-related Benefits of Finnish Museums Worth Hundreds of Millions Euros

According to a recent study, museum visitors feel that, on average, visiting a museum provides positive well-being-related benefits worth EUR 864 per visit. The value of visiting a museum for the visitor was analysed in a new type of study comprising eight Finnish museums and the Finnish Museums Association. The study group was led by the internationally renowned doctor and researcher John H. Falk from the United States.