The Design Museum’s comprehensive and varied collections shed light on the history and development of Finnish design. The collection comprises over 75,000 objects, 40, 000 drawings and 100, 000 images. It is also complimented by a registry of over 1, 000 designers. Databases are available to scholars on request. The image collection is the central archive of design in Finland.
Design Museum Information Services
Collection registry, archives and designer registry are open to researchers upon agreement. Design Museum’s image archives are also the national image archive for design.
Single-use publishing rights start from 100 Eur.
Leena Sipponen
Tel. +358 (0)9 6220 5417
leena.sipponen@designmuseum.fi
Salla Heino
Tel. +358 (0)9 6220 5415
salla.heino@designmuseum.fi
Reservations to object- and drawing collections:
Susanna Thiel
Tel. +358 (0)9 6220 5432
susanna.vakkari@designmuseum.fi
Loans to exhibitions and photo-shoots
Merja Vilhunen
Tel. +358 (0)9 6220 5416
merja.vilhunen@designmuseum.fi
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