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    Collections

    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.

    Reservations to image archives and image services
    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