Collections of Helsinki City Museum

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Dataset information

Country of origin
Updated
Created
2016.05.10
Available languages
English
Keywords
museot, rakennukset, taide, historia, valokuvat, history, photographs, buildings, museums, art
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Dataset description

The Helsinki City Museum has opened more than 48000 openly licensed material through the Finna service, which contains material-specific descriptions. Finna has, among other things, **Signe Brander** all 906 photos of Helsinki a hundred years ago and much more about the lives of residents of the past. The collections treasures from plastic bags to hair dryers and travel tickets to works of art. The data also contains information on the history of buildings in Helsinki. All pictures of the Helsinki City Museum in Finna are free to download and use, but the name of the photographer and the Helsinki City Museum must be mentioned. High-resolution images are available through the [helsinki Kuva.fi] (https://www.helsinkikuvia.fi/) service. Materials are being added and the service is being developed all the time.
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