Reading room services of the National Archives of Finland in Helsinki during the renovation of Rauhankatu in 2026–2028 

We will announce more information about the opening hours and service practices in the autumn of 2025.

Some materials of the National Archives of Finland will be transferred from Helsinki to Mikkeli in September 2025

Preparation for the renovation of Rauhankatu.

Digital delivery to become a permanent operating model in Hämeenlinna

The National Archives of Finland has decided to make digital delivery a permanent operating model at the Hämeenlinna branch from 1 August 2025 onwards.

Cleaning day and special opening hours during the week of Ascension Day in the Rauhankatu reading room

On 28 May, reading room will close early at 16:00. The reading room will be closed on Thursday, 29 May, and Friday, 30 May.

National Archives' Astia service updated – It is easier than ever to search for and use the materials

In autumn 2025, the search function will be further developed.

Edvard Westermarck's Archives inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register

The fifth Finnish object inscribed on the Memory of the World Register.

National Archives’ material search will be reformed, but the deployment of the changes will be delayed by two weeks

The Astia service will be unavailable on Monday, 28 April, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The user interface and search function of the Astia service will be updated to make it easier to use

Due to the update process, Astia will be out of service on Monday 14 April.

Hämeenlinna’s digital delivery pilot project continues until June

We deliver all reading room and interlibrary loan orders digitally in Hämeenlinna.

An unexpected archive finding strengthens the “Soviet Union as a fate” database

Information about 6,000 new people added.

Akseli Gallen-Kallela’s correspondence digitised for free use

The collection includes thousands of letters from hundreds of cultural figures.

Renovation of the main building of the National Archives to start in the spring of 2026

There will be changes to the services.

Opening hours and customer service during Christmas

Reading rooms and their telephone service will be closed from 23 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.

Opening hours of reading rooms from 1 January to 31 July 2025 

The National Archives continues to develop its digital customer service.

We will deliver all reading room orders in Hämeenlinna digitally starting from 22 October

The branch office’s reading room will be closed 22.10.2024–31.3.2025.

A new telephone number for matters related to reading rooms starts 8.10.

The National Archives will discontinue the direct telephone numbers of its branch offices.

The opening hours for the reading rooms for spring and summer 2024 have been published

Compared to the current year, the opening hours remain unchanged.

It is now easier than ever to give feedback – try it in Astia service

We have implemented a new feedback form at the National Archives in order to clarify and enhance the processing of feedback on our online services.

Specifications for the digitisation of special archival materials and collections

These instructions define the digitisation process and the result that ensure the preservation and usability of the information content of special archival materials and collections in a digital format.

Gustaf Erikson's archive was accepted into UNESCO's Memory of the World register

After several years of completion, Åland submitted an application to UNESCO in 2021 for Gustaf Erikson's archive to be included in the International Memory of the World Register of Documentary Heritage.