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.

Astia out of service on Monday 16.6. at 9–16

You will not be able to search or browse the material or make requests for information.

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.