The Mannerheim Museum is now on Finna!
https://mannerheimmuseo.finna.fi
The Mannerheim-museum is publishing a part of its photography collection for open usage online. The photographs are published in Finna.fi, a search service maintained and developed by The National Library of Finland. The service can be accessed via this link https://mannerheimmuseo.finna-pre.fi/. The photos will be published under the CC BY 4.0 licence, which means that the photos can be downloaded and used freely even for commercial purposes. The owner of the photos, The Mannerheim Museum, must be mentioned alongside the photograph. The user is responsible for respecting copyright and privacy, as well as making sure that sector policies and ethical guidelines are regarded. The user is responsible for making sure that the images are not used for defamation.
The publishing of the photographs as open data implements the Mannerheim Museum’s strategy which emphasizes improving the Museum’s digital services and thus increasing accessibility of the museum. The Mannerheim Museum strives for cultural heritage to be easily accessible to everyone. The curated collection of photographs will open up new aspects of the past and deepen the understanding of the different areas in Gustaf Mannerheim’s life.
The photograph sets, with 120 photographs in total, were selected from the museum’s photograph collection consisting of 7000 photographs. Six photograph sets with different themes offer various views into Mannerheim’s life and events. What were the events and circumstances that marked Mannerheim's life and were photographed? What did he himself wish to memorize in photos? What characterised the previous homes of Gustaf Mannerheim before moving into his home in Kaivopuisto, Helsinki and what other residences did he have at his disposal? How does history unfold through a person’s private photograph collection?
We will be happy to answer any possible questions at info@mannerheim-museo.fi