Lusto
The Finnish Forest Museum
Lustontie 1
58450 PUNKAHARJU
Finland
Phone +358 15 345 100
Telefax +358 15 345 1050
lusto@lusto.fi
The museum’s collection and preservation work is carried out continuously since the world is changing at a fast pace and today’s phenomena quickly become history. This is especially true as regards forestry in Finland, which has undergone radical changes during the past fifty years due to mechanisation, professionalisation and pluralisation in the field. People’s conceptions of the forest as well as their values and ways of spending leisure time are also changing. Even though museum work is in many ways oriented towards the past, it takes place in today’s world and serves us here and now.
A museum object, such as an artefact, photo or a recording of an interview, constitutes evidence of the development of man and nature. The story behind an artefact or the background information about a photo makes this evidence relevant and useful. The museum preserves not only physical material but also information and reminiscences associated with it.
Lusto is interested in any material related to forestry and forest culture within its scope of collection. The collections are accumulated according to supply. Many artefacts and photos have found their way to the museum’s collections as a result of receiving direct contacts from private persons or organisations. The majority of the collection and preservation work is however carried out as separate, pre-planned projects concentrating on a particular area of forest culture, such as material associated with a specific organisation, working method, phenomenon or period of time. The preservation projects are often based on cooperation and may, in addition to expanding the collections, generate special exhibitions, publications or more extensive research projects.
Mechanised Forestry Preservation Project 2000-2004
Forestry Professions in the Changing Society, Oral History Project 1999-2002
