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Tag Archives: Museums of Finland

History Museums in Finland

  By Nigel | 24 April, 2013 - 12:24 am |5 August, 2013 Museums
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The first museums in Finland were established in the last half of the 19th century, at the same time as growing sense of nationalism emerged within Finland (Finland was then part of Tsarist Russia). With this growing sense of a Finnish identity came a concurrent pride in Finnish language and … Continue reading →

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