Explore the collections

KAMU Espoo City Museum records the past and present of Espoo together with residents of the city. The museum records, among other things, the stages of Espoo’s industry and urbanisation. The phenomena of modern life are also documented.

Explore collections in Finna!

Finna is a search service where you can browse pictures, artefacts and archive collections of KAMU Espoo City Museum.
Explore KAMU's Finna(external link, opens in a new window)!

Thousands of stories stored in the museum's collections

KAMU’s picture collections show life in Espoo from the 19th century to the present day.
More information about Picture collections.

The artefacts in the collection reflect the history of Espoo, for example, everyday life in the old rural parish. We also record the everyday life and celebrations of today’s Espoo residents.
More information about Artefact collections.

Various documents, maps, building drawings and oral tradition materials are stored in the KAMU museum archive. The collections also include print products, magazines and books as well as some audio-visual material.
More information about Museum archive.

Collection map

KAMU is involved in TAKO’s nationwide Kokoelmakartta (Collection map) service. The website gives you an overview of the focus areas of KAMU’s collection. The service also presents collections that cannot yet be browsed online in the Finna service or that have not yet been listed in databases. For example, for those looking for a research topic, the service offers an inexhaustible cornucopia.
Open the Collection map(external link, opens in a new window). (in Finnish)

Do you want to donate to the museum’s collection?

KAMU accepts new and old artefacts, photographs and written material closely related to Espoo. The collection is supplemented in accordance with KAMU’s collection policy. If you want to make a donation to the museum, please always contact us in advance. When you contact us, please provide as much background information as possible about the material, so that we assess its suitability for the collection. We receive a lot of donation offers, and only some of them can be added to our collections. Whenever a donation is made, a donation form is filled in with information such as:

The artefact’s manufacturer and time and place of manufacture
The artefact’s owners and users, when and where the artefact has been used
Who took the photograph, who or what are visible in the photograph, when and where the photograph was taken

If possible, attach a photograph of the material to be donated to your message.

Read about the collection policy of the City Museum:

Downloadable files

KAMU kokoelmapolitiikka 2019.pdfFile is only available in Finnish

Kauklahti glass factory's products.