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Tue - Sun 11 to 18,
Wed 11 to 20.

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Building heritage

According to the Land Use and Building Act and the Building Protection Act, the responsibility of expert tasks pertaining to the care of the building heritage belongs to the National Board of Antiquities. Satakunta Museum has since 1990 employed a building researcher. In 1996 the museum signed a contract with the National Board of Antiquities, which transferred responsibility for most of such tasks on the museum's territory to Satakunta Museum.

Consulting

Satakunta Museum provides advice for the public in questions related to the care of the building heritage and the cultural environment and the history of the manmade environment in Satakunta mainly by telephone. If necessary, the building researcher will visit the site to assess the cultural history value of the building or the manmade environment mainly to establish its need of protection and the principles to best repair a historically valuable building.

How are buildings protected

Buildings are protected in Finland mainly under the Land Use and Building Act in various plans (town plan, shore plan, disposition plan, general plan, general shore plan). If a building cannot be protected in the plan, the building can also be protected under the Building Protection Act, which means making a building preservation order. For more details on the protection of buildings see the web sites of the Ministry of the Environment and the National Board of Antiquities. You can inquire the cultural history value of buildings from Satakunta Museum. To determine the value of buildings, municipalities have taken inventories of buildings under the guidance of the museum since early 1990s.

Grants for the care of the building heritage

Grants for necessary repairs of buildings of cultural history value can be applied both from the National Board of Antiquities and the Southwest Finland Regional Environment Centre . The application period will be announced later in the autumn. Satakunta Museum will participate in the decision-making and will also supervise the repairs. For more details on the grants please contact the Satakunta Museum/building researcher.

Renovation Centre Toivo

Official tasks in the care of the building heritage

Satakunta Museum assumes responsibility for various expert tasks related to the care of the building heritage and cultural environment in connection with various land use projects on its territory in Satakunta. It gives statements on plan drafts and proposals, various road plans and assessments of the environmental effects of large land use projects.

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Satakunta Museum also evaluates building demolition or modification projects in the municipalities on its territory. This is particularly true of the biggest cities in the area, Pori and Rauma.

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Contact information

The person in charge of tasks related to the care of the building heritage and the cultural environment in Satakunta Museum is

Researcher Liisa Nummelin
Tel. +358 (0)2 621 1077, +358 (0)44-7011077
E-mail: liisa.nummelin(at)pori.fi

Satakunta Museum, Hallituskatu 11, 28100 PORI
Tel. +358 (0)2 621 1078 Office and +358 (0) 2 621 1063 Ticket sales
Fax +358 (0) 2 621 1061