Photo: The Hunting museum of Finland

The Wilderness Heritage Foundation of Finland

Roots of Wilderness Heritage – Paths of the Future

The purpose of the Wilderness Heritage Foundation of Finland is to cherish and promote Finnish wilderness and nature heritage both nationally and internationally.

The Wilderness Heritage Foundation of Finland was established in November 2021 in Imatra. Its purpose is to cherish, collect, and present Finnish wilderness and nature heritage while also collecting, documenting, and researching both material and immaterial cultural heritage.

To fulfill this purpose, the foundation maintains a museum whose central focus is on growing and maintaining meaningful and intergenerational relations to nature and supporting Finnish wilderness culture, both material and immaterial heritage, to pass on among people and communities to connect the past and the future. The museum will open to the public in the coming years.

The Wilderness Heritage Foundation of Finland was established by the city of Imatra, the Hunting Museum of Finland, the Fishing Museum of Finland, and OP Financial Group of South Karelia.

All Projects

The Wilderness Museum development project

Cultural heritage of nature sites attracts cross-border tourism

Initiation of the Wilderness and Nature Culture Museum

Refinement of plans for the Wilderness and Nature Culture Heritage Museum

Planning the Wilderness and Nature culture heritage Museum's investment project

Intangible cultural heritage as an attraction for fishing tourism

Architectural design of the Wilderness and Nature Culture Heritage Museum

For the sake of the museum

HeritageHunters & Business

Our team:

Laura Kokki

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER,
PROJECT MANAGER
Laura Kokki (MA) is experienced in museum concept design, development projects, exhibition productions and museum professionals educational field. Laura works with development of the concept, exhibition and spatial design processes as well as building network across the borders around the museum project.
Tea Laitimo

CEO (oto)
Ada Eerola

PROJECT COORDINATOR
Ada Eerola is a nature and environmental advisor with experience in implementing a wide range of projects. As a project coordinator, Ada's work includes project management and communication.
Päivi Korhonen

SPECIALIST IN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND EU FUNDING
Päivi Korhonen (MA) is an experienced expert in the resourcing of comprehensive concepts, with EU investment and development funding and influencer communications as special areas of expertise. As a specialist, Päivi strengthens the prerequisites for the establishment and investment of the Wilderness and Nature Culture Museum by increasing the awareness of the project, further activating stakeholder cooperation and preparing funding applications.