Specialist services

Lusto is active in networks across Finland; as a provider of forest culture specialist services, we offer research and teaching expertise.

Collection, image and information services

Lusto records, manages, preserves and makes available material about Finnish forest history and culture. Lusto’s collections can be explored in the Kantapuu Finna service as well as on site in our exhibitions or by agreement with our experts.

Lusto collections online (in Finnish)

Forest history in pictures

Lusto’s photo archive of forest history – the largest of its kind in Finland – sheds light on Finnish forest culture and is a source of photographs and video material for research, publications and exhibitions. Explore our digitised collections in the Kantapuu Finna database, which already contains a significant part of our materials, or ask our experts about our collections.

Read more about ordering images

Vanha valokuva miehestä, joka tuulettaa kädet ylhäällä puupinon takana. Toisessa kädessä miehellä on pokasaha, ja hänen ilmeensä on iloinen.

Nainen t-paidassa ja sienikori kädessä hämyisessä metsässä.

Forest relationship expert

Lusto developed the concept of the forest relationship. Read more about Finns’ forest relationships.

Link to the Forest relationship section

Specialist lectures

Lusto’s specialists work in the forest and museum sectors. You can book an expert in forest culture or museums for lectures and workshops, for example.
Contact our specialists directly.

Leena Paaskoski
Development Director, PhD, Adjunct Professor

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Marko Rikala
Curator, MA, Forestry Engineer

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Tuomas Juva
Curator, MA

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Iiris Kankaanpää
Curator, MA

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Eeva Kyllönen
Senior producer

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Asta Vaittinen
Museum Educator, MA

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Reetta Karhunkorva
Head of Research

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