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“Seed”, silver necklace by Finnish jeweller Eero Lintusaari, shown in an exhibition at Galleria D.O.M. in Moscow<br />

in September 2006, organised by <strong>the</strong> Embassy <strong>of</strong> Finl<strong>and</strong>. Lintusaari is an accomplished <strong>and</strong> experimental<br />

contemporary jeweller, making unique pieces in a range <strong>of</strong> conventional <strong>and</strong> unconventional materials. He has<br />

also exhibited in St Petersburg, at Gallery Steklo in 2004.<br />

Pho<strong>to</strong>: Eero Lintusaari (http://www.eerolintusaari.com).<br />

tional Gallery according <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir field <strong>of</strong> expertise. The former also keeps a record <strong>of</strong> all<br />

<strong>export</strong> licences for <strong>the</strong> whole country.<br />

The Finnish National Gallery <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Military Museum are empowered <strong>to</strong> issue national <strong>export</strong><br />

licences for <strong>cultural</strong> <strong>goods</strong> according <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir field <strong>of</strong> expertise. The following provincial museums<br />

are empowered <strong>to</strong> issue national <strong>export</strong> licences for <strong>cultural</strong> objects in <strong>the</strong>ir own regions:<br />

• Turku Provincial Museum<br />

• Kymenlaakso Provincial Museum, Kotka<br />

• Satakunta Museum, Pori<br />

• K. H. Renlund’s Museums, Kokkola<br />

• Pietarsaari City Museum<br />

• Ostrobothnian Museum, Vaasa<br />

• Nor<strong>the</strong>rn Ostrobothnia Museum, Oulu<br />

• Tornionlaakso Provincial Museum, Tornio<br />

The National Board <strong>of</strong> Cus<strong>to</strong>ms is <strong>the</strong> authority that supervises <strong>the</strong> <strong>export</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>cultural</strong> objects.<br />

Do I need an <strong>export</strong> licence?<br />

You must apply for an <strong>export</strong> licence <strong>to</strong> take a <strong>cultural</strong> object out <strong>of</strong> Finl<strong>and</strong> if <strong>the</strong> object<br />

belongs in <strong>the</strong> categories listed in <strong>the</strong> national Act on Restrictions <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> Export <strong>of</strong> Cultural<br />

Objects, irrespective <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> financial value <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> object.<br />

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