Kultamuseosäätiö - the foundation
Kultamuseosäätiö was founded in August 2009 for the purpose of maintaining and acquiring information on the culture, history and locations of gold prospecting in Lapland. The goal of the foundation is to preserve and display history of gold prospecting and to present the current situation of this activity as well as to collect items and other material related to gold prospecting for display.
The foundation fullfils its purpose by maintaining the Gold Prospector Museum - a professionally managed special museum supported by the Ministry of Education.
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