In Finland, museums, archives, and other organizations have long preserved a wide variety of materials related to play and childhood. In spring 2024, the Museum Leikki conducted a survey aimed at Finnish museums to map out what kinds of collections (objects, photographs, archival materials) related to toys, play, and childhood they hold. A total of 37 museums responded, as well as the Finnish Literature Society’s (SKS) archive with regard to the Collections of Tradition and Contemporary Culture.

Below you can explore the survey results, as well as gain a broader view of where and in what forms play traditions have been documented in Finland. The listing will continue to be expanded. If you would like your organization to be included, please contact info@museoleikki.fi.

For the materials of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), the Society of Swedish Literature in Finland (SLS), the Finnish Heritage Agency, the Sports Archive, the Finnish Social Science Data Archive, and the Labour Archive, the Museum Leikki holds more detailed and comprehensive catalogs that can be made available upon request.