Elina Anttila
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Elina Anttila

Elina Anttila, the Director General of the National Museum of Finland’s, has worked for half her life in the National Board of Antiquites. Now she is in charge of the National Museum with its various museums and castles. She originally planned a career as a language teacher, but art history studies took her away. Anttila sees the future of the museum field as one where the public has a greater role in determining what in the museum is important.

Elina Anttila

Anna Elina Anttila (née. Lähteenmäki)
Born April 11, 1963, Helsinki

BA 1990 (Art History, General History), PhD 2001 (Art History), University of Helsinki

Director General of the National Museum of Finland 2014-
Director of museum services at the National Museum of Finland 2013–2014
National Museum of Finland’s reorganization project director for the National Board of Antiquities 2013
Acting director general of the National Museum of Finland 2012
Director of museum development and information management at the National Board of Antiquities 2011–2012
Head curator of picture collections at the National Board of Antiquities 2008–2011
Researcher at the National Museum of Finland’s Collections and research division 2001–2008
Researcher at the Cygnaeus Gallery 1991–2001

Photo: Kristiina Mannikko
Written by Tomas Sjöblom
Translated by Joe McVeigh

My Dreams

Elina Anttila has worked as the director general of the National Museum of Finland since 2014. In her dreams, the National Museum plays an important role.

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