The Forum Marinum FoundationForum Marinum -säätiö

The Forum Marinum Maritime Centre is a lively and versatile centre for maritime activities, comprising a national special nautical museum, and the Finnish Navy Museum. Forum Marinum is also a cultural heritage preservation site, a maritime place of interest and a venue for meetings and public events. The centre cooperates with universities, colleges, museums and other public and private organisations.

The Forum Marinum Maritime Centre is administered by the Forum Marinum Foundation, which was established in 1998. According to the vision of the foundation, Forum Marinum is an attractive producer and developer of high-quality maritime cultural and tourism services. It is a meeting place for people and an active participant in the Capital of Culture.

The objective of the Forum Marinum Foundation is to safeguard and preserve the maritime cultural heritage of the Finnish south-west coast, the Archipelago Sea and the Baltic Sea. In order to fulfil this objective, the foundation functions as a national special maritime museum and a special museum on war history, with the task of preserving the history of the Finnish Navy.

The foundation organises various exhibitions, meetings, conferences and educational activities pertaining to seafaring, harbours and ship and boat building; it supports events organised by others and functions as coordinator for various maritime events.

Additional partners in the activities of the Forum Marinum Maritime Centre include the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, and the Criminal Sanctions Agency of the Ministry of Justice.