Imatra town hall and Culture Center Virta — A wilderness and nature culture museum is planned for Imatra's town hall.

The planning of the wilderness and nature culture museum for the Imatra town hall continues

Now we are focusing on the exhibition concept and specifying the museum's space needs.

The museum plan for the Finnish Wilderness and Nature Culture Museum planned for the Imatra town hall has been completed.

The plan includes, among other things, the museum's concept, collection policy program and business plan, as well as a preliminary space program and operating budget. Documents are prerequisites for establishing a museum.

- The extensive establishment report has now been completed and next we will be able to take steps forward in the implementation of the museum, the head of international affairs of the city of Imatra, who has been involved in the museum project from the beginning Tea Laitimo says.

In the future, museum planning will focus on exhibition conceptualization and specify the museum's space needs. The work is done with the help of, among others, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the National Rural Development Fund and other funding.

A big project comes to an end

The museum plan has been made in the 2022 launch of the Wilderness and Nature Culture Museum funded by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in the project. BThe tender ends on 31.7.2024.

The fixed-term employment contracts concluded for the duration of the project expire, and the person who served as project manager and CEO of the Erämuseosäätiö Pia Paukku will return to his position at the Museum Agency from 1.8.2024.

Tea Laitimo has been managing the duties of CEO in addition to her own position since the beginning of August. A project researcher will continue to work for the foundation Ilona Tuomi and producer in charge Laura Kokki, who will also work as project manager in the future.