Collection donations to the Kindergarten Museum

Do you have material related to Finnish kindergarten work or early childhood education that you would like to donate to the museum collection? Objects, toys, books, photographs, and pedagogical material that were used in early childhood education (ECEC) centers and kindergartens are of interest to the Kindergarten Museum.

In connection with object donations, the condition of the object to be donated, the available provenance or background information and whether a similar object already exists in the museum's collections are taken into account. The donated item must have a background in Finnish ECEC center or kindergarten. As a rule, private individuals' own toys, for example from their childhood, are not accepted as part of the museum collection.

The Kindergarten Museum accepts, at its discretion, archives and document collections of people who have worked in Finnish kindergartens, day care, and early childhood education. Material related to kindergarten teacher and early childhood education teacher training is also part of the museum's recording.

You can read more about the documentation responsibilities of the Kindergarten Museum on the collections front page.

Memory data

We constantly collect memory data related to the operations of the Ebeneser House. One can share memories online or on-site at the Kindergarten Museum, either in written form or orally. We collect memory data from former Ebeneser kindergarten children, students, teachers, and anyone who has memories related to the Ebeneser House. These memories form a collection, and the material is available to researchers. The Kindergarten Museum continues to collect oral history data and stores the material as part of the memory archive of the Labour Archive.

Based on memory information, one can get a broader picture of what kind of events have happened in Ebeneser over the years and how individuals have experienced them. Using the same principle, the museum collects memory data related to other kindergartens and ECEC centers. Individuals who share their memories have the right to prohibit the use of their name and personal information in connection with the memories.

Do you have memories related to Ebeneser? Were you in Ebeneser Kindergarten as a child? Did you study to be a kindergarten teacher at Ebeneser? Or have you worked as a teacher or in another role at Ebeneser? What is your relationship to the Ebeneser House? Share your memory with us! We are interested in any possible memory related to Ebeneser, whether it is about something big or small. Contact ebeneser(at)ebeneser.fi. You can also submit your memory online by clicking here: Do you remember Ebeneser (Muistatko Ebeneserin)?

Data protection report (written in Finnish) related to the Kindergarten Museum's collections and contemporary documentation.