Finnish Folk Music Institute

The Finnish Folk Music Institute (Kansanmusiikki-instituutti) is a Finnish organization that has promoted Finnish folk music and folk dance since 1974. Its main tasks include research, recording, archiving, information and publishing activities, education and museum activities, and cultural policy development. It is an accredited expert organization under UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, and it operates the largest Finnish archive specializing in folk music and folk dance. It also runs the Finnish Folk Instrument Museum and publishes folk music books and records.

The Finnish Folk Music Institute has promoted Finnish folk music and folk dance since 1974. Its main tasks are research, recording, archiving, information and publishing activities, education and museum activities, and cultural policy development. It was accredited as an expert organization under UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, the first organization in Finland to receive this accreditation. Its archive is the largest Finnish archive specializing in folk music and folk dance. It also runs the Finnish Folk Instrument Museum, whose permanent exhibition 'Kaustislainen viulunsoitto – elävä perintö' presents the musical heritage of Kaustinen and its surrounding area. The institute is Finland's largest publisher of folk music books and records, and it produces the Living the Heritage podcast series.

Accredited expert organization under UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage; the largest Finnish publisher of folk music books and records.

• Folk music books and records

  The institute is Finland's largest publisher of folk music books and records.

1. 1Kansanmusiikki-instituutti - Kansanmusiikki-instituuttikansanmusiikki-instituutti.fi
2. 2Finnish Folk Music Institutewikidata.org