The Finnish Museum of Natural History Luomus is an independent institution functioning under the University of Helsinki. It is constituted by law to preserve, augment, and display the national natural history collections and to conduct research and provide teaching based on them. Luomus is one of the three central national museums in Finland, the other being in the fields of Cultural Heritage and in Fine Arts. The collections of Luomus include preserved and live botanical collections, and zoological, geological and paleontological specimens from all over the world.
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