With its predecessors, the Finnish Road Administration, the body responsible for Finland's highway network under the Ministry of Transport and Communications, has been the largest organisation responsible for the construction and maintenance of roads in Finland. Their history is part of Finland's cultural heritage and national wealth. To maintain this heritage, Finnish Road Administration launched its road museum in 1980. In 1998, the museum became a heritage organisation and the collection management was outsourced, with the exception of the administration and maintenance of museum roads and bridges. Today, the main partner of the Finnish Road Administration is the national automobile and road museum Mobilia, which provides the majority of the maintenance, exhibition and research services for Road Administration's collections. Currently, the sites of historic value include 37 bridges and 22 roads, which were nominated in 1982-1998. The maintenance of museum bridges is carried out in conjunction with regular highway maintenance while adhering to their museological objectives. This article concerns the management of the historic collection and the development of management from the point of view of museum bridges. For the covering abstract see ITRD E139491.
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