• The Tree of Life was opened at the Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden on Finnish Nature Day, 17 June 2017. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • The tree branches out much like a canopy, leading and guiding the visitor across the evolutionary history of plants. Photo: Luomus
  • The director of the Botany Unit, Marko Hyvärinen, gave a speech at the invitation party a day earlier. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • The chorus song raised the festive mood at the opening of the Tree of Life. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • Children were drawing and crafting pollinators at the opening of the Tree of Life. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • Families with children found their way to the opening party. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • The skeleton of a Javan tiger, a rare object in museums anywhere in the world, was made part of the Story of Bones exhibition. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • The assembly and placement were primarily funded with a donation made by Steven and Anne Tseng, Chinese-American friends of Luomus. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • International guests were invited to the Javan tiger skeleton unveiling event at the Natural History Museum. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • For the exhibition, the Javan tiger skeleton was assembled by the museum’s expert taxidermists. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • The Javan tiger skeleton was supplemented with plastic copies of real nails that were 3D printed. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • The gardener’s everyday life at the Kumpula Botanic Garden. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • The first iron meteorite found in Finland was included in the geological collections of Luomus. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • The geological collections of Luomus in Kumpula were open to the public. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • The Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden became a Museum Card site. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • At the Botanic Gardens of Kumpula and Kaisaniemi, the contents of tasting carts changed daily to fresh and new flavors from the vegetable world. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • The public attractions of Luomus interest people of all ages. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • Knowledgeable guides of Luomus serve nearly a thousand groups each year. Photo: Jenny Mujunen /Luomus
  • The year 2018 brought a visitor record for the gardens – in total, 84,000 people visited the Kaisaniemi Botanic Garden. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • Listening to the voice guided tours of exhibitions at the Museum of Natural History became possible with a mobile phone. The voice guidance is found in English, French and Russian. Photo: Laura Sandholm /Luomus
  • Digitising collection specimens gives people from all around the world an easy access to the Luomus collections. Digitalisation has been a significant part of the work of Luomus in 2017 and 2018. Photo: Salla Mehtälä /Luomus
  • Luomus reached a record number of 350,000 digitised specimens in a year in 2017. Photo: Salla Mehtälä /Luomus
  • A specimen is ready for imaging on the digital processing line. Photo: Salla Mehtälä /Luomus
  • Luomus has become a leading developer of digitalisation among European natural science collections. Photo: Salla Mehtälä /Luomus
  • Luomus celebrated the 340th anniversary of the national collections in natural sciences in November 2018. Photo: Salla Mehtälä /Luomus
  • A moment before the official program Leif Schulman the director of Luomus and Aino Juslén the director of the Zoology Unit welcomed President Tarja Halonen. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • President Tarja Halonen’s speech. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • Raising a cup to celebrate the 340-year-old national collections of natural sciences in Finland. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • Director Leif Schulman’s 50th Birthday gave one more reason to celebrate. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • The guests enjoyed themselves. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • The Symbiosis Choir of Biology Students sang in the skeleton hall. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • The party orchestra. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus
  • Luomus staff in a festive mood. Photo: Max Söderholm /Luomus