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The Finnish Association of the Deaf
Finnish Museum of the Deaf

 




 
 
This is the organization for deaf persons who live in the country of Finland. One of their projects is the Finnish Museum of the Deaf. This museum has collections of various items that show the history of deaf persons in Finland. Some of the items they have are photographs, documents, and books. The themes of the collections are: education of the Deaf, stages in the development of the Association of the Deaf in Finland, individual distinguished Deaf persons, Finnish Sign Language, and the lifestyle of Deaf people. There are more than a 1500 items, more than five thousand photographs, and a collection of old books, documents and works of art.

This is one of the pictures that is in the Finnish museum. It shows Finnish Sign Language.