Museum Collections Make Connections: Finland and Namibia Dr Jeremy Silvester, Charmaine Tjizezenga, Magdalena Kaanante Summary. This report provides an overview of the findings and recommendations of a Namibian team that visited Finland from 6th-16th June, 2015. The team consisted of Dr Jeremy Silvester (Project Development Manager) and Ms Charmaine Tjizezenga (Project Officer: Exhibition Development) from the Museums Association of Namibia and Mrs Magdalena Kaanante (Curator: Nakambale Museum). The trip was one of the activities funded by the Embassy of Finland in Namibia to support `Exhibition Development in Namibian Museums’. The primary purpose of the trip was, therefore, to explore possibilities and potential partnerships for future exhibition exchanges and initiate dialogue and knowledge transfer to support exhibition development in both Namibia and Finland. Compiled by: Dr Jeremy Silvester Charmaine Tjizezenga Magdalena Kaanante Photographs by: Dr Jeremy Silvester (JS) Charmaine Tjizezenga (CT) Magdalena Kaanante (MK) Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission (FELM) Design and Layout by: Ndapewoshali Ndahafa Ashipala PUBLISHER Museums Association of Namibia 112 Robert Mugabe Avenue Windhoek, Namibia P. O. Box: 147 Windhoek, Namibia Tel: +264 (0) 61 302 230 Fax: +264 (0) 61 302 236 Email:
[email protected] Website: www.museums.com.na AUGUST 2015 ISBN number: 978-99916-902-1-6 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Embassy of Namibia in Finland. 3. The Martti Rautanen Collection. 4. The Finnish Mission Museum (`Kumbukumbu’) Collection. 5. Omililo dhomamanya Giilongo yAawambo (The Power Stones of the Owambo Kingdoms) 6. The Finnish Museums Association. 7. The Board of Antiquities 8. The Liljeblad Artifact Collection at Oulu University. 9. The Liljeblad Skull. 10. Northern Ostrobothnia Museum, Oulu.