The Finnish Museum of Photography is a socially influential, critical, and open cultural organization dedicated to various phenomena related to photography. It promotes ecological, social, and cultural sustainability by emphasizing the following aspects in its activities:
- The museum covers phenomena related to photography in a broad and diverse manner.
- The museum cherishes photographic art as part of other photographic cultures.
- The museum offers more sustainable alternatives to consumption.
- The museum serves as a meeting place for different audiences.
- The museum actively strives for equality.
- The museum highlights marginalized creators, photographic cultures, and ways of working.
- The museum promotes visual literacy.
- The museum values research and diversity in the production of knowledge.
- The museum learns about photographs and their impact together with different communities.