Nina Robbins

Working experience:

University lecturer (museology), University of Helsinki, 28.8.2017–present

Art collection curator, OP Group Art Foundation, 15.10.2010–present

Museum director, Järvenpää Art Museum, 2005–2006 and 2008–2009

Collection curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, 2001

Exhibition secretary, Museum of Finnish Architecture, 1991–1996

Guide and collection assistant, Iittala Glass Museum, 1986–1988

Long-term, cooperative conservation and collection management: Collection management consultation and art conservation for museums, parishes, foundations and private art owners

2016 – HUS (Hospital District of Helsinki)

2015 – Turku Art Museum

2013 – Riihimäki Art Museum

2013 – Kouvola Art Museum

2010 – Reitz Foundation

2008 – OP Group Art Foundation

2007 – Ars Nova Aboa Vetus Museum

2006 – Mikkeli Art Museum

2006 – Visavuori Museum

2005 – Kerava Art Museum

2004 – Gallen-Kallela Museum

2003 – Järvenpää Art Museum

2001 – Hämeenlinna Art Museum

2001 – Hyvinkää Art Museum

2001 – Vantaa Art Museum

Conservation of large-scale artworks:

2013 Masku Church

2013 Ranua Church

2010 City of Hyvinkää

2008–2010 Lempäälä Workers’ Association

2007 City of Hämeenlinna

PhD, University of Jyväskylä, Museology, Jyväskylä 25.5.2016

MA, University of Applied Sciences EVTEK, Vantaa, Art Conservation, Vantaa 12.8.2008

BA, University of Applied Sciences EVTEK, Vantaa, Art Conservation, Vantaa 31.5.2000

MA, University of Helsinki, Art History, Helsinki 6.6.1995

Eberhard Karls Universität, Tübingen, studies in history and philosophy 1994–95

Central European University, Prague, studies in art philosophy 1993

Santa Ana College, California, studies in art philosophy 1984–1985

Nina Robbins has a PhD in museology, an MA in art conservation and an MA in art history. She has worked in the field of cultural heritage since the mid-1980s, specializing in collection management. Her PhD focused on the area of disposals in Finnish art museums. In her research, tacit knowledge appeared as a critical issue. She currently works as a lecturer at Helsinki University, and has worked a number of years as a private conservator and collection management consultant for various museums and foundations in Helsinki and southern Finland. Through her work as a consultant and conservator she has developed a wide perspective in the field of cultural heritage and places great importance in passing on to her university students not only theoretical knowledge, but also its corresponding practical knowledge. She feels that the field of museology offers an enduring bridge between the various fields of heritage management. Beneficially integrating the forces from these different fields will become ever more important in a world where financial resources are increasingly scrutinized.