Kumu is the main building of the Art Museum of Estonia, as well as one of the largest and most monumental exhibition venues in the country. The museum provides a survey of the various time periods of Estonian art: from the Academic Style to Modernism, from Soviet Pop Art to contemporary art. The modern architecture of the building is an attraction in its own right.
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The Kadriorg Art Museum is the only museum in Estonia dedicated to early European and Russian art. Interpreting the art of old masters is also the focus of its exhibitions and educational programmes. The museum is located in Kadriorg, in the Baroque palace built for the Russian tsar Peter the Great.
The Mikkel Museum in Kadriorg introduces private collections and the collecting of art in general. The bulk of the exhibition consists of the purchases of Johannes Mikkel; temporary exhibitions offer the visitor access to contemporary and historical private collections.
The Niguliste Museum, in the Old Town of Tallinn, is one of the few northern European museums located in a former church, where ecclesiastical art can be presented in its historical context. The museum houses the largest and most valuable ecclesiastical art collection in Estonia.
The permanent display at the Adamson-Eric Museum in Tallinn’s Old Town provides an overview of the oeuvre of one of the most versatile Estonian artists, Adamson-Eric (1902–1968). In addition, the museum organises two to three temporary exhibitions each year on various topics.
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The exhibition showcases the collection of the Värnik family, the core of which is made up of landscapes by authors linked to the Pallas Art School.
This is the first exhibition of ancient Egyptian art in Estonia. It includes archaeological findings that are thousands of years old and that belong to one of the most prominent ancient Egyptian art collections in the world: the Museo Egizio in Italy.
The exhibition of the works of one of the most renowned Estonian avant-gardists, Ado Vabbe (1892–1961), focusses on the variegated stages of his creative career.
This exhibition brings to the viewer interpretations by artists of the complex and intriguing field of particle physics.
The exhibition studies renditions of cats and dogs in art, and explores their significance, roles and symbolic meanings for people and society.
The exhibition introduces the more than 300-year-old creative legacy of Estonia’s most renowned Baroque-era sculptor and his co-workers.
Five museums, a hundred years of history.
See the ongoing, upcoming and past exhibitions in the five branches of the Art Museum of Estonia.
Unlimited art experiences in five museums together with a companion!
Gifts for yourself, friends and business partners.
Organise an engaging lecture and discussion with an art specialist for your friends!
We have introduced enhanced measures to make the museum a place where the risk of viral infections is held to a minimum.
New knowledge and an opportunity for dialogue! Make your museum visit special with a guided tour!
Our treasury holds many valuable works of art, from which you can have reproductions made for your home or office.
Here is the very best from the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia – the Digital Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia is an image database containing photos and records of the works of art in the collections of the museum.
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