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Kumu Art Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue–Wed 10.00–18.00
Thu 10.00–20.00
Fri–Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

Contact

Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1
10127 Tallinn
+372 602 6000

Kadrioru lossi fassaad

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Kadriorg Art Museum

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. 

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

Contact

Weizenbergi 37
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

Mikkeli muuseum

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Mikkel Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

Contact

Weizenbergi 28
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

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Niguliste Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon–Sun Closed

NB! Due to the construction work in the tower and the reorganisation of the exhibition space, the museum is closed to visitors until autumn 2022.

Contact

Niguliste 3
10130 Tallinn
+372 631 4330

Adamson-Ericu muuseum

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Adamson-Eric Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–18.00
Thu 10.00–18.00
Fri 10.00–18.00
Sat 10.00–18.00
Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838

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Collections

Conservation

Introduction

Research

Publishing

Introduction

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Kumu Art Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue–Wed 10.00–18.00
Thu 10.00–20.00
Fri–Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

Contact

Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1
10127 Tallinn
+372 602 6000

Kadrioru lossi fassaad

empty-image — Kadrioru lossi fassaad

Kadriorg Art Museum

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. 

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

Contact

Weizenbergi 37
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

Mikkeli muuseum

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Mikkel Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

Contact

Weizenbergi 28
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

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Niguliste Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon–Sun Closed

NB! Due to the construction work in the tower and the reorganisation of the exhibition space, the museum is closed to visitors until autumn 2022.

Contact

Niguliste 3
10130 Tallinn
+372 631 4330

Adamson-Ericu muuseum

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Adamson-Eric Museum

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–18.00
Thu 10.00–18.00
Fri 10.00–18.00
Sat 10.00–18.00
Sun 10.00–18.00

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838

Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak. Live Streams. 2016. Courtesy of the artists

empty-image — Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak. Live Streams. 2016. Courtesy of the artists

Lembit Sarapuu. Discussion. 1989–1990. Oil. Art Museum of Estonia

empty-image — Lembit Sarapuu. Discussion. 1989–1990. Oil. Art Museum of Estonia

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Material Change: Design and New Technologies

08/04/2022 – 25/09/2022

Adamson-Eric Museum

Lembit Sarapuu: Reality and Actuality

29/04/2022 – 18/09/2022

Kumu Art Museum

Stylish Things: Furniture and Decorative Art from the Collections of Estonian Museums

18/05/2022 – 04/09/2022

Kadriorg Art Museum

Thinking Pictures

18/03/2022 – 14/08/2022

Kumu Art Museum

Karl Morgenstern: A Scholar’s Collection

14/05/2022 – 21/08/2022

Mikkel Museum

Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art

12/11/2021 – 09/10/2022

Kumu Art Museum

Visible storage gallery for the sculpture collection

18/05/2022 – 31/12/2024

Kadriorg Art Museum

Stop the war!

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Daniel Caffé. Portrait of Karl Morgenstern. 1798. University of Tartu Library

empty-image — Daniel Caffé. Portrait of Karl Morgenstern. 1798. University of Tartu Library

Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern (1770–1852) was a professor at the University of Tartu after its reopening in 1802. He was the founder of the library and art museum of the university and a remarkable art collector. He bequeathed his collection to the university. This exhibition showcases the prints and engraved gems from the collection, highlighting the main themes of his collection and the scholar’s wide sphere of interest.

Sirje Runge. Geometry VIII (detail). 1976. Oil. Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers ‒ Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art

empty-image — Sirje Runge. Geometry VIII (detail). 1976. Oil. Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers ‒ Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art

This exhibition focuses on the dialogue between the Baltic and Russian conceptual art of the 1970s and 1980s.

Lembit Sarapuu. Discussion. 1989–1990. Oil. Art Museum of Estonia

empty-image — Lembit Sarapuu. Discussion. 1989–1990. Oil. Art Museum of Estonia

This solo exhibition of the oeuvre of Lembit Sarapuu (b. 1930) charts the artist’s creative path through six decades.

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Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak. Live Streams. 2016. Courtesy of the artists

empty-image — Kärt Ojavee and Johanna Ulfsak. Live Streams. 2016. Courtesy of the artists

This exhibition highlights the use of innovative materials, new technologies and principles of sustainability in contemporary Estonian art and design. The artworks on display give us hope that a shift towards a more ethical world with a new aesthetic is indeed possible.

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This exhibition presents furniture and decorative art from the collections of Estonian museums, focusing on the characteristic elements of décor and forms associated with each style and period, from Baroque to Historicism.

Eesti Kunstimuuseumi hooned — Eesti Kunstimuuseumi filiaalid. Eesti Kunstimuuseum

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Tutvu näituseporgrammida — Teosed Eesti Kunstimuuseumi püsiekspositsioonist.

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e-pood

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Telli ekskursioon

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Eesti Kunstimuuseumi hooned — Eesti Kunstimuuseumi filiaalid. Eesti Kunstimuuseum

empty-image — Eesti Kunstimuuseumi filiaalid. Eesti Kunstimuuseum

Tutvu näituseporgrammida — Teosed Eesti Kunstimuuseumi püsiekspositsioonist.

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e-pood

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Telli ekskursioon

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Digital Collection

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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Digikogu — Konrad Mägi.

empty-image — Konrad Mägi.

Digikogu

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