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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

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

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Tickets sales end 30 minutes before closing.

Open 10–15: 23.12

Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1
10127 Tallinn
+372 602 6000
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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

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

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Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Weizenbergi 37
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400
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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

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

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Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

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

Tue–Sun	10–18
Mon	Closed

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Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Niguliste 3
10130 Tallinn
+372 631 4330
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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

Tue–Sun	10.00–18.00
Mon	Closed

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Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838
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Collections

Conservation

Introduction

Research

Publishing

Introduction

English

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

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

!

Tickets sales end 30 minutes before closing.

Open 10–15: 23.12

Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 31.12, 01.01

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

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

!

Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Weizenbergi 37
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400
,

Mikkeli muuseum

empty-image — Mikkeli muuseum

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

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

!

Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Weizenbergi 28
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400
,

empty-image

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

Tue–Sun	10–18
Mon	Closed

!

Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Niguliste 3
10130 Tallinn
+372 631 4330
,

empty-image

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

Tue–Sun	10.00–18.00
Mon	Closed

!

Museum closed: 23.12 - 26.12, 30.12, 31.12, 01.01

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838
,

Team

Chief executors

Merike Kurisoo, PhD, project coordinator, Art Museum of Estonia(CV)
Greta Koppel, PhD, Art Museum of Estonia (CV)
Lars Nylander, Hälsinglands Museum (CV)
Jan Friedrich Richter, PhD, Staatliche Museen Berlin (CV)

Executors:

Andres Uueni, Estonian Academy of Arts, Archaeovision
Elina Räsänen, PhD, Helsinki University (CV)
Kerttu Palginõmm, PhD, Art Museum of Estonia (CV)
Hannes Vinnal, PhD, Estonian Academy of Arts (CV)
Pia Bengtsson Melin, PhD, Swedish History Museum
John Rothlind, chief conservator, Church of Sweden
Tarmo Saaret, director of the Niguliste Museum – Art Museum of Estonia

Conservators

Johanna Lamp, Art Museum of Estonia
Kaisa-Piia Pedajas, Art Museum of Estonia
Håkan Lindberg, conservator
Hedi Kard, Art Museum of Estonia 

Experts

Matthias Weniger, PhD, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
Stephan Kemperdick, PhD, Staatliche Museen Berlin
Till-Holger Borchert, Groeningemuseum, Belgium
Jan von Bonsdorff, PhD, Professor, Uppsala University
Isabel Aaso-Zahradnikova, Art Museum of Estonia

Students

Mia Maria Rohumaa, Art Museum of Estonia; Estonian Academy of Arts
Jüri-Martin Lepp, Estonian Academy of Arts

Individual scholarships related to the research project

Dr Merike Kurisoo
One-month grant of the Böckler-Mare-Balticum-Stiftung for the research at the Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft. July–August 2022

Mia Maria Rohumaa
Summer Course for the Study of the Arts in Flanders. The Age of Van Eyck in Context. 11-day programme of lectures, discussions, and visits related to Early Netherlandish art (museums and research institutions in Belgium). June 2022