The Conservation Department of the Art Museum of Estonia is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the triple exhibition From Restorer to Conservator. Two of these exhibitions will open on 10 April: the one in the Niguliste Museum will focus on the restoration of mediaeval and contemporary art, and the one in the Kadriorg Art Museum will take a look at the work of conservators of paintings. The third exhibition has been open in the Adamson-Eric Museum since 6 March and focuses on works of art on delicate and fragile paper.
The Supervisory Board of the Art Museum of Estonia Foundation decided by consensus that Sirje Helme will continue as Chief Executive Officer of the Art Museum of Estonia Foundation for a further two years, in line with the candidate’s preferred contract length.
The exhibition From Restorer to Conservator will open in the Adamson-Eric Museum on 6 March, celebrating the golden jubilee of the Conservation Department of the Art Museum of Estonia.
At the end of 2025, the Art Museum of Estonia received a valuable donation from a private collection in Canada: the family of Evald and Alide Timusk donated seven artworks by well-known Estonian artists, including Adamson-Eric, Johannes Greenberg, Jaan Grünberg, Eerik Haamer, Karin Luts and Eduard Rüga.
In 2025, the Art Museum of Estonia’s branches, exhibitions and public programmes were visited by 388,600 art lovers.Over the course of the year, the number of visitors to the Art Museum of Estonia increased significantly. While art lovers visited our museums about 350,000 times each in 2023 and 2024, last year there were 38,600 more visitors.
Please note that all branches of the Art Museum of Estonia will be closed on December 24–26, December 29, and December 31–January 1. You’re very welcome to visit us on December 23, when all branches will be open until 3 p.m. We’ll also be happy to see you again from December 27 to 28 and on December 30, when the museum is open as usual. In the new year, all branches and exhibitions will reopen on Friday, January 2.
