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Jevgeni Zolotko: The Secret of Adam 31/05/2024 – 05/01/2025

Jevgeni Zolotko (b. 1983) is one of the most original Estonian contemporary artists. The exhibition showcases the artist’s recent works. It also features some brand new works created specifically for the exhibition.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Jevgeni Zolotko. 2024. Photo by Gabriela Urm / Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Exhibition
Tickets

Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945 Permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition, launched in 2021, tells the story of Estonian art as it evolved through Estonia’s multi-ethnic history, growing into a heritage that blends Estonian, Baltic German and Russian traditions.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Näitusse poster
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

From Mittens to Köler. The Birth of the Museum’s Collection 21/09/2024 – 02/03/2025

The exhibition sheds light on the early history of the Art Museum’s collection in the 1920s–1930s, during the first decades of the Republic of Estonia, when ethnographic artefacts, national handicrafts and other items of cultural heritage were collected by the museum, in addition to works of art.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Exhibition
Collage: Johann Köler. Self-Portrait. 1859. Art Museum of Estonia / Mitten patterns: Estonian National Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Visible storage gallery for the sculpture collection Permanent exhibition

In the new visible storage space on the ground floor of Kadriorg Palace, visitors can explore the museum’s Western European and Russian sculpture collection, comprised of over 250 artworks dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown artist. Apollo Belvedere. 19th c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Free entry

Sooster 100: View from Private Collections 18/10/2024 – 04/05/2025

The exhibition, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ülo Sooster, an inimitably playful creator and a significant reformer of Estonian post-war modernism, displays works that belong to private collections.

Mikkel Museum
Exhibition
Ülo Sooster. Landscape with Eyes. 1968. Private collection
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Mikkel Museum Permanent exhibition

The core of the permanent exhibition of the museum is made up of European and Chinese ceramics and porcelain, and Western European paintings from the former collection of Johannes Mikkel.

Mikkel Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Unicorn in the Magical Forest 06/09/2024 – 06/04/2025

The Niguliste Museum presents the Swedish Royal Armoury’s family exhibition of unicorns and expands it with fantastic and mythical creatures from Estonian collections. The exhibition explores the story and meaning of the magical unicorn and opens up a wider world of fictional and fantastic creatures.

Niguliste Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the armoury cuirass of Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden. 1620–1621. National Historical Museums of Sweden – Royal Armoury
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Niguliste Museum Permanent exhibition

The collection in the Niguliste Museum holds the most remarkable and valuable part of the medieval and early modern ecclesiastical art of Estonia. Most of the works of art in the Niguliste Museum’s collection originate from the church itself and have been displayed in their former locations.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Workshop of Hermen Rode. Niguliste kiriku peaaltari retaabel. Detail. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Retable of the high altar of St. Nicholas’ Church. Detail. Workshop of Hermen Rode. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Kaja Kärner: Friendship and Time 25/10/2024 – 16/03/2025

Kaja Kärner (1920–1998) was one of the central figures in the legendary Tartu circle of friends, the first informal group of artists in post-World War II Estonia. She created abstract compositions with a good sense of rhythm and colour, collages and genre paintings which capture the overall tonality of the era with subtle shades of colour and hidden irony.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Exhibition
""
Kaja Kärner. Composition with a Clock. 1955–1959. Art Museum of Estonia
Exhibition
Tickets

Adamson-Eric: Modernism and Diversity Permanent exhibition

The new permanent exhibition highlights the versatility of the artist as a delicate painter, as well as a renowned creator of applied art who revealed the richness of his ideas and dynamic movement between various fields of art.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Permanent exhibition
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Jevgeni Zolotko: The Secret of Adam 31/05/2024 – 05/01/2025

Jevgeni Zolotko (b. 1983) is one of the most original Estonian contemporary artists. The exhibition showcases the artist’s recent works. It also features some brand new works created specifically for the exhibition.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Jevgeni Zolotko. 2024. Photo by Gabriela Urm / Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Niguliste Museum Permanent exhibition

The collection in the Niguliste Museum holds the most remarkable and valuable part of the medieval and early modern ecclesiastical art of Estonia. Most of the works of art in the Niguliste Museum’s collection originate from the church itself and have been displayed in their former locations.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Workshop of Hermen Rode. Niguliste kiriku peaaltari retaabel. Detail. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Retable of the high altar of St. Nicholas’ Church. Detail. Workshop of Hermen Rode. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Vanishing of a City: Hilda Kamdron’s Drawings as a Trauma Narrative 14/11/2024 – 06/04/2025

The exhibition focuses on two series of drawings by Hilda Kamdron (1900–1972), depicting the city of Tartu in the Second World War, when much of the old city was destroyed, and during post-war modernisation.

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Hilda Kamdron. Damn the War. Undated. Tartu City Museum
Project room exhibition
Tickets

The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Vanishing of a City: Hilda Kamdron’s Drawings as a Trauma Narrative 14/11/2024 – 06/04/2025

The exhibition focuses on two series of drawings by Hilda Kamdron (1900–1972), depicting the city of Tartu in the Second World War, when much of the old city was destroyed, and during post-war modernisation.

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Hilda Kamdron. Damn the War. Undated. Tartu City Museum
Project room exhibition
Tickets

Permanent Exhibition of Kadriorg Art Museum Permanent exhibition

The permanent exposition of the Kadriorg Art Museum presents the cream of the foreign art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia, which consists mostly of paintings, sculptures and applied art from Western Europe and Russia from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces by Urmas Lüüs 04/10/2024 – 16/02/2025

This exhibition offers speculation on the spaces, objects and images that the Estonian middle class have chosen to surround themselves with and through which they have defined themselves.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the photo: Johannes Mülber. Views and Landscapes of Tallinn. 1920s. Tallinn City Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent display of church bells Permanent exhibition

On the first floor of the medieval church tower, accessible by medieval stairs and a modern glass lift, visitors can explore a display of historical church bells.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary’s Bell of St Nicholas’ Church in Tallinn. Drawing by C. von Ungern-Sternberg. 1829. Estonian History Museum
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces by Urmas Lüüs 04/10/2024 – 16/02/2025

This exhibition offers speculation on the spaces, objects and images that the Estonian middle class have chosen to surround themselves with and through which they have defined themselves.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the photo: Johannes Mülber. Views and Landscapes of Tallinn. 1920s. Tallinn City Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent display of church bells Permanent exhibition

On the first floor of the medieval church tower, accessible by medieval stairs and a modern glass lift, visitors can explore a display of historical church bells.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary’s Bell of St Nicholas’ Church in Tallinn. Drawing by C. von Ungern-Sternberg. 1829. Estonian History Museum
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Longing for Lost Space. Sirja-Liisa Eelma 05/09/2024 – 30/03/2025

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Mandorla II. 2024. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Project room exhibition
Tickets

Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991) Permanent exhibition

This exhibition represents one possible approach to the Estonian art of the second half of the 20th century, when it was characterised mainly by conflicts with and adaptations to the new political order established after World War II.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Longing for Lost Space. Sirja-Liisa Eelma 05/09/2024 – 30/03/2025

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Mandorla II. 2024. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Project room exhibition
Tickets

Closer to the sky! Glass lift in the Niguliste tower Permanent exhibition

A brand-new glass lift that takes visitors to the top of the tower, where they can enjoy unique panoramic views of the medieval Old Town and Tallinn Bay.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Niguliste projekti eskiis. KOKO arhitektid
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Sooster 100: View from Private Collections 18/10/2024 – 04/05/2025

The exhibition, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ülo Sooster, an inimitably playful creator and a significant reformer of Estonian post-war modernism, displays works that belong to private collections.

Mikkel Museum
Exhibition
Ülo Sooster. Landscape with Eyes. 1968. Private collection
Exhibition
Tickets

Closer to the sky! Glass lift in the Niguliste tower Permanent exhibition

A brand-new glass lift that takes visitors to the top of the tower, where they can enjoy unique panoramic views of the medieval Old Town and Tallinn Bay.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Niguliste projekti eskiis. KOKO arhitektid
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

From Mittens to Köler. The Birth of the Museum’s Collection 21/09/2024 – 02/03/2025

The exhibition sheds light on the early history of the Art Museum’s collection in the 1920s–1930s, during the first decades of the Republic of Estonia, when ethnographic artefacts, national handicrafts and other items of cultural heritage were collected by the museum, in addition to works of art.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Exhibition
Collage: Johann Köler. Self-Portrait. 1859. Art Museum of Estonia / Mitten patterns: Estonian National Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Permanent exhibition

The exhibition space on the two floors of the Small Chapel features medieval (13th–16th-century) sculptures and altarpieces from Estonian churches.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. Ca 1500. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Kaja Kärner: Friendship and Time 25/10/2024 – 16/03/2025

Kaja Kärner (1920–1998) was one of the central figures in the legendary Tartu circle of friends, the first informal group of artists in post-World War II Estonia. She created abstract compositions with a good sense of rhythm and colour, collages and genre paintings which capture the overall tonality of the era with subtle shades of colour and hidden irony.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Exhibition
""
Kaja Kärner. Composition with a Clock. 1955–1959. Art Museum of Estonia
Exhibition
Tickets

Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Permanent exhibition

The exhibition space on the two floors of the Small Chapel features medieval (13th–16th-century) sculptures and altarpieces from Estonian churches.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. Ca 1500. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Unicorn in the Magical Forest 06/09/2024 – 06/04/2025

The Niguliste Museum presents the Swedish Royal Armoury’s family exhibition of unicorns and expands it with fantastic and mythical creatures from Estonian collections. The exhibition explores the story and meaning of the magical unicorn and opens up a wider world of fictional and fantastic creatures.

Niguliste Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the armoury cuirass of Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden. 1620–1621. National Historical Museums of Sweden – Royal Armoury
Exhibition
Tickets

Visible storage gallery for the sculpture collection Permanent exhibition

In the new visible storage space on the ground floor of Kadriorg Palace, visitors can explore the museum’s Western European and Russian sculpture collection, comprised of over 250 artworks dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown artist. Apollo Belvedere. 19th c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Free entry

Adamson-Eric: Modernism and Diversity Permanent exhibition

The new permanent exhibition highlights the versatility of the artist as a delicate painter, as well as a renowned creator of applied art who revealed the richness of his ideas and dynamic movement between various fields of art.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Permanent exhibition
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945 Permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition, launched in 2021, tells the story of Estonian art as it evolved through Estonia’s multi-ethnic history, growing into a heritage that blends Estonian, Baltic German and Russian traditions.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Näitusse poster
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Permanent Exhibition of Kadriorg Art Museum Permanent exhibition

The permanent exposition of the Kadriorg Art Museum presents the cream of the foreign art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia, which consists mostly of paintings, sculptures and applied art from Western Europe and Russia from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991) Permanent exhibition

This exhibition represents one possible approach to the Estonian art of the second half of the 20th century, when it was characterised mainly by conflicts with and adaptations to the new political order established after World War II.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Mikkel Museum Permanent exhibition

The core of the permanent exhibition of the museum is made up of European and Chinese ceramics and porcelain, and Western European paintings from the former collection of Johannes Mikkel.

Mikkel Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Current exhibitions

Jevgeni Zolotko: The Secret of Adam 31/05/2024 – 05/01/2025

Jevgeni Zolotko (b. 1983) is one of the most original Estonian contemporary artists. The exhibition showcases the artist’s recent works. It also features some brand new works created specifically for the exhibition.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Jevgeni Zolotko. 2024. Photo by Gabriela Urm / Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Exhibition
Tickets

Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945 Permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition, launched in 2021, tells the story of Estonian art as it evolved through Estonia’s multi-ethnic history, growing into a heritage that blends Estonian, Baltic German and Russian traditions.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Näitusse poster
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

From Mittens to Köler. The Birth of the Museum’s Collection 21/09/2024 – 02/03/2025

The exhibition sheds light on the early history of the Art Museum’s collection in the 1920s–1930s, during the first decades of the Republic of Estonia, when ethnographic artefacts, national handicrafts and other items of cultural heritage were collected by the museum, in addition to works of art.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Exhibition
Collage: Johann Köler. Self-Portrait. 1859. Art Museum of Estonia / Mitten patterns: Estonian National Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Visible storage gallery for the sculpture collection Permanent exhibition

In the new visible storage space on the ground floor of Kadriorg Palace, visitors can explore the museum’s Western European and Russian sculpture collection, comprised of over 250 artworks dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown artist. Apollo Belvedere. 19th c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Free entry

Sooster 100: View from Private Collections 18/10/2024 – 04/05/2025

The exhibition, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ülo Sooster, an inimitably playful creator and a significant reformer of Estonian post-war modernism, displays works that belong to private collections.

Mikkel Museum
Exhibition
Ülo Sooster. Landscape with Eyes. 1968. Private collection
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Mikkel Museum Permanent exhibition

The core of the permanent exhibition of the museum is made up of European and Chinese ceramics and porcelain, and Western European paintings from the former collection of Johannes Mikkel.

Mikkel Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Unicorn in the Magical Forest 06/09/2024 – 06/04/2025

The Niguliste Museum presents the Swedish Royal Armoury’s family exhibition of unicorns and expands it with fantastic and mythical creatures from Estonian collections. The exhibition explores the story and meaning of the magical unicorn and opens up a wider world of fictional and fantastic creatures.

Niguliste Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the armoury cuirass of Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden. 1620–1621. National Historical Museums of Sweden – Royal Armoury
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Niguliste Museum Permanent exhibition

The collection in the Niguliste Museum holds the most remarkable and valuable part of the medieval and early modern ecclesiastical art of Estonia. Most of the works of art in the Niguliste Museum’s collection originate from the church itself and have been displayed in their former locations.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Workshop of Hermen Rode. Niguliste kiriku peaaltari retaabel. Detail. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Retable of the high altar of St. Nicholas’ Church. Detail. Workshop of Hermen Rode. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Kaja Kärner: Friendship and Time 25/10/2024 – 16/03/2025

Kaja Kärner (1920–1998) was one of the central figures in the legendary Tartu circle of friends, the first informal group of artists in post-World War II Estonia. She created abstract compositions with a good sense of rhythm and colour, collages and genre paintings which capture the overall tonality of the era with subtle shades of colour and hidden irony.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Exhibition
""
Kaja Kärner. Composition with a Clock. 1955–1959. Art Museum of Estonia
Exhibition
Tickets

Adamson-Eric: Modernism and Diversity Permanent exhibition

The new permanent exhibition highlights the versatility of the artist as a delicate painter, as well as a renowned creator of applied art who revealed the richness of his ideas and dynamic movement between various fields of art.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Permanent exhibition
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Jevgeni Zolotko: The Secret of Adam 31/05/2024 – 05/01/2025

Jevgeni Zolotko (b. 1983) is one of the most original Estonian contemporary artists. The exhibition showcases the artist’s recent works. It also features some brand new works created specifically for the exhibition.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Jevgeni Zolotko. 2024. Photo by Gabriela Urm / Estonian Centre for Contemporary Art
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent exhibition of Niguliste Museum Permanent exhibition

The collection in the Niguliste Museum holds the most remarkable and valuable part of the medieval and early modern ecclesiastical art of Estonia. Most of the works of art in the Niguliste Museum’s collection originate from the church itself and have been displayed in their former locations.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Workshop of Hermen Rode. Niguliste kiriku peaaltari retaabel. Detail. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Retable of the high altar of St. Nicholas’ Church. Detail. Workshop of Hermen Rode. 1478–1481. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Vanishing of a City: Hilda Kamdron’s Drawings as a Trauma Narrative 14/11/2024 – 06/04/2025

The exhibition focuses on two series of drawings by Hilda Kamdron (1900–1972), depicting the city of Tartu in the Second World War, when much of the old city was destroyed, and during post-war modernisation.

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Hilda Kamdron. Damn the War. Undated. Tartu City Museum
Project room exhibition
Tickets

The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Vanishing of a City: Hilda Kamdron’s Drawings as a Trauma Narrative 14/11/2024 – 06/04/2025

The exhibition focuses on two series of drawings by Hilda Kamdron (1900–1972), depicting the city of Tartu in the Second World War, when much of the old city was destroyed, and during post-war modernisation.

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Hilda Kamdron. Damn the War. Undated. Tartu City Museum
Project room exhibition
Tickets

Permanent Exhibition of Kadriorg Art Museum Permanent exhibition

The permanent exposition of the Kadriorg Art Museum presents the cream of the foreign art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia, which consists mostly of paintings, sculptures and applied art from Western Europe and Russia from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces by Urmas Lüüs 04/10/2024 – 16/02/2025

This exhibition offers speculation on the spaces, objects and images that the Estonian middle class have chosen to surround themselves with and through which they have defined themselves.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the photo: Johannes Mülber. Views and Landscapes of Tallinn. 1920s. Tallinn City Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent display of church bells Permanent exhibition

On the first floor of the medieval church tower, accessible by medieval stairs and a modern glass lift, visitors can explore a display of historical church bells.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary’s Bell of St Nicholas’ Church in Tallinn. Drawing by C. von Ungern-Sternberg. 1829. Estonian History Museum
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

The Life and Death of Mr. N: Bourgeois Spaces by Urmas Lüüs 04/10/2024 – 16/02/2025

This exhibition offers speculation on the spaces, objects and images that the Estonian middle class have chosen to surround themselves with and through which they have defined themselves.

Kumu Art Museum
Exhibition
Motif from the photo: Johannes Mülber. Views and Landscapes of Tallinn. 1920s. Tallinn City Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Permanent display of church bells Permanent exhibition

On the first floor of the medieval church tower, accessible by medieval stairs and a modern glass lift, visitors can explore a display of historical church bells.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary’s Bell of St Nicholas’ Church in Tallinn. Drawing by C. von Ungern-Sternberg. 1829. Estonian History Museum
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Longing for Lost Space. Sirja-Liisa Eelma 05/09/2024 – 30/03/2025

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Mandorla II. 2024. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Project room exhibition
Tickets

Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991) Permanent exhibition

This exhibition represents one possible approach to the Estonian art of the second half of the 20th century, when it was characterised mainly by conflicts with and adaptations to the new political order established after World War II.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Longing for Lost Space. Sirja-Liisa Eelma 05/09/2024 – 30/03/2025

Kumu Art Museum
Project room exhibition
Mandorla II. 2024. Oil on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Project room exhibition
Tickets

Closer to the sky! Glass lift in the Niguliste tower Permanent exhibition

A brand-new glass lift that takes visitors to the top of the tower, where they can enjoy unique panoramic views of the medieval Old Town and Tallinn Bay.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Niguliste projekti eskiis. KOKO arhitektid
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Sooster 100: View from Private Collections 18/10/2024 – 04/05/2025

The exhibition, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ülo Sooster, an inimitably playful creator and a significant reformer of Estonian post-war modernism, displays works that belong to private collections.

Mikkel Museum
Exhibition
Ülo Sooster. Landscape with Eyes. 1968. Private collection
Exhibition
Tickets

Closer to the sky! Glass lift in the Niguliste tower Permanent exhibition

A brand-new glass lift that takes visitors to the top of the tower, where they can enjoy unique panoramic views of the medieval Old Town and Tallinn Bay.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
Niguliste projekti eskiis. KOKO arhitektid
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

From Mittens to Köler. The Birth of the Museum’s Collection 21/09/2024 – 02/03/2025

The exhibition sheds light on the early history of the Art Museum’s collection in the 1920s–1930s, during the first decades of the Republic of Estonia, when ethnographic artefacts, national handicrafts and other items of cultural heritage were collected by the museum, in addition to works of art.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Exhibition
Collage: Johann Köler. Self-Portrait. 1859. Art Museum of Estonia / Mitten patterns: Estonian National Museum
Exhibition
Tickets

Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Permanent exhibition

The exhibition space on the two floors of the Small Chapel features medieval (13th–16th-century) sculptures and altarpieces from Estonian churches.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. Ca 1500. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
Tickets

Kaja Kärner: Friendship and Time 25/10/2024 – 16/03/2025

Kaja Kärner (1920–1998) was one of the central figures in the legendary Tartu circle of friends, the first informal group of artists in post-World War II Estonia. She created abstract compositions with a good sense of rhythm and colour, collages and genre paintings which capture the overall tonality of the era with subtle shades of colour and hidden irony.

Adamson-Eric Museum
Exhibition
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Kaja Kärner. Composition with a Clock. 1955–1959. Art Museum of Estonia
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Medieval Ecclesiastical Art Permanent exhibition

The exhibition space on the two floors of the Small Chapel features medieval (13th–16th-century) sculptures and altarpieces from Estonian churches.

Niguliste Museum
Permanent exhibition
The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child. Ca 1500. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
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Unicorn in the Magical Forest 06/09/2024 – 06/04/2025

The Niguliste Museum presents the Swedish Royal Armoury’s family exhibition of unicorns and expands it with fantastic and mythical creatures from Estonian collections. The exhibition explores the story and meaning of the magical unicorn and opens up a wider world of fictional and fantastic creatures.

Niguliste Museum
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Motif from the armoury cuirass of Gustav II Adolf, King of Sweden. 1620–1621. National Historical Museums of Sweden – Royal Armoury
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Visible storage gallery for the sculpture collection Permanent exhibition

In the new visible storage space on the ground floor of Kadriorg Palace, visitors can explore the museum’s Western European and Russian sculpture collection, comprised of over 250 artworks dating from the 18th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Unknown artist. Apollo Belvedere. 19th c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
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Adamson-Eric: Modernism and Diversity Permanent exhibition

The new permanent exhibition highlights the versatility of the artist as a delicate painter, as well as a renowned creator of applied art who revealed the richness of his ideas and dynamic movement between various fields of art.

Adamson-Eric Museum
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Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
Collage of works by Adamson-Eric: Bracelet. 1964‒1968; Self-Portrait (Shepherd). 1931; Porcelain tableware. 1960s; Spanish Landscape with a Watermelon. 1931. All artworks: Art Museum of Estonia
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Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945 Permanent exhibition

The permanent exhibition, launched in 2021, tells the story of Estonian art as it evolved through Estonia’s multi-ethnic history, growing into a heritage that blends Estonian, Baltic German and Russian traditions.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Näitusse poster
Permanent exhibition
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The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
Raoul Kurvitz. Pentatonic Colour System II. Programme 01 and 03. 1994/1999. Installation. Art Museum of Estonia
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Permanent Exhibition of Kadriorg Art Museum Permanent exhibition

The permanent exposition of the Kadriorg Art Museum presents the cream of the foreign art collection of the Art Museum of Estonia, which consists mostly of paintings, sculptures and applied art from Western Europe and Russia from the 16th to the 20th centuries.

Kadriorg Art Museum
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Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
Aleksei Bogoljubov. Port of Tallinn. Detail. 1853. Art Museum of Estonia
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Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991) Permanent exhibition

This exhibition represents one possible approach to the Estonian art of the second half of the 20th century, when it was characterised mainly by conflicts with and adaptations to the new political order established after World War II.

Kumu Art Museum
Permanent exhibition
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
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Permanent exhibition of Mikkel Museum Permanent exhibition

The core of the permanent exhibition of the museum is made up of European and Chinese ceramics and porcelain, and Western European paintings from the former collection of Johannes Mikkel.

Mikkel Museum
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Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Unknown Artist. Birdyard. Detail. 18.–19. c. Art Museum of Estonia
Permanent exhibition
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