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.
From 25.05 to 30.09 Exhibition “Kristi Kongi: Chromatic drift” is also open on Mondays 10.00–18.00.
Tickets sales end 30 minutes before closing.
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.
Mondays: From May to September museum open on Mondays, from October to April museum closed.
On Friday, 3. 07 museum open 14.00—18.00.
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.
From May to September museum also open on Mondays, from October to April museum closed on Mondays.
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.
Drop-in guided tour in English
The exhibition focuses on the works of three Baltic women artists – Malle Leis, Maija Tabaka and Marija Teresė Rožanskaitė – in the late Soviet era of the 1970s and 1980s.
