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.
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.
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.
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 lecture will introduce the Dodge collection, focusing on Norton Dodge’s first visits to the USSR and addressing the increasing diversity of his interests in this art over time.
In the workshop the participants will learn how to bind handy notebooks and how to make different covers for them using origami techniques.
This is an exhibition programme for groups of friends, birthday guests and work collectives.
The themes are the environment, thinking green and sustainability.
The tour takes you on a walk through the permanent exhibition Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945.
Drop-in guided tour in English at the exhibition “Lembit Sarapuu: Reality and Actuality”.
Drop-in guided tour in English at the project space exhibitions.
Drop-in guided tour in English at the exhibition “Thinking Pictures”.