First Advent and Shishi Christmas Tree Opening Event
The Niguliste Museum, in cooperation with the decoration company Shishi, invites visitors for the ninth time to experience a fairy-tale Christmas season. Christmas at Niguliste has become a long-awaited tradition and marks the beginning of the winter festive period at the museum.
To celebrate Advent, the interior design company Shishi will once again decorate the museum’s Christmas tree. As usual, the theme of the tree will remain a surprise until the first Sunday of Advent.
Programme
12:00 Opening of the Christmas tree
12:15 Concert by the Children’s Choir of the Tallinn French Lyceum
15:00 Advent Sunday with organ music
16:00 Half hour of organ music
To mark the start of Advent, museum admission will be free on Sunday, 30 November from 11:00 to 14:00.
During the Christmas tree opening event the Niguliste Museum tower, the second floor of the Small Chapel, and the temporary exhibition “Divines Toletana. Treasures of Toledo Cathedral from the Middle Ages to El Greco” will be closed (between 11:00–15:00).
The Christmas season at the Niguliste Museum will last from 30 November 2025 until 7 January 2026.
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Loeng keskendub kõige tuntumate varakristlike märterneitsite, Niguliste kiriku peaaltari retaablil kujutatud Aleksandria Katariina, Barbara, Apollonia ja Dorothea pühakulegendidele.
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Step into the treasure chest of Estonian medieval art.
Early Music Festival Tallinn feat. Reval. Monika Väliste (flute) 29/11/2025 | 13:00
Adventus Domini. Chamber Choir Avis Animi, Soloists and Orchestra 30/11/2025 | 19:00
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