Medieval Days. Welcome Tour: Treasures of medieval art
The tour in English opens the treasure chest of Estonian medieval art. The collection in the Niguliste Museum holds the most remarkable and valuable part of the medieval and early modern ecclesiastical art of Estonia. The tour will be led by Dr Merike Kurisoo, Curator and Programme Manager of the Niguliste Museum of the Art Museum of Estonia.
The museum is housed in St. Nicholas’ Church, built in the 13th century, and is one of the few museums in northern Europe located in a former church building. The stars of the museum’s collection are late medieval altarpieces from northern Germany and the Netherlands, and Bernt Notke’s painting Danse Macabre from the late 15th century. A particularly valuable part of the collection is silverware that used to belong to churches, guilds and the Brotherhood of Black Heads, currently displayed in the Silver Chamber.
