Kumu Art Museum- Estonian art from the 18th century until today

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Kumu Art Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue–Wed 10.00–18.00
Thu 10.00–20.00
Fri–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1
10127 Tallinn
+372 602 6000

Kadrioru lossi fassaad

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Kadriorg Art Museum

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. 

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Weizenbergi 37
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

Mikkeli muuseum

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Mikkel Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Weizenbergi 28
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

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Niguliste Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon–Sun Closed

NB! Due to the construction work in the tower and the reorganisation of the exhibition space, the museum is closed to visitors until autumn 2022.

Contact

Niguliste 3
10130 Tallinn
+372 631 4330

Adamson-Ericu muuseum

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Adamson-Eric Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838

English

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Kumu Art Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue–Wed 10.00–18.00
Thu 10.00–20.00
Fri–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1
10127 Tallinn
+372 602 6000

Kadrioru lossi fassaad

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Kadriorg Art Museum

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. 

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Weizenbergi 37
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

Mikkeli muuseum

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Mikkel Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue 10.00–18.00
Wed 10.00–20.00
Thu–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Weizenbergi 28
10127 Tallinn
+372 606 6400

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Niguliste Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon–Sun Closed

NB! Due to the construction work in the tower and the reorganisation of the exhibition space, the museum is closed to visitors until autumn 2022.

Contact

Niguliste 3
10130 Tallinn
+372 631 4330

Adamson-Ericu muuseum

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Adamson-Eric Museum

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.

Open this week

Mon Closed
Tue–Sun 10.00–18.00

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838

Karl Pärsimägi. Autoportree pärlitega (detail). U 1935. eesti Kunstimuuseum

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Näitusse poster

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

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Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia

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We're open!

Here's our exhibition programme

Jeremy Shaw. Phase Shifting Index

08/10/2021 – 20/02/2022

Kumu Art Museum

Universe of the Farmyard: Creators of Southern Estonia

22/10/2021 – 10/04/2022

Kumu Art Museum

Art in the Comfort Zone? The 2000s in Estonian Art

12/11/2021 – 09/10/2022

Kumu Art Museum

Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945

Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum

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

Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum

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

Permanent exhibition

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What’s on

what's on

Karl Pärsimägi. Autoportree pärlitega (detail). U 1935. eesti Kunstimuuseum

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Olafur Eliasson: Miracles of Rare Device

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Richard Leplastrier_OsborneHouse_MichaelNicholson

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Foto: Kumu hariduskeskus

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The drypoint technique is a long-established intaglio printing method in which lines are scratched, or etched, into the printing plate using an engraving needle. In the workshop, a sheet of transparent plastic is used as the printing plate. This way the image does not have to be drawn freehand, but a photo or image can be placed under the transparent sheet and copied.

Saviekstruuder. Kumu hariduskeskus

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A two-part ceramics course using clay extruders of various sizes. A clay extruder is a tool that allows strips and tubes in various shapes to be formed from clay.

The permanent exhibitions of Kumu showcase the local artistic heritage all the way from Baltic German art and Estonian national art up to the multifaceted art produced in Soviet Estonia and the Post-Soviet period.

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is a project run by Kumu Art Museum and the Black Nights Film Festival since the year 2006, being then the only weekly documentary film programme in Estonian cinemas.

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The permanent exhibitions of Kumu showcase the local artistic heritage all the way from Baltic German art and Estonian national art up to the multifaceted art produced in Soviet Estonia and the Post-Soviet period.

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is a project run by Kumu Art Museum and the Black Nights Film Festival since the year 2006, being then the only weekly documentary film programme in Estonian cinemas.

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Digital Collection

Here is the very best from the collections of the Art Museum of Estonia – the Digital Collection of the Art Museum of Estonia is an image database containing photos and records of the works of art in the collections of the museum.

Search the collection Order copies

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