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.

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

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. 

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

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.

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue–Sun 10–18

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.

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

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.

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

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. 

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays &other exceptions)

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.

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

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.

Opening hours

Mon Closed
Tue–Sun 10–18

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.

Opening hours

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

More (national holidays & other exceptions)

Contact

Lühike jalg 3
10130 Tallinn, Eesti
+372 644 5838

teamLab, Exhibition view of teamLab: Impermanent Flowers Floating in a Continuous Sea. 2022. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn © teamLab, courtesy Pace Gallery

empty-image — teamLab, Exhibition view of teamLab: Impermanent Flowers Floating in a Continuous Sea. 2022. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn © teamLab, courtesy Pace Gallery

Leonards Laganovskis. Perspektivnaya. 2009. Oil. Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, Riga

empty-image — Leonards Laganovskis. Perspektivnaya. 2009. Oil. Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, Riga

Näitusse poster

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

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

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

empty-image — Ilmar Malin. Fading Sun. 1968. Art Museum of Estonia

Welcome to Kumu Art Museum!

Here's our exhibition programme

teamLab: Impermanent Flowers Floating in a Continuous Sea

11/11/2022 – 07/05/2023

Kumu Art Museum

Archaeologists of Memory: Vitols Contemporary Art Collection

18/11/2022 – 09/04/2023

Kumu Art Museum

Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945

Permanent exhibition

Kumu Art Museum

Futuromarennia: Ukraine and Avant-Garde

08/04/2023 – 10/09/2023

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

Kumu Art Museum

Stop the war!

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What’s on

what's on

Leonards Laganovskis. Perspektivnaya. 2009. Oil. Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, Riga

empty-image — Leonards Laganovskis. Perspektivnaya. 2009. Oil. Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, Riga

This exhibition features one of the most exciting art collections in the Baltic states today, focusing on Central and Eastern European contemporary art.

teamLab, Exhibition view of teamLab: Impermanent Flowers Floating in a Continuous Sea. 2022. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn © teamLab, courtesy Pace Gallery

empty-image — teamLab, Exhibition view of teamLab: Impermanent Flowers Floating in a Continuous Sea. 2022. Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn © teamLab, courtesy Pace Gallery

teamLab is a manifestation of an art movement that celebrates early 21st century technology and its potential to create harmony between the human body and mind, and between man and nature.

Leonards Laganovskis. Perspektivnaya. 2009. Oil. Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, Riga

empty-image — Leonards Laganovskis. Perspektivnaya. 2009. Oil. Vitols Contemporary Art Collection, Riga

Drop-in guided tour in English

Andrei Kedrin, Autoportreed, 2023

empty-image — Andrei Kedrin, Autoportreed, 2023

In this three-part art course, the participants will create a self-portrait using various techniques.

Performance, mis leidis aset näituse avamisel koos Keithy Kuuspu ja Johanna Vaiksooga. Foto: Maris Raud

empty-image — Performance, mis leidis aset näituse avamisel koos Keithy Kuuspu ja Johanna Vaiksooga. Foto: Maris Raud

Curator’s tour in English

Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov. Stage design for the play Mob, adapted from Upton Sinclair’s novel They Call Me Carpenter). 1924. Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

empty-image — Oleksandr Khvostenko-Khvostov. Stage design for the play Mob, adapted from Upton Sinclair’s novel They Call Me Carpenter). 1924. Mystetskyi Arsenal, Kyiv, Ukraine

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.

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