General information
NB! The Kumu Art Museum only provides the rooms; the event organiser is responsible for organising the event itself.
Events can be organised in the rooms of the Kumu Art Museum (excluding the Kumu Auditorium and its lobby on the 1st floor) at times when the museum is closed to visitors.
Please note:
- In the evenings, events can start half an hour after the museum’s closing time.
- On days when the museum is closed, there are no time limitations for the events.
- Events can last until midnight, (in special cases later, upon agreement).
- Preparations in the atrium can begin half an hour before the museum’s closing time, provided that there are no disturbances to the usual work of the museum.
On national holidays, it is not possible to organise any events in Kumu due to security arrangements.
Riiklikel pühadel on muuseum valverežiimis ja ürituste korraldamine Kumu hoones pole võimalik.
Booking
If you have booked a room in advance by e-mail or phone, we kindly ask you to confirm your booking by sending a letter of guarantee (using your own letterhead) to the museum’s e-mail address at least two weeks prior to the date of the event. For bigger events, the Art Museum of Estonia concludes a contract with the organiser.
Conditions to be met by the letter of guarantee:
- The letter of guarantee has to be written on the organising institution’s/company’s letterhead.
- The letter of guarantee should be addressed to Sirje Helme, member of the board of the SA Eesti Kunstimuuseum foundation.
- The letter of guarantee has to affirm that public property will be preserved and that the invoice will be paid as requested.
- The letter of guarantee has to include the name/topic of the event and any additional services, the date of the event and its duration.
- We also require the full name of the organising institution, its address and registry code.
If necessary, we may ask the client to conclude appropriate contracts with the Estonian Authors’ Society (e.g. for authorised use of music).
Transport
If you wish to use props, floral compositions etc., the transport of any such items can be carried out via the car tunnel from Laagna Road.
Prior coordination (24 hours in advance at the latest) regarding the time schedule and people concerned is requested.
Required information:
- licence plate number of the vehicle,
- name and contact details of the driver,
- time of entry (service prior to the event),
- time of exit (service after the event).
Safety rules
Food and drinks are not allowed in the exhibition halls. Using flash when taking photos is forbidden.
- smoke (including e-cigarettes),
- use stage smoke,
- use open flame (including candles),
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heat/cook food (on stoves or grills),
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use chafing dishes (except electric).
Additional options
In addition to the above, the exhibition halls of the museum can be opened for visits during an event upon request from the event organisers and other museum-related activities can also be pre-ordered.
Find out more about additional options here:
Catering
Kumu Art Museum does not offer catering services.
Catering services in the Kumu Art Museum are provided by:
Reval Café Catering
Sustainability
The Kumu Art Museum, a Green Museum, considers an environmentally friendly approach to be very important.
Therefore, it is important that you follow our principles of sustainability:
Cloakroom
The atrium of Kumu features a cloakroom holding 1200 overcoats. It is possible to use the cloakroom number tags if the event organiser provides surveillance in the cloakroom. Museum service personnel can be engaged to service the cloakroom on prior agreement.
Entrance
The main entrance of the Kumu Art Museum in the inner courtyard and the pedestrian tunnel on the Lasnamäe side of the building can be accessed only during the museum’s opening hours, but can be kept open on prior agreement at other times.
Otherwise, we kindly ask event organisers to inform their guests that they can enter the museum only via the entrance on the Kadriorg side.