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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Admission only 3€ on Wednesdays in July and August.
The Niguliste Museum in the Tallinn old town is one of the very few Northern European museums situated in a former church building.
The permanent exhibition of the Niguliste museum comprises the most spectacular part of Estonian ecclesiastical art from the medieval and early modern period.
The silver chamber exhibits the finest of the collection of silver of the Art Museum of Estonia.
Make your museum visit special with a guided tour! The Niguliste museum with its unique collection of ecclesiastical art awaits you.
We have introduced enhanced measures to make the museum a place where the risk of viral infections is held to a minimum.
Gifts for yourself, friends and business partners.
Our treasury holds many valuable works of art, from which you can have reproductions made for your home or office.
The museum’s gift shop offers a wide variety of mementos, stationery and textiles inspired by Estonian ecclesiastical art.
Five museums, a hundred years of history.
The exhibition will tell the story of the Virgin Mary through medieval and early modern art works from houses of worship in Estonia and Livonia, and will also introduce masterpieces of Estonian medieval art from various churches.
The collection in the Niguliste Museum holds the most remarkable and valuable part of the medieval and early modern ecclesiastical art of Estonia. Most of the works of art in the Niguliste Museum’s collection originate from the church itself and have been displayed in their former locations.
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.
