The idea for the exhibition – contemporary jewellery rooted in national heritage – emerged from the need to understand and value Estonian jewellery art in the new temporal context of moder

The exhibition ‘Konrad Mägi. Unseen Paintings’ is open at the Estonian National Museum from 13 October 2023 to 7 January 2024. 
The exhibition ‘Konrad Mägi. Unseen Paintings’ unveils nearly forty works by Konrad Mägi (1878–1925) that have never or seldom been seen by the public.

When the summer heat is perhaps too much and the sun tends to burn, museums are the ones that attract. The Estonian National Museum, located only two kilometers from the center of Tartu, invites you to hide from the hot weather and explore the exhibitions from Tuesday to Sunday.

New exhibition "Right Body, Wrong Body?" sheds light on the body’s cultural meanings. The exhibition is open from 18th of March 2023 until 28th of January 2024 at Estonian National Museum.

The Estonian National Museum participated in two international projects dealing with the needs and challenges of cultural institutions as they relate to the social impact of these institutions and their data-based decision-making. As a result of the cooperation, instruction material supporting the development of museums and cultural organisations were prepared and are now available in Estonian and English.

‘’Throwaway’’ is a project that unearths the hidden history of waste in Europe while simultaneously highlighting its significance as a marker of social change. Starting with the industrial revolution, ‘’Throwaway’’ brings us on a journey through wartime scarcity, the surge in post-war consumerism, and finishes with today’s insurmountable waste crisis. It displays the profound changes in how we have dealt with rubbish in bygone years, and the way we think, or don’t think about waste. By looking at the past, it makes current criticisms and the resounding calls for change relevant and meaningful. 
 

The ‘Once upon a Time’ fairytale exhibition of the Estonian National Museum (ENM) is set to open at the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere on 28 April. The exhibition, which proved very popular in Estonia and which was adapted for the Finnish museum by Vapriikki in cooperation with the ENM, will be open until 10 March 2024.