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The ENM has historically been a research publisher with a focus on publishing in Estonian and for the Estonian audience to ensure the availability of relevant research for the domestic public, as well as researchers. Selected publications have published in...
Research group: Indrek Jääts, Piret Koosa, Svetlana Karm Finno-Ugric ethnology has long traditions at the ENM. The museum started to collect items of Finno-Ugrians, linguistic kinsmen of Estonians, already before 1917. Research on Finno-Ugric...
Disciplinary history Research group: Indrek Jääts, Marleen Metslaid, Piret Õunapuu History of ethnology (ethnography) in Estonia is very much related to the history of the ENM. In last decades the researchers have focused their attention...
Research group: Terje Anepaio, Pille Runnel In last years one of the priorities, according to the needs of permanent exhibition production, was studying contemporary and recent society and culture. When, in earlier periods, the research initiatives were...
Research group: Anu Kannike, Pille Runnel, Anu Järs, Reet Piiri Research on food heritage, food history and food culture as it is linked to the field of environmental history has been present as one of the museum’s research fields for decades....
Research group: Liisi Jääts Research in the area of heritage studies and environmental history was looking how heritage landscapes have been shaped by human impact as well as natural processes. Such landscapes are of interest for heritage studies...
History The Estonian National Museum was founded in 1909. Over time, the museum also became engaged in efforts to preserve the items in its collections: cleaning, disinfecting and restoring. The conservation and restoration centre was founded on 30...
The systematic and scientifically contextualised collections are the most representative collections on Estonian culture, formed over more than 100 years of systematic collecting and of research-based collecting work. The ENM collections serve as the bases...
Research and development activities of the Estonian National Museum, 2023-2027 Main research areas When outlining its main research strands, the Estonian National Museum seeks to consider a growing need in society to interpret contemporary sociocultural...
Use and referencing Price list of digital copies RESEARCH Research and development strategy 2023-2027 Estonian and Finno-Ugric ethnology Museology and artistic research Promotional and consultancy activities Research publishing...
