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The long-awaited story of the Estonian National Museum is now available in both Estonian and English!
Friday, 30. aug 2024
Our Story. It All Began with a Big Dream
Authors: Tuuli Kaalep, Jane Liiv, Sirje MadissonThe long-awaited story of the Estonian National Museum, which has been asked for countless times in the museum shop over the past eight years, is now available in both Estonian and English!
The Estonian National Museum was born of a great dream and dreams have a habit of coming true. We have an inclusive museum with fascinating exhibitions, a research centre, a venue for plays, parties, and film screenings, a museum shop, a restaurant, seminar rooms, classrooms, and a building surrounded by lush greenery. This is where people and great ideas meet. Come and visit us!
A colorful and richly illustrated book, aimed at a wide audience, tells the story of the Estonian National Museum (ENM). It introduces the museum's new building, ENM's core activities and exhibitions, and then takes a long step back in time to answer the question of how it all began. The journey starts in the second half of the 19th century, moves to 1909 when ENM was founded, and step by step unfolds the museum's story, encompassing self-discovery, the active period of the republic, war and Soviet occupation, and the journey towards an independent state and a museum building of its own. The final third of the book focuses on everything ENM offers to visitors in addition to exhibitions (workshops, educational programs, participatory projects, consultations, a shop, a restaurant, a cultural program, an exciting outdoor area, and much more).
Purchase the publication from the ENM museum shop or online.