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The Estonian National Museum (ENM) gained a Green Museum Certificate in 2023, awarded in Estonia to museums that value sustainability and work to reduce their environmental impact. ENM Green Museum principles Climate change is one of today...
The Glimmer and Gloom of Estonian Urban Life After Dark If darkness was endlessly temporal, we would never see the light of the sun. But standing forever in the sun would bereave us of life in the night. Arno Vihalemm, ‘Alveri ainetel’ (...
We live in the era of big data, information overload and 24/7 internet access, but people feel more disconnected than ever. The realities and problems we face today are so big and complex that it is complicated to understand them without numbers. At the same...
With the digitisation of the world, data became more complex than it ever was. On one hand, data was no longer hard to track or store. Anything connected to the network turned into a passive source of information. On the other hand, large amounts of data pose...
Once we started to describe the world quantitatively, it changed our relationship with our surroundings. Numbers gave us a language for scientific investigation. With that came new confidence that we could have a deeper understanding of how things are....
Man is the metre of all things, the hand is the instrument of instruments, and the mind is the form of forms. -Aristotle Descending from the trees into open land and standing up on two legs left our hands free for other purposes. Hands and feet are what...
‘Once upon a Time’ is an exhibition about fairytales. In the wondrous world of the fairytale forest, the mundane meets the mercurial. Here you have to adjust to a different flow of time and a different set of laws. You can see this...
Originally from Japan and now based in Paris, Ryoji Ikeda is known for his unique style that combines scientific data and technology into contemporary artworks. He has received widespread acclaim in both art and electronic music circles, performing on stage...
Name: Eesti Rahva Muuseum, Estonian National Museum Address: Muuseumi tee 2, 60532, Tartu, Estonia Reg No: 70005536 VAT code: EE101010630 Phone, email: +372 7 363 000, erm@erm.ee Financial identification Banking...
Our lives are full of numbers and metrics. The minutes you need to boil an egg, the temperature outside, the hours until the end of the workday, the hourly pay rate of your job, the recommended amount of salt in your daily diet, the number of likes on your...
