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ICOM ICME 2018
Welcome to ICOM ICME conference 2018 in Tartu 9-12 October, Tartu, Estonia More information on ICOM ICME webpage and ENMs conference webpage.
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Research on older folk culture and folk art
Folk culture, everyday life and cultural heritage Research group: Ellen Värv, Reet Piiri, Age Raudsepp, Liisi Jääts The ENMs task is safeguarding, valuing and developing tangible and intangible cultural heritage. According to the ENM...
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Museum communication
Museology – exhibition production and social integration in museums Research group: Pille Runnel, Agnes Aljas, Kristel Rattus The museum studies research direction with a focus on museum communication and audience research was developed since 2009....
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Research publishing
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...
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Research on Finno-Ugric peoples
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...
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History of ethnology
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...
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Contemporary and recent culture
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...
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Food heritage studies
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....
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Environmental history
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...
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Conservation
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...