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Estonian National Museum was awarded the best foreign tourism attraction prize by Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists
Friday, 19. jan 2018
Yesterday, on January 18 the Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists awarded the prize of the best foreign tourist attraction of 2017 to the Estonian National Museum. The award was announced at the Nordic Travel Fair Matka in Helsinki.
“We are very glad that in the year of the centenary of the Republic of Estonia this award was given to Estonia, and furthermore, that it was given to a museum. It is a very important award and we are very proud of it. Since I come from Tartu, I am particularly happy that this award was given to the Estonian National Museum at Raadi,” said Anu Kippasto, Estonian cultural attaché in Helsinki.
The Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists brought out the unique new building and location of the Estonian National Museum, as well as both of the permanent exhibitions – “Echo of the Urals” and “Encounters”. Also, many of the exhibits were mentioned, e.g. former president Lennart Meri’s press conference at Tallinn Airport, the one-of-a-kind letter ‘Õ’ and an old rustling radio from the Soviet era that once broadcasted the radio channel Free Europe.
The permanent Finno-Ugric exposition “Echo of the Urals” was highlighted as the only opportunity for many of the Finno-Ugric peoples living in the present territories of the Russian Federation for presenting their culture.
Altogether approx. 30 000 foreign tourists visited the Estonian National Museum in 2017 and ca 45% of them were from Finland.
The Finnish Guild of Travel Journalists brought out the unique new building and location of the Estonian National Museum, as well as both of the permanent exhibitions – “Echo of the Urals” and “Encounters”. Also, many of the exhibits were mentioned, e.g. former president Lennart Meri’s press conference at Tallinn Airport, the one-of-a-kind letter ‘Õ’ and an old rustling radio from the Soviet era that once broadcasted the radio channel Free Europe.
The permanent Finno-Ugric exposition “Echo of the Urals” was highlighted as the only opportunity for many of the Finno-Ugric peoples living in the present territories of the Russian Federation for presenting their culture.
Altogether approx. 30 000 foreign tourists visited the Estonian National Museum in 2017 and ca 45% of them were from Finland.