Photo exhibition “Beautiful Youth” portrays students of the national university throughout the century. The exhibition belongs to the program of centenary celebration National University 100.

Curiosity, openness and incisiveness makes anyone look beautiful. This has remained true throughout the past 100 years. In the photos at the exhibition we see happy and active students, each of whom has left their mark in the story of the university’s development and, in return, received some wisdom to take along on their life’s journey.

When preparing for this exposition, we considered whether there was a so-called average face of a student. And we thought—yes, it is the face of beautiful youth.

Exhibition team: Külli Lupkin, project manager at the University of Tartu Museum, Merike Tamm, designer at the Estonian National Museum, and Kristjan Raba, head of exhibitions at the Estonian National Museum.

The exhibition is open until 2 February 2020. 

Photo: National Archives of Estonia