The concept of the museum and exhibitions
The Estonian National Museum is an ethnologically and cultural-historically oriented museum which aims at reflecting everyday life and culture as a way of life, taking into account its periodical, spatial and social diversity. The museum focuses on collecting, preserving and studying material concerned with the culture and history of Estonians, Estonian minorities and Finno-Ugric peoples and making it accessible.
The museum houses traditions, new aims and engaging dreams. The new museum has been developed into a pleasant, interesting, attractive and gripping place for all ages.
The new building is centred around two permanent exhibitions combining science and interactivity. The new dynamic Estonian permanent exhibition "Encounters" looks into the past, present and future through peoples’ experiences, lives and emotions. The permanent exhibition of Finno-Ugric peoples, titled "The Echo of the Urals" offers experiences and knowledge about the cultural space of peoples living in Northern Eurasia. The Museum's treasures speak about Northern peoples through different times and terms.
