Collection Campaigns

VEMU organizes thematic collection campaigns to supplement the collections by preparing exhibitions and publications. Materials on the topics listed below are still welcome in the archives after the official end of the campaigns. If necessary, contact the chief archivist.

Previous campaigns:

2013 “Maintaining our history”
2014 “70 Years from the Mass Exodus”
2015 “Music in Estonians’ Lives”
2016 “The Republic of Estonia Is 100. My Life and Love” (In collaboration with the Estonian Literary Museum and with the Association of Estonian Biography
2019-2020 “My Tartu: Tartu College 50”
2020 “COVID-19: We Are All in this Together” (In collaboration with the group Baltic Canadian Imprints)
2021: “Canadian Estonian School Lore“ (In collaboration with the Estonian Literary Museum)
2022-2023: “Stories of War” (In collaboration with the Estonian Literary Museum)
2023: “Our Estonian Fathers” (In collaboration with the Estonian National Museum)
2024: “My Many Lives. Being an Estonian in Multicultural Canada.”
2024: “Our Relics”: A Collection Campaign Dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of the Great Escape