Exhibitions

Tartu, along with southern Estonia, has been chosen as a 2024 European Capital of Culture. VEMU Estonian Museum Canada’s home is also Tartu – Tartu College, that is. Thus, it’s very natural and fitting that we also celebrate this special year for Tartu here in Toronto. In search of an exhibit for this occasion, we […]

  In 2024, cultural diversity is celebrated in Estonia upon initiative from the Estonian Ministry of Culture – the unique qualities of communities and cultures which contribute to the cultural diversity of Estonia. The organization of the year’s events has been entrusted to the Integration Foundation. Everyone will work together in order to showcase and […]

The popular Vabamu exhibition will be opening at VEMU Estonian Museum Canada in Toronto from 23.09.2023-29.02.2024.  Originally opened in November 2021 at Vabamu Museum of Occupation and Freedom in Tallinn,‘Why Estonia? 30 Years from the USSR to e-Estonia’, takes a look back at the birth of a digital nation, its achievements over the years and what […]

This year, just in time for Father’s Day, VEMU will be opening a photo exhibit titled “Our Fathers”. The exhibit is made in collaboration with the Estonian National Museum and features photos they collected for their exhibition on the same topic. Their exhibition was assembled from photo material received from Estonian people during the collection […]

Estonian Memory Institute’s exhibition: “A story about Siberia. Photographer Vello Hindreus 1930-2020” Vello Hindreus was deported from Estonia to Sibera when he was 19 years old. His journey to Siberia started from Ülemiste station in Tallinn and ended in Sonski settlement (today Sonskoje) in Khakassia. Because Vello had a camera with him when he settled, […]