Exhibitions

The Baltic University was a unique instituition: it was created in the midst of chaos and started under the most difficult conditions in DP camps of devastated Germany. At the beginning there was no scientific equipment and no means to acquire anything, no salaries for teachers. Despite these facts academic people of the three Baltic […]

Arne Roosman is a lithographer, designer of books, stage sets, and murals, as well as an illustrator and a painter. “Touch of Arsenic. Sketching the Past by Arne Roosman” is a retrospective of Arne’s childhood. He was just a boy when Russia invaded Estonia. He fled Estonia in 1941 with his parents and seven brothers […]

From July 7 to October 19, 2014, the Estonian National Museum held a photo contest “My Place” with the goals of collecting photographs of the favourite places of people living in Estonia, or the places where they simply like to spend their time. Through the contest we also hoped to find out what activities were […]

Jessie Anneli Viirlaid McNeil is a working artist and cultural events coordinator in her hometown, Vancouver, B.C. Her heritage (Scottish and Estonian) has brought her to many places that inspire her work today. With her curatorial projects, collage, publications, and miniature sculptures, McNeil addresses themes of place, collective and personal memory, tourism, language, and value […]

In the summer and fall of 1944, approximately 70,000 Estonians fled from advancing Soviet troops across the Baltic Sea to Sweden and Germany. What began as a temporary flight became permanent exile, and the price of reaching the free world was the loss of a homeland and a life to which one was accustomed. For […]

From May 24-25th, 2014 Anne Remmel’s exhibition “Roots of Inspiration” was on display at Tartu College. About 20 acrylic and mixed technique paintings of themes that have inspired the artist most were on display. One of the most influential themes for the artist has been water. However, the exhibit did not feature the typical oceanic […]