Exhibitions

The exhibition was put together by the Estonian National Museum and Tartu Art College in 2002. The Estonian Studies Centre was created in 2009 by Tartu College with the aim of amalgamating the archives and libraries of Canada’s Estonians into a central location – the Museum of Estonians Abroad, also known as VEMU. Another of […]

       The exhibition “Siberian Estonians” has returned to Toronto from the Immigration History Research Centre in Minneapolis. It was previously on view at Tartu College and can now be seen at the Robarts Library of the University of Toronto from March 16 to April 29, 2012.

The exhibit presents the joys and pain of being Estonian through the eyes of 14 young Estoninas from Toronto. Curators: Katre Viilvere, Kristen Dobbin, Kerly Ilves, and Piret Noorhani.

Vello Muikma (1920-2008) was a Toronto Estonian, who established his own photo studio at the end of the 1950s and thus, became a freelance photographer. During the time of the rapidly growing artistic advertising market, Muikma specialized in commercial photography. Muikma was able to become one of Toronto’s best in his field. Muikma also taught […]

The Estonian Studies Center/VEMU extends warm wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year to its supporters, volunteers and friends with a sampling of materials from the VEMU archives reflecting the spirit of Christmases past. Do you have photographs in your archives at home that portray Estonians celebrating Christmas at home in Estonia, […]