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Kihnu Local Lore Museum
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| Address: Linaküla, Kihnu,
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| Tel: +372 446 9717 |
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| Museum introduces the life and habits of the inhabitants of Kihnu through out different times. There are exhibited local costumes. The museum has also a collection of paintings by naivist painters of Kihnu origin and many works by the most famous painter Jaan Oad. |
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Kohtla-Järve Museum of Oil Shale
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| Address: Lehe 10a, Kukruse, Kohtla-Järve,
Ida-Virumaa |
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| Tel: +372 5335 9080 |
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| Kohtla-Järve Museum of Oil Shale is an academic museum that was established in 1966. Its visitors have access to a permanent display that reflects the formation of oil shale as a rock, as well as the history of its mining industry and the present value of oil shale.
In the museum collection, at the disposal of researchers, there are more than 27’000 units. In addition to the articles of economic history are more than 600 works of art, the oldest of which dates back to the 1920’s.
In May 2006 a database was set up to house a digital representation of the collection at the museum. Since then items have been added to this digital store, same year Museum of Oil Shale web site have been published on Internet. As of 2008, this site has made an English version available to its users.
Since the 1st of October 2006 the structure of the museum has been altered to accommodate several other independent units used to organize art exhibitions. One example of this is Kohtla-Järve White Hall, formerly the City Gallery, whose main task was organization of art exhibitions in cooperation with Kohtla-Järve Artist Association. Yet another example is the Virtual Branch of the State Russian Museum, whose objective was the organization of virtual excursions. Currently the collection houses more than 50 units of video materials detailing both Russian and world-wide cultural heritage.
As of October 2006 a project translating finished programs to Estonian was started. At the same time an active search of contacts with other museums across Europe was made in order to enrich the museum’s video material collection. There is currently a permanent collaboration with the schools of Kohtla-Järve, and indeed with IT and Art teachers.
Since 2007, the Museum of Oil Shale has been situated in Kukruse village. This location is very symbolic as there has been a history of mining of oil shale in Kukruse for 90 years. Another important factor has been the immediate vicinity of the Tallinn – St. Petersburg highway.
In the future a chief task of the museum is the digitization of its collection into databases. It is hoped that this will create, in collaboration with its partners, several virtual teaching and excursion programs on the subject of economic history, all available in several different languages. |
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Art Museum of Estonia
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| Address: Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1, Tallinn,
Harjumaa |
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| Tel: +372 602 6000, Fax: +372 602 6002 |
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Art Museum of Estonia was founded on November 17th, 1919, but it was not
until 1921 that it got its first permanent building – the Kadriorg
Palace, built in the 18th century. In 1929 the palace was expropriated
from the Art Museum in order to rebuild it as the residence of the
President of Estonia. The Art Museum of Estonia was housed in several
different temporary spaces, until it moved back to the palace in 1946.
In September, 1991 the Kadriorg Palace was closed, because it had
totally deteriorated by then. At the end of the year the Supreme
Council of the Republic of Estonia decided to guarantee the
construction of a new building for the Art Museum of Estonia in
Kadriorg. Untill then the Knighthood House at Toompea Hill served as
the temporary main building of the Art Museum of Estonia. The
exhibition there was opened on April 1, 1993. Art Museum of Estonia
premanently closed down the exhibitions in that building in October
2005.
At the end of the 1970s, in the 1980s the first branches
of the Art Museum of Estonia were founded. Starting from the 1995 all
the branches offer different educational programmes for children and
young people. In 1996 the exhibition hall on the first floor
of Rotermann Salt Storage was opened, this branch was closed in May
2005. In summer 2000 the restored Kadriorg Palace was opened, but not
as the main building of the Art Museum of Estonia, but as a branch.
Kadriorg Art Museum now exhibits the foreign art collection of the Art
Museum of Estonia.
At present there are five active branches
of the Art Museum of Estonia: Kadriorg Art Museum (Kadriorg Palace and
Mikkel Museum), Niguliste Museum, Adamson-Eric Museum, and Kumu Art
Museum (the new main building of the Art Museum of Estonia).
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the first time during its nearly 100-year-old history, the Art Museum
of Estonia has a building that both meets the museum's requirements and
is worthy of Estonian art in its collections. Kumu Art Museum
is a multifunctional art museum that includes exhibition halls, an
auditorium that offers diverse possibilities, and an education centre
for children and art lovers of all ages. |
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Kuressaare Town - Tourism information
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| Address: Tallinna 2, Kuressaare,
Saaremaa |
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| Tel: +372 453 3120, +372 455 0550, Fax: +372 453 3120 |
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Kuressaare
is the capital of Saaremaa. The town, located at the Livonia Bay, has
territory of about 15 sq.km and a population of about 15,000.
First written data 1424.
The freedom of town 8 May 1563.
Self-governing status 1 October 1990.
Territory 15 km2. Kuressaare obtained
freedom of a town in 1563 has been called with different names
throughout its existence. The historic German-like name,
Arensburg, was replaced by Kuressaare in 1917. During the
Soviet period in 1952-1988 it was called Kingissepa after the bolshevik
Viktor Kingissepp who was born here.
Kuressaare was
the first town in Estonia where the self-governing status was restored
in October 1990. Today, Kuressaare is a safe and healthy town, open for
international cooperation and communication and having eight
twin-towns.
Population 15 170 (Jan.1 2008). |
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Saaremaa Museum - Castle & Fortress
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| Address: Lossihoov 1, Kuressaare,
Saaremaa |
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| Tel: +372 45 54463 |
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Saaremaa Museum was established on 17th February 1865 when the Research Society of Saaremaa (Verein zur Kunde Oesels) was founded in Kuressaare. J. B. Holzmayer, a teacher of classical languages of Kuressaare Gymnasium, did a lot to start and develop the museum. The antiquities found during archaeological excavations organized by Mr. Holzmayer became the basis of the museum.
The collections of the Society were initially located in the building of Kuressaare Gymnasium. In 1892, the museum was in Kuressaare Castle already. During the first quarter of the century the location of the museum was changed several times. After World War I the museum together with the castle were administered by Saaremaa County Government, from 1934 by Kuressaare City Government. In 1925, the exhibits were finally taken to the rooms of the upper floor of the castle. During World War II part of the exhibits got lost. The museum was reopened to the public in 1947. Today it is one of the most important scientific and cultural institutions in Saaremaa County. After the reconstruction of the castle, new modern exhibitions of Saaremaa's history (1985-1987) and nature (1993) were opened. Besides up to 30 temporary exhibitions, numerous concerts and other cultural events are organized in the museum each year. Every second year the Annals of the Museum are published. |
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