7.5.2024 | History
Temporary exhibitions at Estonia’s best museums
Text Susanna Poikela
Photo Andrei Chertkov
Here are current temporary exhibitions in Estonia’s five most popular museums.
Estonian National Museum (ERM)
17.02.2024 –23.02.2025 Who claims the night?
04.04 – 08.09.2024 Surrealism 100. Prague, Tartu and Other Stories…
KUMU
01.12.2023 – 19.05.2024 Borderless Universe in Their Minds: Italian Transavantgarde and Estonian Calm
14.12.2023 – 26.05.2024 You, River. Hedi Jaansoo, Peeter Tooming and Endel Veliste
12.10.2023 –25.08.2024 Decoding the Landscape: Jaan Toomik
22.03 – 08.09.2024 Elisarion: Elisàr von Kupffer and Jaanus Samma
25.04 –25.08.2024 Guardians of Morality and Women of Passion: The Image of Sex Work in Estonian Art in the First Half of the 20th Century
Fotografiska
20.04 – 08.09.2024 Kary H. Lasch: The Golden Years
15.03 – 19.05.2024 Simen Johan: Until the Kingdom Comes
15.03 – 08.09.2024 Wang Chen: Fractured Delights
03.02 – 02.06.2024 Peter Lindbergh: Lightness of Being
AHHAA Science Centre
18.05–27.10.2024 Aha, adrenaline!
Seaplane Harbour Museum
12.05.2024 The museum will reopen after renovation. Further information on the changes to the museum can be found in our prevous article here.
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