Summer Exhibitions in Pärnu

Text Susanna Poikela
Photo Laura Pérez Granel

“Encuentros en el bosque” (“Encounters in the Forest”), painting by Laura Pérez Granel.

5 April—30 October, 2025

Urban Space Exhibition: Poetic Pärnu

The Pärnu City Library, Pärnu Museum, and Endla Theatre have launched a joint exhibition where twelve poems about Pärnu have been placed throughout the city. You’ll find them along the beach, in the city centre, and by Riia mnt. The poems can be both read and listened to. Each poem is accompanied by historical photos of the city, a portrait of the poet, and a short biography.

28 June—7 September, 2025

Reflections, Museum of New Art, Pärnu

What happens when two distant cultures meet through storytelling? “Peegeldused”, or “Reflections”, is an international exhibition at the Museum of New Art in Pärnu. Estonian and Spanish illustrators explore each other’s cultures through the lens of fairytales and fantasy.

1 July—16 August, 2025

Sex, AIDS and Coca-Cola, Pärnu Artists House

This exhibition takes the viewer back to the 1990s, a time when Coca-Cola replaced grandma’s red currant juice, hamburgers stormed in, and news about AIDS began to spread. Freedom brought the chance to chase dreams, but also fear and paranoia.

17 June—20 August, 2025

Jewelry and Fashion Exhibition: Still Water, Deep Ground, Pärnu Museum

Estonian jewelry and fashion artists present “Vaga vesi, Sügav Põhi”, a collection that interprets the sea in all its beauty, power, and fragility. Featuring more than 30 artists and nearly 100 pieces, the exhibition blends aesthetics with functionality. Clothing collections by fashion designers complement the display. The exhibition invites you to pause and reflect: what does the sea mean to us now—and for our future?

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