Estonian Literature Museum

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Building of the Estonian Literature Museum in Tartu

The Estonian Literary Museum (ELM, Estonian Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum ) in Tartu is a national research institute of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Estonia . Its task is to collect and preserve the multilingual cultural heritage of Estonia and to communicate the results and research to the public.

history

The ELM after the renovation (2017)

The history of the Estonian Literature Museum began in 1909 with the establishment of the Estonian National Museum , which in turn is based on the legacy of Jakob Hurt , who had decreed in his will that his “collection of Estonian folk poetry, which he had compiled since his appeal to the Estonian people in 1888, should be based on his death should be publicly available to the people. "

After the Sovietization of Estonia in 1940, the museum was divided into two state museums, one for ethnography and one for literature . In the course of the German occupation in World War II , the literature museum was closed, after the war it was continued as an independent institution.

From then until 1997 the Literature Museum was the only museum in the Association of the Academy of Sciences and was officially named "Friedrich-Reinhold-Kreutzwald-Literature Museum of the Academy of Sciences of the ESSR". A few years after regaining independence, it was given its previous name back in 1995 and the publication of its annual almanac was expanded to include specialist articles, source texts and primary research. Every December since 1957, the Literature Museum has organized a two-day conference on literature and folk art, the so-called Kreutzwald Days, in memory of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald , one of the most important Estonian writers of the 19th century.

structure

The ELM from Pepler Strasse (2017)

The ELM is less of a public museum, but acts as a central archive, particularly for Estonian literature and folk art . It is divided into four sections:

  1. Archives library of the Estonian Literature Museum (with archive and bibliography ). Founded in 1909 with 10,000 Estonian-language volumes, it currently has a stock of 809,000 works with books and periodicals in other languages, as well as pamphlets and maps.
  2. Estonian Folklore Archive of the Estonian Literature Museum , founded in 1927. It researches the customs, folk dances , text and songs, agro-culture, etc., especially of Finno-Ugric folklore , but also of German-Baltic , Russian, Jewish and other ethnic groups.
  3. Estonian Cultural History Archive of the Estonian Literary Museum , established in 1929. It combines the earlier holdings of the Estonian Literary Society and the National Museum as well as two academy institutes . The most important collection is that of manuscripts and autographs , followed by that of photos, works of art and film & audio.
  4. Folklore Department of the Estonian Museum of Literature, founded in 1947 with working groups for popular piety , storytelling, cabaret and media studies . Scientific journals ( Folklore and Mäetagused ) and 6 series of publications are published, including the International Folklore Bibliography, Sator (folk religion), Reetor and the Monumenta Estoniae Antiquae with special editions also on the Internet.

In addition to their specific activities, the departments cooperate intensively and make their results available to the public without restriction. They also organize exhibitions and campaigns, specialist meetings , conferences and various seminars.

Directors

  • 1940-1945: Mart Lepik
  • 1945 - 1951: Alice Habermann
  • 1952 - 1954: Salme Lõhmus (acting)
  • 1954 - 1989: Eduard Ertis
  • 1990-1993: Peeter Olesk
  • 1993 - 1995: Rutt Hinrikus (acting)
  • 1995 - 2005: Krista Aru
  • 2005 - 2015: Janika Kronberg
  • 2015 - 0000Urmas Sutrop

photos

  • ELM Panorama (2017)

  • ELM (2017)

  • The glass gallery of the ELM (2017)

literature

  • Piret Õunapuu: Eesti Rahva Muuseumi rajamisest. In: Akadeemia . 5/1999, pp. 967-974.
  • Sirje Olesk: The Estonian Literature Museum - for whom and why? In: Estonia . 2/1999, pp. 14-19.
  • Ulrike Plath: The legacy of Jakob Hurt: The Estonian National Museum. In: Estonia. 2/1999, pp. 20-29.

Web links

Commons : Estonian Literary Museum  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ulrike Plath: The legacy of Jakob Hurt: The Estonian National Museum. In: Estonia. 2/1999, p. 20.
  2. ↑ Sirje Olesk: The Estonian Literature Museum - for whom and why? In: Estonia. 2/1999, p. 14.

Coordinates: 58 ° 22 '26.3 "  N , 26 ° 43' 3.1"  E