Kumu (museum)
The Kumu ( Estonian-speaking abbreviation for Kunstimuuseum ) is an art museum in the Tallinn district of Kadriorg . It is the largest and most modern art museum in the Baltic States and one of the largest in Northern Europe.
The museum was inaugurated in February 2006 after a construction period of three years. Its exhibition area is 5000 m², the entire complex 20 hectares. The architect is the Finn Pekka Vapaavuori , who won the tender in 1994. The construction costs amounted to 50 million euros.
In addition to changing exhibitions, the seven-story museum also has a permanent exhibition. It includes Estonian art since the 18th century. A separate section is devoted to socialist realism during the Soviet occupation of Estonia (1940–1991) and non-conformist Soviet art.
The Kumu does not own any major works from the international art scene, but rather shows in its permanent exhibition Estonian versions of the major European art epochs of modern times. It thus offers a remarkable and extensive display of Baltic art. An installation with dozens of speaking busts is impressive.
In 2008 the Kumu was voted European Museum of the Year .
In addition to a restaurant, lecture halls and a museum shop, the museum also houses the administration rooms of the Estonian Art Museum (EKM). In addition to the Kumu, this includes the Tallinn museums, Kadriorg Palace , Mikkel Museum , Niguliste Museum , Adamson-Eric Museum and Kristjan-Raud Museum .
Special exhibition
As part of the events for the year of the European Capital of Culture 2011 in Tallinn, the Goethe-Institut together with the KUMU and other institutions showed the exhibition gateways from May to September of that year in the museum.
Images (selection)
View of Narva, gouache, 1812
Hukkuva laeva viimane ohe , Amandus Adamson, 1899
Portrait of Marie Reisik , charcoal and pastel, Konrad Mägi (1878–1925)
Web links
Coordinates: 59 ° 26 ′ 10.7 " N , 24 ° 47 ′ 46.8" E