Kumu kunstimuuseum
Museum address:
Weizenbergi 34 / Valge 1, 10127 Tallinn
Entrance 1 euro
Accessibility information:
The Kumu Art Museum is situated on the limestone cliff between Kadriorg Park and the Lasnamäe district. You can come to the museum by public transport, by car, by bicycle or on foot.
Further directions are available here.
All public rooms in the museum are wheelchair-friendly: lifts and/or ramps take people from one floor to the next. With advance notice, a bus for handicapped visitors can drive into the inner courtyard of the museum (through the car tunnel via Laagna Road). The parking place for the disabled is in Mäekalda Street. Ramps take visitors into the foyer. The museum is also accessible via Valge Street, using the lift for the disabled, which brings the visitor to the end of the pedestrian tunnel. From there, ramps lead to the main entrance. Wheelchairs can be rented at the second-floor information desk; toilets for the disabled are located in the lobby on the first floor, on the second floor next to the cloakroom, and on the fifth floor near the lifts.
Program
Museum Night at the Kumu Art Museum on 17 May from 18-23 pm
During the museum night Kumu Art Museum will open its permanent exhibitions „Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700-1945“, „Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940-1991)“ and „The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s.“ During the evening Kumu organises 30-minute short tours of the permanent exhibitions in multiple languages, creative workshops, independent activities and an orietnation game in the Kumu courtyard. In addition to that, this year Kumu organises an exciting programme in the last hours of the evening in collaboration with the Banned Books Museum.
3rd floor
The permanent exhibition „Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945“ tells the story of Estonian art as it evolved through Estonia’s multi-ethnic history, growing into a heritage that blends Estonian, Baltic German and Russian traditions. The focus is on the role of art in society and in shaping the identities of diverse communities.
4th floor
The „Conflicts and Adaptations. Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991)“ represents one possible approach to the Estonian art of the second half of the 20th century, when it was characterised mainly by conflicts with and adaptations to the new political order established after World War II. The way Soviet authorities understood the role of art and artists in society was radically different from the attitudes which shaped art in the pre-war Estonian Republic.
The exhibition “The Future is in One Hour: Estonian Art in the 1990s” departs from the rupture caused in the Estonian society by the end of the Cold War and the regaining of independence. In Estonia, the 1990s were a transition era. The country had been freed from the Soviet Union (1991) and began to rebuild a liberal democratic society based on a market economy.
Museum night programme
18.00–23.00 „Exploration walk“ in the permanent exhibitions. The route is available physically as well as through QR-code at the Kumu ticket counter.
18.00–23.00 Independent orientation game in the Kumu courtyard. Ask for the instructions at the Kumu ticket counter.
18.00–20.30 Walk-in workshop for folding pocketbooks with an origami technique in the Kumu Education Centre.
21.00–23.00 Readings of banned books, in collaboration with the Banned Books Museum director Joseph Dunnigan, at the Kumu atrium (in English).
21.00 Presentation and Q&A about banned books and censorship (in English)
21.30 First banned book introduction, reading and discussion (in English)
22.00 Second banned book introduction, reading and discussion (in English)
22.30 Third banned book introduction, reading and discussion (in English)
30-minute tours in the permanent exhibitions:
19.00 short tour of „Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945“ (in Estonian)
19.30 short tour of „Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991)“ (in Russian)
20.00 short tour of „Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945“ (in English)
20.30 short tour of „Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991)“ (in English)
21.00 short tour of „Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700–1945“ (in Russian)
21.30 short tour of „Estonian Art of the Soviet Era (1940–1991)“ (in Estonian)
Gathering for the tours near the info desk.
In the Kumu courtyard Kooker food truck is serving both sweet and salty pancakes.
Kumu Reval Cafe is open until late in the evening
For questions and information:
Frederik Klanberg
Curator of Education and Public Programmes
frederik.klanberg@ekm.ee