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KUMU Art Museum

The national art collection

Built into the hillside at the eastern end of Kadriorg Park is the Kumu Art Museum, the main gallery of the Art Museum of Estonia (Kumu Kunstimuuseum). Designed by Finnish architect Pekka Vaapuori and opened in 2006, this crescent-shaped wedge of Estonian limestone emerges from the grassy ridge like a surfacing submarine.

Three floors of exhibits trace Estonian art from its awakenings in the nineteenth century, with the imposing portraits of St Petersburg-educated Johan Köler (Estonia’s first academically trained painter) proving the early highlights. Hower it’s in the 1920s and 30s that the collection really takes off, with Konrad Mägi’s Expressionist take on the Estonian countryside, and the Cubist-inspired experiments of Arnold Akberg and Jaan Vahtra.

Elsewhere, the “Socialist Realism” of the early Soviet period is contrasted with the surrealism, pop art and conceptual work that surfaced in the 1970s and 80s. There are also temporary exhibitions, lectures and film screenings, the latter often in English.

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Weizenbergi 34

Open: Tuesday &Wednesday, Friday - Sunday 10:00 - 18:00, Thursday 10:00 - 20:00

Tickets: €12

KUMU

Art

Kadriorg

Image by Rob Oo