The Museum of the Fight for Estonia’s Freedom
September 2, 2016
The Museum of the Fight for Estonia’s Freedom Eesti vabadusvõitluse museum This museum specializes on exhibits of World War II battles on Estonian soil or involving Estonian soldiers.
September 2, 2016
The Museum of the Fight for Estonia’s Freedom Eesti vabadusvõitluse museum This museum specializes on exhibits of World War II battles on Estonian soil or involving Estonian soldiers.
September 2, 2016
Estonian National Museum Eesti rahva muuseum The museum is devoted to Estonian heritage, ethnography, and folk art. It tracks the history, life, and traditions of the Estonian people, presents the culture and history of other Finno-Ugric peoples, and the minorities of Estonia.
September 2, 2016
Estonian History Museum Eesti Ajaloomuuseum The story of the Estonian History Museum begins in 1802, when Tallinn’s town hall pharmacist, Johann Burchard (1776–1838), started a collection called Mon Faible (My weakness, in French). The inspiration for collecting came from one decoratively marbled Easter egg. The first exhibit was a Chinese opium pipe. In 1822, Burchard put on the exhibition
September 2, 2016
Art Museum of Estonia Eesti Kunstimuuseum The museum was founded in 1919 and has grown into several museums: Kumu Art Museum, Kadriorg Art Museum, Mikkel Museum, Niguliste Museum, and Adamson-Eric Museum. It covers the Middle Ages up until the present.
September 1, 2016
National Archives of Estonia Eesti Rahvusarhiiv The National Archives of Estonia is the center of archival administration in Estonia. The main task of the National Archives is to ensure preservation and usability of society’s written memory, documented cultural heritage for today’s and future generations. On the other hand, the National Archives guarantees the protection of citizens basic
March 1, 2015
The room was already filled, but more people were still squeezing into a standing-room-only crowd for “NATO, Russia & 21st Century Atlanticism,” but Deputy Chief of Mission Tanel Sepp said that he is getting used to such receptions. “Before Crimea, I was knocking on different doors on the Hill, maybe they would have 10 or 15 minutes to talk. Now people from the Hill come to me.”
October 13, 2014
By Indra Ekmanis Don’t cry “wolf” unless you want him to hear you and eat your sheep, Lauri Õunapuu warned students in a deep and imposing voice during his visit to UW Tuesday. Õunapuu, an Estonian musician, plays traditional folk instruments in a heavy metal band, Metsatöll – the ancient Estonian word for what you
February 7, 2014
Guntis Šmidchens, the head of the Baltic Studies program at UW, will launch his just-published book, The Power of Song, at the Nordic Heritage Museum Tuesday, Feb. 11 at 7 p.m. The Power of Song shows how the people of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania confronted a military superpower and achieved independence in the Baltic “singing revolution.”
December 10, 2013
The link between the UW and Baltic singing traditions will be strengthened again this January as Guntis Šmidchens, head of the Baltic Studies Program, releases his new book, The Power of Song. The book explores the Baltic Singing Revolution of the 1980s and 1990s — a non-violent resistance movement to regain independence from the Soviet Union. Read
November 14, 2013
By Indra Ekmanis On July 7, 40 University of Washington choral students stood 5,000 miles from home surrounded by a 15,000 member choir singing patriotic songs in an obscure Baltic language. The UW delegation was one of only two non-Latvian choirs to participate in the Latvian cultural event of the decade, the XXV National Song