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Includes performing and visual arts, film, music, museums, theater, folklore.
General
Centre for Contemporary Arts, Estonia (http://www.cca.ee/en/)
Founded in 1992 by the Open Estonia Foundation, the CCA is an independent NGO that aims to promote Estonian art, to foster contacts between Estonian artists and the international art community, and to host an annual conference/exhibition that brings the international art community to Estonia. In English.
Estonian History Museum (http://www.eam.ee/eng)
Eesti Ajaloomuuseum. In English and Estonian.
Estonian Literary Museum (http://www.kirmus.ee)
In Estonian and English.
Estonian National Museum (http://www.erm.ee/?lang=ENG)
"The Estonian National Museum founded in Tartu in 1909 was dedicated to the memory of Jakob Hurt, one of the greatest collectors of folklore, to preserve his heritage. The activities were planned on such an extensive scale that the new institution could simply have been called the Estonian Museum (cf. e.g. the British Museum, the Russian Museum)." In English, Estonian, Finnish, and Russian.
Haldjas -- Estonian Folklore (http://en.folklore.ee)
The Estonian folklorists' server Haldjas (fairy, guardian spirit) was set up in 1995 by the folk belief research group of the Institute of the Estonian Language. Presently, the group and the server have been incorporated under the Estonian Literary Museum. The majority of electronic publications and data presented here is in the Estonian. In English, Estonian, and German.
Fine Arts
Art Museum of Estonia (http://www.ekm.ee/eng.php)
Eesti Kunstimuuseum. In Estonian and English.
Estonian Academy of Arts (http://www.artun.ee/?lang=en)
Eesti Kunstiakadeemia. Brief description, history, projects, news, contacts. In English and Estonian.
Estonica (http://www.estonica.org/eng/teema.html?kateg=41)
Site concerns all aspects of Estonian culture, including popular culture. In English.
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