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We are open from Tuesday to Sunday!
Buildings: 10.00-17.00
Ticket office: 10.00-17.00
Museum park: 10.00-19.00
Kolu Inn: 10.00-17.00
Kolu Inn: 10.00-17.00
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What's on
29.09.23 - 22.04.24
Events
Winter season at the Open Air Museum
It is a place to enjoy
fresh air and time with your family in the middle of a historic village.
29.09.23
Events
Michaelmas day
Michaelmas
day marked the beginning of winter: the work in the fields was finished and the
cattle were driven to the cattle shed. Men went to stock up on the firewood,
women started with indoor handicrafts, and kids were brought back from the herd
to the school bench.
07.10.23
Events
Onion and fish day and Seto Michaelmas Day
When the autumn field work and grazing are over, it is time to celebrate properly. Onion and fish day will be part of the harvest day of the Setos and Old Believers.
01.05.23 - 31.12.23
Exhibitions
100 years of Seto surnames
The tradition of the first names that Setos have in common with the rest of Estonians is quite recent.
Areas of activity
Conservation and Digitization Centre Kanut
Conservation, restoration and digitising
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Education Centre of Kuie School
Museum programmes, integration programmes and childern's camps.
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Kolu Inn
Food and drink, venu hire
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Centre of Rural Architecture
Collections, research and heritage building
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Discover
18.03.22
Free guided tours and museum visits for Ukrainians
Estonian Open Air Museum offers free admission for all Ukrainian citizens and pre-booked guided tours for Ukrainian refugees.
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16.02.22
Shrove Tuesday and Maslenitsa – discover the customs
Shrove Tuesday and Maslenitsa denote the eve of the seven-week lenten period before Easter and are celebrated with dancing and partying, rich food, playing outdoors and frolicking in the snow.
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14.12.21
Monumental painting in open air museum's nature
From August
2021, Sirje Runge's installation "Great Love / Beautiful Rotting" is
open for exploration at the Estonian Open Air Museum and via the web,
symbolizing a gesture by which the artist gives up her ten-meter oil painting to
nature.
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