23.04.26
Events
Saint George's Day
Saint George's Day marks the beginning of summer season in Estonian Open Air Museum! We welcome back our housewives and –men who will take care of the farms that have been closed during the long winter period.
Jüripäev, or St. George’s Day in English, is an Estonian holiday that is made up of complex, rigorous rituals and rules that were meant to let in the new life of Spring.
Celebrated on April 23rd, in folk tradition it marked the time when the toxins of winter were expelled from the soil and spring work could begin.
Free admission the entire day!
Jüripäev, or St. George’s Day in English, is an Estonian holiday that is made up of complex, rigorous rituals and rules that were meant to let in the new life of Spring.
Celebrated on April 23rd, in folk tradition it marked the time when the toxins of winter were expelled from the soil and spring work could begin.
Estonians have celebrated the holiday by observing a number of land-based practices. Jüripäev was a day of ploughing and planting new crops. Garbage used to be burned on a jürituli bonfire.
Free admission the entire day!
Events
11.11.25 - 29.09.26
Exhibitions
Traditional Seto patterns by Anna Kõivo
At the age of 88, Kõivo Anne created the current exhibition
of hammõkirät – the sleeve patterns of Seto women’s shirts. The shirt is
one of the most striking garments in a Seto woman’s attire.
23.04.26 - 28.09.26
Events
Summer Season at the Open Air Museum
All farms, Sutlepa chapel, Lau village shop, collective farm apartment building and factory building are open every day. Children can test themselves on the Shepherd`s adventure trail.
23.04.26 - 20.09.26
Exhibitions
Village life on the northern shore of Lake Peipus in the early 20th century
We invite you on a journey through a selection of materials from
the collections of the Estonian National Museum. Step back in time and travel to
the daily lives of villagers – on the lake, by the river, in the forest, and across
meadows and grain fields.
18.05.26 - 28.09.26
Exhibitions
Exhibition: ‘Happiness is upon us! Long live collective farming!’
For country people, the Stalinist period marked the end of private
farming and the transition to Soviet-style collective farms. The exhibition looking at rural life during the
Stalinist era largely through the eyes of those who lived through it.