08.01.22
Events
Seto and Peipus-Russian Christmas Celebration
Majority of the Slavs and Orthodox Setos celebrate Christmas according to the Old (Julian) Calendar on January 6 and 7. The whole Christmas season – svjatki – lasts until January 19, the Epiphany. During this time people don’t work but rejoice at the birth of the Christ and go announcing this important event to their neighbours as well. Come and join us for the celebrations.
11:00–15:00 Village green between Setu Farm and House of an Old Believer from Peipus
Hot tea from a samovar
13:00 Christmas concert by a Ukrainian folklore group Žurba
Setu and Slavic winter games
11:00–15:00
Setu Vanatalo old farmhouse
New Year's fortune-telling
Meeting the Christmas carolers
Setu Vanatalo new farmhouse
Making Setu Christmas food (pork rind biscuits)
11:00–15:00
Setu Vanatalo barn
Christmas café at Kolu inn
11:00–15:00 Russian house from Peipus
Cooking Christmas dishes of the Old Believers (potato sausages and kolyadki)
Meeting the Christmas carolers
A person wishing to participate in the event must prove their own COVID certificate at the museum ticket office.
11:00–15:00 Village green between Setu Farm and House of an Old Believer from Peipus
Hot tea from a samovar
13:00 Christmas concert by a Ukrainian folklore group Žurba
Setu and Slavic winter games
11:00–15:00
Setu Vanatalo old farmhouse
New Year's fortune-telling
Meeting the Christmas carolers
Setu Vanatalo new farmhouse
Making Setu Christmas food (pork rind biscuits)
11:00–15:00
Setu Vanatalo barn
Christmas café at Kolu inn
11:00–15:00 Russian house from Peipus
Cooking Christmas dishes of the Old Believers (potato sausages and kolyadki)
Meeting the Christmas carolers
A person wishing to participate in the event must prove their own COVID certificate at the museum ticket office.
Events
23.04.25 - 28.09.25
Events
Summer season at the Open Air Museum
Home is not just a place, but the things we know,
people we love and dear memories we carry. Our homes look like us, and every
home is unique.
The Estonian Open Air Museum invites you explore homes from various
regions of Estonia, which display several centuries of people’s daily lives and
festive traditions.
01.05.25 - 29.09.25
Secret Life of a Museum Worker 2
This current exhibition is a sequel to the one displayed last year.The exhibition can be viewed daily at Kolu Inn until the end of the summer season.
29.09.25
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.
04.10.25
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.