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    Cultural Heritage & Conservation

    The aim of the Cultural Heritage and Conservation programme is to provide knowledge and the necessary practical skills for qualified professional work in the field of cultural heritage protection, preservation, conservation and restoration.

    • The Academy of Arts is the only school of higher education in Estonia where one can acquire an academic higher education in cultural heritage and architectural conservation and restoration, as well as the conservation and restoration of art. The department’s faculty members are recognised and highly respected specialists in their fields.
    • The curriculum is responsive to changes and developments in the philosophy, as well as theories and practices, of cultural heritage and restoration. It is based on the principles of sustainable development and balanced innovation through the consistent development of the cultural environment.
    • Preserving and protecting the cultural legacy, and its professional conservation and restoration necessitates the education of highly qualified specialists.

    News and events

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    Exhibition “Estonian Heritage on the World Map.”

    The UNESCO Chair at the Estonian Academy of Arts is opening the exhibition “Estonian Heritage on the World Map” at Valga Railway Station. We are proud of our heritage and confident that it also speaks to the wider world. Yet we know surprisingly little about what from Estonia is actually considered remarkable internationally, and what opportunities the presentation of our heritage together ...
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    Science Café “Contemporary Art and Difficult Heritage: How to Work with Dissonances?” and the opening of the exhibition “The Past as Artistic Material”

    On Tuesday, 2 December, the Estonian Academy of Arts will host the opening of two exhibitions and an evening discussion focusing on the capacity of contemporary art to reinterpret difficult history and heritage. At 17:00, at the outdoor gallery of EKA exhibition “New Frames for a Monument: The Past as Artistic Material”  will open (02.12.2025–25.01.2026), which introduces artists’ proposals ...
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    The opening of the recontextualized Tehumardi Memorial

    The recontextualisation of the Tehumardi memorial in Saaremaa was unveiled on 14 November. It is the first Soviet-era monument in Estonia to be reframed in this way. Developed through a combination of artistic and research-led approaches and with the active involvement of the local community, the outcome is unique even in an international context. The Tehumardi monument (designed by Riho ...
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    Reframing the Soviet Second World War Memorial in Tehumardi 

    On Friday, 14 November, at 1 PM, everyone is invited to the opening of the recontextualisation of the Tehumardi Memorial. This is the first Soviet Second World War monument in Estonia to go through extensive reframing. The project has been realised in cooperation with the Estonian Academy of Arts, Tallinn University, and the National Heritage Board. Unveiled in 1967 (authors: Riho Kuld, Matti ...
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    EKA Conservation Club: Kateryna Tymchyshyn (Lviv National Academy of Arts)

    The Conservation Club welcomes Kateryna Tymchyshyn from the Lviv National Academy of Arts. Kateryna’s presentation aims to introduce the activities of the Department of Restoration of Artworks, in particular their new focus on the restoration of mural paintings. Through several specific examples of restoration projects where their students gain practical training, she will present the ...
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    Seminar: From the Baltic Sea Region to the Iberian Peninsula. Art at the time of Michel Sittow (c.1469-1525)

    The year 2025 marks the 500th anniversary of Michel Sittow’s death in his hometown of Reval (now Tallinn). Sittow’s life, career, and œuvre exemplify how, in the Late Medieval and Early Modern world, professional mobility was no less significant than it is today. The seminar aims to explore the international visual and political contexts surrounding Sittow in order to better understand his ...
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    MA students study trip to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan

    At the beginning of this academic year, from August 31 to September 8, master’s students and faculty members from the Faculty of Art and Culture, specializing in art history and visual culture studies as well as heritage protection and conservation, went on an internship trip to Central Asia. This time, they headed to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, where they explored the local art scene. The ...
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    KVI Open Lecture: “Decolonial Museology Re-centered: Thinking Theory and Practice through East-Central Europe”

    Decolonization has become an important keyword and marker of change in contemporary museum landscape. But how could we understand and embed it in the Estonian context? On Tuesday, October 21st at 6PM Estonian Academy of Arts will host a public event that will focus on the meanings of decolonization in museums by bringing together local, regional and international perspectives and by ...
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