3. The Building
The Museum of Applied Art
and Design (ETDM) is
located in a former granary.
It’s a three-storeyed
building. In the 1970s it was
restored by the architect
Aala Buldas and adapted for
an applied art museum.
4. Collection of Design
This is the youngest collection in the
museum. It comprises slightly over
100 items by more than 20 authors
and producers. The collection consists
mainly of product samples and
prototypes and was launched with the
purpose of collecting material
connected with Estonian design,
product design, and item heritage.
5. Collection of Jewellery and
Metal Art
The jewellery collection includes over
2200 jewellery pieces by more than
130 authors. The oldest exponents
are the 19-century national jewellery.
The collection provides a good
overview of the recent jewellery
including the works of the younger
generation. From the 1960s onwards,
jewellery has been one of the most
fascinating areas in Estonian applied
arts.
6. Collection of Ceramics and
Porcelain
The ceramics and porcelain collection of the Museum
comprises more than 3000 single items and sets by
approximately 130 authors or producers.
In the heart of the ceramics collection lays the work of
Estonian professional ceramic artists from the 1950s until
present. The eldest works in the collection date back to
the 19th century.
7. Collection of Glass Art
The glass art collection in the
museum comprises nearly 900
decorative glass objects by 40
artists. There are represented
decorative forms, glassware,
drinking sets, decorative
monumental objects both from
non-coloured as well as
coloured glass.
8. Collection of Furniture
The furniture and woodcraft collection with its nearly
100 pieces by approximately 30 authors is the smallest
collection in the museum. The furniture collection
includes samples ranging from the early 20th-century
furniture design to the experiments displayed at “Space
and Form” exhibitions.
9. Collection of Leather Art
The Museum’s collection of
leather art includes
approximately 1700 works by
more than 90 professional artists
and workshops. Estonian
leatherwork is very versatile:
the artists have created book
bindings, albums, chests, covers
for decorated citation of honour,
decorative forms, leather
tapestry and elements of interior
design.
10. Collection of Textile Art
The collection of textile is one of the
most extensive collections at
Estonian Museum of Applied Art and
Design: there are nearly 800 articles
representing the work of more than
80 artists. In 1944, the fire at the
temporary building of Estonian Art
Museum in Narva road destroyed the
entire textile collection; for this
reason the examples of pre-war
textile art are very few in number.
12. FREE ADMISSION DAYS
The last Friday of a Month
May 18 – The international Museum Day
July 18 – The Birthday of Estonian Museum
of Applied Art and Design
February 21- The International Guides Day
June 1 – Children up to 18
