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Visitors of the University of Tartu Museum must present a certificate to prove vaccination against Covid-19 or recovery from this disease or a negative test result. This requirement does not apply to children and young people under the age of 18.

At the ticket office, all visitors from the age of 18 need to present a valid certificate proving one of the following:

• completed vaccination;

• recovery from COVID-19.

From 9 August, visitors of the University of Tartu Museum must present a certificate to prove vaccination against Covid-19, recovery from this disease or a negative test result. This requirement does not apply to children and young people under the age of 18.

At the ticket office, all visitors from the age of 18 need to present a valid certificate proving one of the following:

• completed vaccination;

• recovery from COVID-19;

The exhibition dedicated to memories and values of life, “Face of Death. Life’s Vigour Through Death Masks” is open to visitors in the University of Tartu Art Museum from 14 May.

“On the one hand, death masks show without embellishment the evanescence of all things, while on the other hand, they glorify the life of the deceased that is worthy of eternal memory,” said Ken Ird, curator of the exhibition.

Franz Gerhard von Kügelgen. Karl Morgernstern. Oil painting, 1809. University of Tartu Library
On Friday the University of Tartu Library and the University of Tartu Museum celebrate the 250th birthday of Johann Karl Simon Morgernstern, the founder or the art museum and library of the University of Tartu, the professor of rhetoric, classical philology, aesthetics and history of literature and art.

As of Saturday, 18 July, the University of Tartu Museum invites everyone to Toome Hill to participate in its Science Town game—take the opportunity to learn new things and get to know Toome Hill. During the opening weekend, the museum offers a refreshing gift to the 50 first people who complete the track.