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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.

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;

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.

Photo of the exhibition "The enchanging art of stone cutting. Morgernstern 250", photo credit to Piret Tamm

This year marks 250 years from the birth of Johann Karl Simon Morgenstern, founder of the University of Tartu Art Museum, long-time director of the university library and professor of rhetoric, classical philology, aesthetics, literary and art history. To celebrate the anniversary of the birth of the professor who spent 50 years of his life in Tartu, an exhibition titled “The enchanting art of stone cutting. Morgenstern 250” will be opened at the University of Tartu Art Museum on 11 June.

Sun exploring sessions (in case the sky is clear) twice in September, September 21st and 24th from 4 p.m - 6 p.m. See for more here

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