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Seaplane Harbour<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

12.05.2025 \u2013 11.01.2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After ninety years of sailing, a grand celebration is only fitting!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Maritime Museum Foundation was established by sailors who wished to collect and document their lives and adventures as seafarers. However, as not all sea dogs were skilled writers, they chose instead to create a museum.
According to information published in the newspaper Esmasp\u00e4ev, the idea was inspired by historically valuable objects discovered during an audit of the Port Factory\u2019s warehouses. In P\u00e4evaleht, the need for a museum was explained by the desire to preserve materials related to seafaring. The future museum\u2019s exhibition was intended to provide an overview of the development of seafaring in Estonia.
As a result of several years of collecting, an exhibition was opened in the spacious second floor of a warehouse adapted for the Estonian Maritime Museum at the Port of Tallinn. At the heart of the display were models, paintings, photographs, and numerous maritime artefacts. Much of that exhibit has been preserved to this day and now enables us to tell the story of the museum\u2019s early years in a vibrant harbour setting.
The Estonian Maritime Museum collects, researches and interprets our maritime history. The anniversary exhibition Beginning looks back at the years 1935-1940 when the museum was born. The establishment of the Estonian Maritime Museum 90 years ago coincided with a wave of maritime museums being founded across Europe. For example, the world\u2019s largest maritime museum \u2013 the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich \u2013 was founded just two years later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXHIBITION TEAM<\/strong>
Curators: Urmas Dresen, Mihkel Karu
Preparation of exhibition items: Ruth Ristm\u00e4gi, Andres Eero, Alo Ervin, Laura Jamsja, Oksana Leontjeva, Meeli-Heli Lepna, Eve Paavel, Evelyn Silmet
Installation of exhibition items: Villu Plink
Glazing and framing of paintings: Joon Stuudio O\u00dc
Language editing: Hille Salu\u00e4\u00e4r
English translation: Toimetaja t\u00f5lkeb\u00fcroo
Technical solutions: Helina Torv, Valter Vaht, T\u00f5nis Veltman
Museum education: Helene Uppin, Kristel Bultot, Carmen K\u00f5rvek
Digital guide solutions: Kadi Karine
Public procurement coordination: Maie Tooming
Exhibition marketing project manager: Iris Tomson
Exhibition project manager: Anna-Liisa \u00d5ispuu<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Velvet team \u2013 artistic design and execution of the exhibition
Exhibition concept and design, 3D models, maquette prototype, marketing materials concept: Keijo Kraus (Velvet)
Content and creative texts: Gunnar Hunt (KAGU_the_agency)
Exhibition construction and production: Andres Ojasu (Trage O\u00dc)
Marketing materials, printed materials, support: Andrus Lember (Velvet), Magnus Haravee (Velvet)
Maquette and its miniature elements creator: Joanna Juhkam (Loome Luup O\u00dc)
and project manager: Kristo Pajus (Velvet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Archival materials: SA Eesti Meremuuseum, Rahvusarhiiv
Music digitizer: Valdo Praust
Special thanks to: Eesti Meremuuseumi kolleegid, Kaur J\u00e4rve, Mihkel Sild, Rando Saar
Sponsor: Eesti Kultuurkapital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Seaplane Harbour 12.05.2025 \u2013 11.01.2026 After ninety years of sailing, a grand celebration is only fitting! The Maritime Museum Foundation was established by sailors who wished to collect and document…","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5889","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nJubilee exhibition\u00a0\u201eTHE BEGINNING. 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