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Beginning with October 17th, a new photo exhibition is opened in KGB Cells Museum: Enn Tarto 80. Imprisoned and Exonerated.

For Enn Tarto, the year of 2018 hold significance in several ways. This is the year he celebrates his 80th birthday but also the 30th anniversary of liberation from Soviet prison camps. Tarto spent 14 years in Soviet prison camps, having been arrested three times for fighting for the freedom of Estonia.

The exhibition was curated by Silver Kaldma (KGB Cells Museum) and designed by Joonas Õunapuu (Tartu City Museum).

The exhibition is open until May 2019.

Additional information:

Silver Kaldma
KGB Cells Museum curator
+372 56489813
silver.kaldma[at]raad.tartu.ee

On April 28th, at 5 PM one can come and experience the KGB Cells in the dark.

Come see an authentic cellar, where the dreaded KGB operated it’s prison not long ago. The only source of light will be provided by flashlights. The tour will be entirely in English and will tell both legends and true stories about what once happened in the dark and terrifying basement.

The number of participants is limited, pre-registration required: kgb@katarina.ee

Tartu City Museum’s new exhibition “Tartu – a City of Many Faiths” focuses on the many traditional and alternative religious movements present in Tartu during the 20th and the 21st centuries. The exhibition shows how spiritualism, Eastern religious traditions and theosophy became popular among the intellectual circles of the young Republic of Estonia in the 1920s and 1930s, how the Soviet officials tried to put an end to all religious life in the second half of the 20th century and how colourful and diverse the religious life in Tartu is today.
Curators: Nele Dresen, Silver Kaldma, Siim Lill
Design: Maarja Meeru (Theatre of Vanemuine)

The exhibition is open from May 22, 2019 to January 2020 in Tartu City Museum (Narva mnt 23).
The exhibition is supported by Cultural Endowment of Estonia.