The main collection covers Estonian art from the 18th century onwards, including works from the occupations period (1940-1991) and showing both Socialist Realism and Nonconformist art.

The Art Museum of Estonia is the main national museum of visual arts, and has a large collection of Estonian art on permanent display.

The KUMU branch of the museum, showing Estonian art from the 18th century onwards is furthermore situated in the park.

It was also decided that a new building would be established nearby for the section of the museum devoted to Estonian art.

Mekk stands for 'moodne eesti koogikunst' which means 'modern Estonian cooking art'.

Everyone who knew someone who knew the second cousin of the curator of Estonian video art came.

Despite the Soviet presence, Estonian art continued to flourish, judging by the new Kumu Art Museum (Weizenbergi 34; 372-602-6001; www.ekm.ee), which opened last February.

The main items on the market are Estonian arts and crafts, hand-made sweaters, long-tailed hats, mittens, scarves, socks and other colourful woollens.

A spectacular, massive structure of limestone and green glass, it contains a large amount of Estonian art as well as constantly changing contemporary exhibits.

Today Old Town is a thriving tourism center and a hub of reborn Estonian creative arts, a medieval museum piece increasingly ringed by office towers and four-star hotels.