In the first singing festival in 1860’s in Tartu were fantasized about National Museum and its own house. When the decision to establish a museum was made in the city in 1909, no-one could not imagine, that specially designed building would be achieved as late as 107 years later.
The new museum building is designed by young designers from Parisian architect office DGT Architects (architects: Dan Dorell, Lina Ghotmeh and Tsuyoshi Tane). Magnificent building is over 350 meters long and its net area is almost 40 000 m². Memory field designed by French architects is built in the former military air base at the end of the runway.
The new museum building will be used for organising different events and happenings, addition to exhibition areas the building will have for example work rooms, multi-functional hall, art gallery and library.
The Estonian National Museum hosted its opening gala in August 2016. Even 200 000 visitors yearly are expected to the museum.
