Art museum in Tartu, Estonia
University of Tartu Art Museum, Blue Hall
University of Tartu Art Museum (Estonian : Tartu Ülikooli kunstimuuseum ) is an art museum in Tartu , Estonia . It is founded in 1803 and considered to be the oldest art museum in Estonia. The museum is located in Main building of Tartu University . The museum is a branch of University of Tartu Museum .[ 1] [ 2] The chief of the museum is Mariann Raisma .[ 3]
The museum has a permanent exhibition which consists of, amongst other objects, original size plaster cast copies of Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic Greece .[ 1]
Since 1980 the museum has been home to the mummies of two Egyptian boys.[ 4] They have been carbon dated as living between 410 and 50BC.[ 4] They were donated to the university in 1819 on the death of their collector Otto von Richter .[ 4]
^ a b "ABOUT THE MUSEUM | Kunstimuuseum" . www.kunstimuuseum.ut.ee . Retrieved 13 July 2021 .
^ "History of the Art Museum | Kunstimuuseum" . www.kunstimuuseum.ut.ee . Retrieved 2022-02-13 .
^ "Employees | Kunstimuuseum" . www.kunstimuuseum.ut.ee . Retrieved 13 July 2021 .
^ a b c Oras, Ester; Anderson, Jaanika; Tõrv, Mari; Vahur, Signe; Rammo, Riina; Remmer, Sünne; Mölder, Maarja; Malve, Martin; Saag, Lehti; Saage, Ragnar; Teearu-Ojakäär, Anu; Peets, Pilleriin; Tambets, Kristiina; Metspalu, Mait; Lees, David C.; Barclay, Maxwell V. L.; Hall, Martin J. R.; Ikram, Salima; Piombino-Mascali, Dario (2020-01-16). "Multidisciplinary investigation of two Egyptian child mummies curated at the University of Tartu Art Museum, Estonia (Late/Graeco-Roman Periods)" . PLOS ONE . 15 (1): e0227446. Bibcode :2020PLoSO..1527446O . doi :10.1371/journal.pone.0227446 . ISSN 1932-6203 . PMC 6964855 . PMID 31945091 .
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