University of Tartu Art Museum () is an

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Tartu Tartu is the second largest city in Estonia after Tallinn. Tartu has a population of 97,759 (as of 2024). It is southeast of Tallinn and 245 kilometres (152 miles) northeast of Riga, Latvia. Tartu lies on the Emajõgi river, which connects the ...

Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, and to the east by Ru ...

. It was founded in 1803 at the

Imperial University of Dorpat The University of Tartu (UT; ; ) is a public research university located in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. It is also the largest and oldest university in the country.

and is considered to be the oldest art museum in Estonia. The museum is located in

Main building of Tartu University Main building of Tartu University () is the main building of the University of Tartu. This building is one of the most notable examples of classical style in Estonia. Built between 1804 and 1809 as the main building for the Imperial University o ...

. The museum is a branch of

University of Tartu Museum University of Tartu Museum is the museum for the University of Tartu. Its entities include the University of Tartu Museum in the historic Tartu Cathedral, the University of Tartu Old Observatory University of Tartu Old Observatory or Tartu ...

. The chief of the museum is

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. The museum has a permanent exhibition which consists of, amongst other objects, original size plaster cast copies of Archaic, Classical and

Hellenistic Greece Hellenistic Greece is the historical period of Ancient Greece following Classical Greece and between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the annexation of the classical Greek Achaean League heartlands by the Roman Republic. This cul ...

. Since 1980 the museum has been home to the mummies of two Egyptian boys. They have been carbon dated as living between 410 and 50BC. They were donated to the university in 1819 on the death of their collector

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* Art museums and galleries in Estonia Museums in Tartu University of Tartu {{Tartu-stub