Viinistu Art Museum — Attraction in Kuusalu vald

Paintings, mostly, given by a rich Estonian industrial guy named Manitski, which are of a very wide styles and mostly from the 19th century to know. Various quality of paintings too. More here: https://www.visitestonia.com/en/viinistu-art-museum

My subjective opinion : Do not consider this place as a classic museum : some displays are way too dense and your eye cannot really appreciate one particular piece of art among others. This is true for the main classic paintings . For more contemporary, density is not a problem or even low depending the rooms. But the exhibition is displayed unconventionally anyway

Two things are remarkable: -all artists that are exposed here are Estonian. -the museum is actually an old fish plant factory and it makes very agreeable the way the paintings are displayed.

The more the room are exotic or strange, the more we have contemporary art with some paintings that grasp your attention, for sure. Very good place...

I thought 6 euros per adult was reasonable until I realized how small the museum is. It took us about an hour to see it and we weren't rushing. I was actually taking notes, carefully looking for anything that I could use for a project I'm working on. Much of the art was a bit morbid for me, even grotesque at times. But I am a highly sensitive person so it may not have the same effect on others. I will say that there were some beautiful landscape pieces and a couple ballerina paintings that were pleasant to look at. Everyone reacts to art differently so you'll have to see for yourself if it's worth it for you. It was interesting to see some Estonian history reflected in the paintings if you're into that. There was a beautiful view of the coast in one of the...

In the little coastal village of Viinistu, you can visit an Art Museum located in an old cold storage of a fish processing plant.

Viinistu Art Museum displays works of hundreds of Estonian artists of various eras; this means about 1,000 Estonian works of art, starting from the Baltic-German era and Pallase school until today. The owner of the comprehensive art collection is Jaan Manitski.

Exhibitions alternating each month in the so-called barrel galleries converted from old water tanks offer plenty to enjoy.

Good to know: seasonally, theatre productions and concerts of different performers are also organized...