Estonian Museum of Natural History
(+372) 641 1739
Urmas Kõljalg, PhD, +372 737 6235; Urmas.Koljalg@ut.ee.
Olle Hints, Phd, +372 513 0157; Olle.Hints@ttu.ee. Tiiu Kull, PhD, +372 731 1883; Tiiu.Kull@emu.ee
Mrs Heidi Vilu, +372 641 1739, Heidi.Vilu@loodusmuuseum.ee
The administrative structure of the Museum is led by the Director. There are four departments in the Museum: Department of Botany, Department of Zoology, Department of Geology and Department of Nature Education, who are responsible for their field and are led by the Head of the Department.
Estonian Museum of Natural History belongs in the administrative area of the Ministry of the Environment and is under surveillance by Minister of the Environment.
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
---|---|---|
a) TOTAL scientific staff | 0 | 0 |
b) Scientific staff linked to Collections | 9 | 0 |
c) Post-docs / PhD students | 0 | 0 |
d) Others (Associates, etc.) | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL (a+b+c+d) | 9 | 0 |
Permanent (P) | Non – Permanent (NP) | |
---|---|---|
e) Exhibitions | 7 | 2 |
f) Collection Managers / technicians | 1 | 24 |
g) Others | 6 | 1 |
TOTAL (e+f+g) | 14 | 27 |
Specimens can be investigated using stereo microscopes.
Exhibition catalogues: http://www.loodusmuuseum.ee/loodusharidus/oppematerjalid/
Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
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1.1 | Palaeontology | 10 | 30000 | 96 | 95 |
1.2 | Mineralogy | 0 | 3800 | 90 | 90 |
1.3 | Geology | 0 | 3700 | 90 | 90 |
Typology | Primary types | Individual specimens/objects | % registered cards | % recorded cards in database | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2.1 | Botany | 10 | 124000 | 84 | 52 |
2.2 | Mycology | 0 | 2300 | 94 | 73 |
2.3 | Zoology | 32 | 137000 | 94 | 60 |
No
Books about museum´s field of studies (mostly contemporary).
Photographs related to natural History and Natural Sciences – 28 000 individual objects. Heritage Science – 1030 individual objects.

Ethel Tamm, +372 6411624; Ethel.Tamm@loodusmuuseum.ee
The number of visitors is increasing vastly in recent years
There are vast number of museum programmes for schools and nursery schools, mostly curriculum-based. http://www.loodusmuuseum.ee/en/nature-education
Museum´s specialists are involved in supervising graduate students.
No
There are some short termed work additional training carried out together with Estonian Environmental Board for civil servants.
The museum offers specially designed curriculum-based nature education classes, which makes it easy to conduct interesting school lessons in the museum, guided tours for groups and individuals. Lectures can be ordered from the biologists and geologists of the museum on a wide variety of topics.
Tiiu Liimets; +372 6411 740; Tiiu.Liimets@loodusmuuseum.ee