Art Museum of Estonia
The ruined church was restored and inaugurated in 1984 as a museum-concert hall, where the
collection of medieval art of the Art Museum of Estonia is exposed, and also organ and choir
music concerts can be enjoyed regularly.
The exposition comprises ecclesiastical art from 14th-20th centuries, including exquisite
altarpieces and sculptures. The high altar (14781481) made in the workshop of Hermen
Rode, the initial fragment of the famous painting "Danse Macabre" by Bernt Notke (end of
the15th c.) and many others.
The Silver Chamber displays silver treasures of guilds, craft corporations and Brotherhood of
the Black Heads. The oldest objects in the Silver Chamber originate from the 15th century, the
youngest from the first decades of the 20th century, i.e. from the last years in the history of
guilds in Tallinn. There is no other town in Europe in which such an extensive amount of
guild silver has been preserved than in Tallinn. The majority of the objects were made by