Estonian Literary Museum

The Estonian Literary Museum is a state institution of research and development, operating in the area of government of the Ministry of Research and Education. The Estonian Literary Museum was created on the basis of the Archival Library (founded in 1909, up to that date belonging to the Estonian National Museum), the Estonian Bibliography Foundation (founded in 1921), the Estonian Folklore Archives (founded in 1927) and the Estonian Cultural History Archives (founded in 1929) on the decision of the Council of Peoples Comissars of the Estonian SSR (RT 1940, 109, 1105) on September 11, 1940. In 2000 the Department of Folklore (founded in 1947) and the Department of Ethnomusicology (founded in 1979, closed 2014) that until then used to belong to the Institute of the Estonian Language were merged with the Estonian Literary Museum. In the years 1946-1997 the Literary Museum belonged to the structure of the Estonian Academy of Sciences as one of its divisions. The Estonian Literary Muse...