Pürksi ( Swedish : Birkas ) is a village in Lääne-Nigula Parish , Lääne County , in western Estonia .
3-588: Pürksi estate was founded in 1620. The building is from 1852. It was the home of artist Johann Carl Emanuel von Ungern-Sternberg (1773-1830), some of whose works are currently at the Art Museum of Estonia , Tallinn . The manor, which lies in a part of Estonia that formerly had a sizeable Swedish minority , is today occupied by a school that is specialised in teaching Swedish . 59°01′N 23°32′E / 59.017°N 23.533°E / 59.017; 23.533 This Lääne County location article
6-569: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Art Museum of Estonia The Art Museum of Estonia ( Estonian : Eesti Kunstimuuseum ) was established in 1919. Originally based in Kadriorg Palace , the museum has expanded across several sites and today exhibits both international and local art works. At the end of the 1970s, in the 1980s the first branches of the Art Museum of Estonia were founded. Starting in 1995, all of
9-475: The branches offer different educational programmes for children and young people. In 1996, the exhibition hall on the first floor of Rotermann Salt Storage was opened; this branch was closed in May 2005. Art Museum of Estonia consists of the following branches: 59°26′11.56″N 24°47′49.16″E / 59.4365444°N 24.7969889°E / 59.4365444; 24.7969889 This Estonia -related article
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