The display of porcelain provides a good overview of the developments in this field of art in Europe in the 18th to the 20th centuries. The exposition includes characteristic examples from the Meissen Porcelain Factory, the Sèvres Porcelain Factory, the Imperial Porcelain Factory in Saint Petersburg and the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory in Copenhagen. The paintings on the walls are mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries, with the 17th-century Netherlandish school being predominant among them, as these paintings were relatively numerous and available for good prices. There are a few examples from Italian, French, German and English art.
The permanent exhibition of the Mikkel Museum provides a thorough overview of Johannes Mikkel’s collection, showing his love of art and art history, his efforts at preserving cultural heritage and his desire to surround himself with beauty.
Mikkel Installation Room. Visit to a Collector
The collector’s room, which has been created to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Mikkel Museum, recalls the private dimension of today’s museum exhibits, when their home was the private collector Johannes Mikkel’s (1907–2006) standard three-room flat in Tallinn. The thematic installation is accompanied by a film and educational programme that helps to bring their interesting stories and the meaning attached by the collector to the public. Because, as Mikkel was wont to say: “Art always finds its way to the person who truly loves it.”
Curator: Greta Koppel
