On Monday, July 3rd, Oma Ehitaja handed over the 1st construction stage of the Maarjam\u00e4e Palace: the renovated historic castle building, the newly constructed Film Museum building and recreation areas. Construction work was completed ahead of contractual schedule. After the construction, the Estonian History Museum in Maarjam\u00e4e has changed thoroughly. The historic Orlov Castle is completely renovated and will function as an interactive center of history. The park has has been turned into a pleasant recreation and entertainment area, featuring, for example, a children’s play area shaped like the map of Estonia, a mini-golf course, open exhibition grounds, etc. A “red carpet” passing through the park leads the visitor into a newly-built Estonian Film Museum, which also houses a 210-seat cinema and conference hall. In the backyard of the castle a separate exhibition area has been created with monuments from the era of Soviet occupation. The authors of the Maarjam\u00e4e Castle architectural project are KOKO architects O\u00dc. The designers of the grounds, film museum and storage building are BOA O\u00dc and Innopolis Insenerid O\u00dc. The construction of the film museum storage facility will be continued on basis of a separate contract and the building will be completed by the end of the year. During the Estonian Presidency of Europe, the Maarjam\u00e4e Palace will be very actively used to organize various events related to the presidency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
On Monday, July 3rd, Oma Ehitaja handed over the 1st construction stage of the Maarjam\u00e4e Palace: the renovated historic castle building, the newly constructed Film Museum building and recreation areas. Construction work was completed ahead of contractual schedule. After the construction, the Estonian History Museum in Maarjam\u00e4e has changed thoroughly. The historic Orlov Castle is […]<\/p>\n