Jaan Meri, Chair, ESC Board of Directors, began the meeting's business by reminding members of the ESC policy, that “all donations received go towards the new Museum's capital fund. The only exception is for donations that are directed for specific programming at the ESC.”
For instance, last year, the Estonian Arts Centre completed a deal to donate their art collection and financial resources. After a year, the deal was concluded on the 1st of September, 2020. This is a huge boost for the ESC Archival Collection, which currently possesses materials that include 15,000 catalogued books, 10,000 photos, 1,500 digitized videos, 120 personal and organizational archives, and more.
(Read more: Estonian Life No. 21 2021 paber- and PDF/digi)
Written by Vincent Teetsov, Toronto