2 Oct at 16:00 in the Valga Museum will be a lecture by Kaarel Visel, curator of the collection, entitled "Agricultural machinery in Valga County until 1940", dedicated to this year's Year of Count Berg and Sangaste Rye. In addition to the pioneering and innovative agricultural [...]
Riin Alatalu, historian and heritage conservationist, talks about the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Struve Arch, which crosses nine countries and was a significant scientific discovery of its time, and also passes through Belarus. Astronomer Friedrich Georg Wilhelm Struve, then director of the Tartu Observatory, directed the work, and the meridian arch was named after him. The aim of the triangulation method was to determine the exact shape and size of the planet Earth, and [...]
Interactive training “The power of thought - optimized way of thinking” Venue: Tsirguliina People's House Lecturer: Ülli Kukumägi Start: at 12.00 Training duration: 4×45 minutes Training is free! Register for the training and ask for transport: janika.mihhailova@gmail.com, tel.: +372 523 7752.
Valga branch libraries invite you to participate in the webcast of the Valga Distinguished University on 26 November at 13.30, where Priit Rohtmets, Associate Professor of Ecclesiastical History at the University of Tartu, will take a look at Orthodox history in Estonia. Orthodoxy has played and continues to play an important role in Estonia, both in cultural life and in social debates. The lecture will give a comprehensive overview of how Orthodoxy has established itself in Estonia throughout history, how [...]
