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ERM's digital projects attract the interest among colleagues abroad

Agnes Aljas, Research Secretary of the Estonian National Museum (ERM), presented ERM’s digital projects and community-engaging activities in her plenary lecture at the international conference “Acts. Facts. Artefacts”, held on 27–29 November in Riga by the Latvian National Museum of Literature and Music (LNMLM). The conference, which also marked LNMLM’s 100th anniversary and looked both backward and forward, highlighted ERM’s best practices as a source of fresh ideas for setting future directions among colleagues in Latvia and abroad.
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Community involvement in research is a growing trend

On December 5, a citizen science seminar titled 'Opportunities and Lessons in Involving Communities in Research' was held in Tartu under the leadership of the Estonian Research Council, where scientists presented the use of citizen science as a method in their research and discussed how to motivate researchers to involve the public more.

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Exploring Cross-Disciplinary Collaboration at the SVI 2025 Video Game Co-Creation Conference 

On 1–2 December, ERM (Estonian National Museum) Research Director Pille Runnel and Research Secretary Agnes Aljas participated in the international video game studies conference SVI 2025 in Poland, where they presented opportunities for using digitized cultural heritage in the game industry. In their talk, they examined the relationship between museums and the video game sector, demonstrating how collaboration fosters innovation, participation, and learning. 
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Game Jam: Estonian Folklore Edition Held in Tallinn 

From 3–5 October 2025, Tallinn Business Incubator hosted the Game Jam: Estonian Folklore Edition, a video game development hackathon aligned with the activities and goals of the i-Game project. Over the course of 48 hours, participants from diverse backgrounds, working in teams, created video games inspired by Estonian folktales, myths, and traditions. The event opened with a short presentation on digital heritage and the collections of the Estonian National Museum (ENM), delivered by Piibe Nõmm on behalf of ENM.
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