History museums in Estonia

Estonian Open Air Museum (Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum) is an open-air museum in the Estonian capital, Tallinn. The museum exhibits buildings from all over Estonia from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. The museum currently has 72 hectares of land and 74 buildings with the associated inventory and tools. T

The KUMU Kunstimuuseum is a museum for Estonian art in Tallinn that is housed in a building designed by the Finnish architect Pekka Vapaavuori. The museum shows Estonian art history from the 18th century to contemporary art. Division of the Kumu Kunstimuuseum include: classical Estonian art from the

The KGB Museum is a museum in Tallin and is a branch of Tartu City Museum (Tartu Linnamuuseumi). The KGB Museum is located in the so-called Hall House, which was home to the Department of State Security of the Estonian SSR in the 1960s. Visitors have access to the basement of the building, where the

The Estonian Historical Museum (Eesti Ajaloomuuseum) is a museum in Tallinn dedicated to the history of Estonia that is housed in the Great Guild Hall in the Old Town. The collection started as a collection of Johann Burchard, the owner of the Council pharmacy, which he started in 1802. In 1842 the

The Niguliste Museum is an open-air museum in the Old Town of Niguliste and is one of the branches of the Art Museum of Estonia. The Niguliste museum has the largest and most remarkable collection of older sacred art in Estonia. Bernt Notke's "Death Dance" is a highlight in the museum. The museum al

Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom is located in Estonian capital city, Tallinn. The museum’s permanent exhibition Freedom Without Borders introduces the history of Estonia during and after the Soviet and Nazi occupations, arriving at the era of restoration of independence. The focus on restor

The Maritime Museum of Estonia (Eesti Meremuuseum) is an organization in Estonia that manages various shipping museums in Tallinn. The Fat Margaret is located in a tower of the city wall. This is the main location of the museum that shows the maritime history of Estonia. Furthermore it includes the

The Kadriorg Art Museum, also known as Museum of Foreign Art, is an art museum in Tallinn that is housed in the Baroque Kadriorg Palace, in the Kadriorg Park. The museum is the only museum in Estonia devoted to foreign art and introduces, preserves and collects early foreign art – primarily western

The KGB prison cells are located in the old town of Tallinn, at the address Pagari 1. For almost half a century, this building was the headquarters of the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR, or NKVD, later known as the KGB, and the basements were used as prison cells. This buildin

The Tallinn City Museum (Tallinna Linnamuuseum) is a museum in the old town of the Estonian capital Tallinn. The main building of the Tallinn City Museum is located in a medieval building at Vene Street 17. The museum was founded in 1937 and holds and exhibits a collection of 150,000 objects that il

The Estonian Health Care Museum (Eesti Tervishoiu Muuseum) is a museum in Tallinn that has a permanent exhibition that illustrates human anatomy and physiology through models, real organs and many other exhibits. The museum collects and exhibits, among other things, the materials of Estonian medical

NUKU is a puppet theater in the Estonian capital Tallinn. The theater was founded in 1952 by puppeteer Ferdinand Veike. In 2010, a museum opened in the same building that shows the history of Estonian puppet theater. The NUKU Theatre & Museum has a permanent exhibition called "The Story of Creating

The Kalev Marzipan Museum Room (Kalev Martsipanimuuseumituba) is a museum in Tallinn that gives an overview of marzipan history. The museum exhibits marzipan figurines, cards and cakes.

The Peter the Great House Museum is a museum in Tallinn and is a branch of the Tallinn City Museum. The museum building dates back to the 17th century when it was a summer mansion. In the 18th century, Russian emperor Peter I stayed in the summer residence. In 1806, the Alexander I building and the

The Maarjamäe Summer Palace Castle (Maarjamäe Palace) is a castle in Tallinn that houses an exhibition of the History Museum. The current castle was built by 1874 General Anatoly Orlov-Davydov. The most remarkable part of the castle is a gothic portal. The exhibition “My Free Country” in the Maarjam

The Museum of Photography (Photo Museum, Fotomuuseum) is a museum in Tallinn, founded in 1980 and housed in the Tallinn Raevangla, a former detention facility. The museum is a branch of Tallinn City Museum. Permanent exhibitions have been set up on both floors of Raevangla, which illustrate the hist

Eesti Panga muuseum is a museum located at Eesti Pank in Tallinn that is dedicated to Estonian money, its history, and the central bank, its activities and its history. In addition to the permanent exhibition, the Eesti Panga muuseum holds a collection of over 13,000 museum items, which mainly consi

The Museum of Estonian Architecture (Eesti Arhitektuurimuuseum) is a museum of architecture in Tallinn that is housed in the Rotermann Salt Storage. The collections of the Museum of Estonian Architecture are categorized into archive, photo, model, furniture and art collections.

Estonian Theater and Music Museum (ETMM or TMM) is a museum in Tallinn housed in the Tallinn Conservatory at Müürivahe 12, featuring the Assauwe Tower and the Karelian Courtyard. The museum holds and exhibits a large collection of musical and theatrical instruments and props made by local craftsmen

The Eduard Vilde Museum is a museum in Tallinn that is housed in the former castellan residence of the Kadriorg Palace. In the 6-room apartment on the lower floor of the house, the writer, journalist and diplomat Eduard Vilde lived between 1927 and 1933. The permanent exhibition of the museum gives

The Estonian Jewish Museum (Eesti Juudi Muuseum) is a museum in Tallinn on the history and culture of Jews who have lived and worked in Estonia.

The Anton Hansen Tammsaare Museum (A. H. Tammsaare Museum) is an apartment-museum in Tallinn dedicated to the Estonian writer A. H. Tammsaare. The writer lived in the building between 1932 and 1940 and wrote his most important pieces here. On the second floor of the house there is a five-room apartm

The Estonian Firefighting Museum is a museum in Tallinn that is devoted to the historical heritage of firefighting in Estonia, housed in the fire station on Raua Street. It is one of the oldest active fire museums in Eastern Europe. The first volunteer fire department in Estonia was created in 1788,

The Museum Of Medieval Torture Instruments is a museum in Tallinn that exhibits objects related to medieval torture instruments and illustrates the history of torture.