A. H. TAMMSAARE MUSEUM

L. Koidula 12A
Phone: +372 601 3232
Fax: +372 601 3181
atammsaare@solo.ee
www.vilde.tammsaare.ee/tammsaare.php

Anton Hansen Tammsaare (1878-1940) is generally considered to be the greatest Estonian writer of the 20th-century. His most famous work is the five-part epic, Truth and Justice, which covers all strata of Estonian society. The museum chronicles his life and work, but just as interesting is the apartment, painstakingly restored to its 1930s original, where the writer lived his last eight years.

Open Times:
Monday, Wednesday and Sunday - 12.00 to 19.00hrs

Closed:
Tuesdays

Entrance fee:
Adult 10 EEK
Pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors 5 EEK
Family ticket 15 EEK
Guide for excursion 50 EEK/1 hour
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

 ADAMSON-ERIC MUSEUM

Lühike jalg 3
Phone: +372 644 5838
Fax: +372 644 5837
adamson-eric@ekm.ee
www.ekm.ee/adamson-eric

Adamson-Eric (1902–1968) was one of the most outstanding cultural figures and creative personalities in Estonia. First and foremost, he was a painter, but he also devoted much of his time to applied art, practising nearly all branches of this realm. The permanent exhibition gives an overview of the artist's wide range of work (painting, ceramics, leatherwork, metalwork, jewellery, decorative plates). Temporary exhibitions are on the ground floor and in the basement.

Open: Wed-Sun 11-18
Closed: Monday and Tuesdays

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK
Pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors 5 EEK
Family ticket 15 EEK
Guide for excursion 50 EEK + ticket price
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

ANDRES SÄREV HOUSE MUSEUM

Tina 23
Phone: +372 648 5838
info@tmm.ee
www.tmm.ee/sarg.htm

A must-see for theatre buffs, this apartment-cum-museum was once home to Andres Särev, the respected actor, director and dramatist. In addition to chronicling Särev’s life and career, it’s also a tribute to 20th- century Estonian theatre in general, with photos, costumes and other relics of the stage. Visiting children can check out old puppets from Tallinn’s Puppet Theatre, try on costumes and sit at an antique make-up table.

Open: Monday, Wednesday - Friday 11.00 -16.00hrs
Closed: Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 10 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

DOLL MUSEUM

Kotzebue 16
Phone: +372 641 3491
lmuuseum@online.ee
www.linnamuuseum.ee/nukumuuseum

If you’ve got children, or you’re a child at heart, you can’t pass up a visit to the Doll Museum. Just as the name implies, this little museum is home to all sorts of dolls, teddy bears, and other toys, ranging from traditional folk dolls to the more familiar Teletubbies. The most rare item in the collection is a 250-year-old rococo fashion doll from Holland.

Open:
Wednesday -Sunday 10.30 - 17.00hrs

Entrance fee:
Adult 10 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 5 EEK
Family ticket 20 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

DOMINICAN MONASTERY CLAUSTRUM

Müürivahe 33
Phone: +372 511 2536
mauritanum@edu.ee
www.mauritanum.edu.ee

The fascinating inner chambers of the Dominican Monastery once included three wings, together called the Claustrum, of which the east wing still remains. It’s made up of a monks’ dormitory, library, refectory, prior’s living quarters and other rooms, all of which provide an interestng peek into the lives of medieval monks. Visitors shouldn’t miss the mysterious Energy Pillar in the cellar, thought to be a source of physical and spiritual health.

Building open: May 15 - August 31 every day 10-17
Closed in winter season 01.09.2004-14.05.2005 and during receptions.

At winter time with advanced appointment ph. +372 511 2536.

Ticket:
Adult 45 EEK
Child 30 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

DOMINICAN MONASTERY MUSEUM

Vene 16
Phone: +372 644 4606
Fax: +372 644 4606
kloostri@hot.ee
www.kloostri.ee

Dominican Monastery is the oldest cloister in downtown Tallinn. Monastery was founded in 1246. The structure of the building is that of a typical Catholic cloister. The most powerful building in the cloister complex is the church. St. Catherine’s Church is thought to have reached its present state at the end of the 14th century and in surface area was the largest downtown church of its time.

From the beginning of the monastery’s activities, there was an unofficial school on the premises. St. Catherine’s cloisters were extended and rebuilt many times, most recently in the 16th century.

The Reformation of 1525 shut down the cloisters’ functional activities, when the monks were forced into exile. In 1531, a fire started in the desecrated, empty church, leaving only ruins in its stead. Remaining standing today are the western wall of the cloisters’ church, containing two portals, an eastern portion of the southern wall, with part of three supporting pillars and window openings, and the lower part of the southeastern tower, as well as a section of the northern wall.

It now houses an exhibition on the stonemasonry of Tallinn, as well as temporary exhibits and concerts. People with extrasensory powers will be intrigued by the energy column in the chapter house.

Building open: May 15 - September 24 every day 9.30-18
Courtyard open: May 15 - September 24 every day 9.30-18

At winter time with advanced appointment ph. +372 051 55489, +372 644 4606
Closed in winter season Sept 25 - May 14

Ticket: 45 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

EDUARD VILDE MUSEUM

Roheline aas 3
Phone: +372 601 3181
Fax: +372 601 3181
vilde@solo.ee
www.vilde.tammsaare.ee

Literary classic Eduard Vilde’s (1865-1933) Memorial Museum is housed in the castellan's baroque house in Kadriorg Park.

The house was built around 1850, and the palace governor worked here at that time. The writer Vilde lived on the first floor from 1927 to 1933. Five rooms are exhibited with contemporary interiors, as well as a documentary exhibit on the author's life and work in three rooms. The Castellan House Gallery, with art exhibitions, is located on the second floor.

Open:
Wed-Mon 10-17
Closed: Tue

Entrance fee:
Adult 10 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 5 EEK
Family ticket 15 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK
Guide for excursion 50 EEK

ESTONIAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY

Lai 29A
Phone: +372 641 1738
muuseum@online.ee
www.loodusmuuseum.ee

The permanent exhibition introduces the geological structure of Estonia, natural treasures, Baltic Sea life, and environmental protection. About 20 temporary exhibits a year cover various environmental themes. The largest fish caught in the Baltic Sea thus far (a 2.9-meter-long Atlantic sturgeon) is on display. Several nature films can also be seen (50 EEK).

Open: Wed-Sun 10.00-17.00
Closed : Mon-Tue, 1.1, 24.2, 1.5, 8.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 4-31.7, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12

Entrance fee:
Adult 25 EEK
Students and retired persons 15 EEK
Preschoolers 5 EEK
Family ticket 40 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

Tours, lectures and videos 75 EEK

NB! Free admittance last Friday of every month

ESTONIAN HEALTH CARE MUSEUM

Lai 28
Phone: +372 641 1732
Fax: +372 641 1732
thm@hot.ee
www.tervishoiumuuseum.ee

Located in the Old Town, the museum's permanent exhibit gives an overview of the human organism. Electric models of a glass woman and a human cell. Exhibits on drugs and sexual diseases.

Open: Tue-Sat 11-18

Entrance fee:
Adult 20 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 15 EEK
Family ticket 40 EEK
up to 6 years 5 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

ESTONIAN HISTORY MUSEUM – GREAT GUILD HALL

Pikk 17
Phone: +372 641 1630
post@eam.ee
www.eam.ee

The Great Guild Hall was the second largest secular building after the Town Hall in Medieval Tallinn. The Great Guild was an organization uniting the city’s wealthy merchants, and intended for protecting its members’ common interests. Tallinn’s mayor and the city fathers were also chosen from among the members of the Great Guild. Hence, it is no coincidence that the Guild’s coat of arms and the small version of Tallinn city’s coat of arms are identical: a white cross on a red background.

The Great Guild accepted as members only local merchants who owned a house and were married. Foreigners could become members only if they had settled in Tallinn for good, and had married the widow of a member of the Guild.

The building was built in 1407-1417 as a gathering place for the merchants who belonged to the Guild. The building’s size and grandeur is a testimony to the wealth and influence of the guild’s merchants. The guild’s auxiliary rooms were built at the Börs passageway which connects Lai and Pikk streets. The tax chamber and the silver chamber were located in the gate building of Pikk Street. On Lai Street, the "bride’s chamber" and the guild’s servant’s quarters were found. The Börs Passage passes through the gate buildings.

The building now preserves the interior and exterior it had in the 15th century, with minor revisions. The façade of the building has almost entirely preserved its original appearance, graced with the Great Guild’s coat of arms and bronze knockers from 1430 on the door.
Today the Great Guild Hall houses the Estonian History Museum. The permanent exhibition covers Estonian history from pre-history through the 18th century. A temporary exhibition in 2005 displays
13th-20th-century weapons from around the globe.

Open: Thu-Tue 11-18
Closed: Wed; 1.1, 24.2, 25.3, 27.3, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12 (2005)

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 3 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

ESTONIAN HISTORY MUSEUM – MAARJAMÄE PALACE

Pirita tee 56
Phone: +372 601 4535
Fax: +372 644 3446
maarjamagi@eam.ee
www.eam.ee

Estonian History Museum – Maarjamäe Palace houses an exhibition on Estonian history from the 19th century onwards.

Many summer estates can be discerned on the outskirts of Tallinn on maps from 1688. Christian von Geldern's Maarjamäe Palace was one of these. The living quarters of merchants, artisans, and lords of the manor, a village schoolroom and more are on display, bringing history to life. Temporary exhibits are on the ground floor.

Open
1.3-31.10 Wed-Sun 11-18
1.11-29.2 Wed-Sun 10-17
Closed: 1.1, 24.2, 25.3, 27.3, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12 (2005)

NB! Free entry on last Saturday of the month.

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK
Reduced rate for students 10 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, seniors) 5 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK
Guide for excursion 60 EEK

Transport: Bus No 5, stop Maarjamäe

ESTONIAN MARITIME MUSEUM

Pikk 70
Phone: +372 641 1408
Fax: +372 641 1414
info@meremuuseum.ee
www.meremuuseum.ee

The Maritime Museum focuses on the all-important sea-faring aspect of the Estonia’s history, displaying such things as Neolithic fishing gear, antique diving equipment, artefacts salvaged from old wrecks, and even the entire wheelhouse from a 1950’s-era trawler. The extensive museum covers four floors of the historic Fat Margaret’s cannon tower, but take the stairs to the roof for a picture-postcard view of the harbour and the Old Town.

Open: Wed-Sun 10.00-18.00
Closed: Mon-Tue, 1.1, 24.2, 25.3, 27.3, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12

Entrance fee:
Adult 25 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 10 EEK
Family ticket 40 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

ESTONIAN MUSEUM OF APPLIED ART AND DESIGN

Lai 17
Phone: +372 627 4600/ +372 627 4611
Fax: +372 627 4601
info@etdm.ee
www.etdm.ee

Estonian Museum of Applied Art and Design is in the three-storey granary that is one of Old Tallinn's most monumental and beautiful buildings.

The extensive collection is on display here, featuring professional Estonian applied art (leatherwork, textile, glass, metalwork, jewellery) from its beginnings in the 1920´s through today. The museum also features an exhibition on interior design and furniture.

NB! Closed 1.2-31.5.2005
Open: Wed-Sun 11-18
Closed: Mon-Tue; 1.1, 24.2, 23-24.6, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12

Entrance fee:
Adult 20 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors) 10 EEK
Family ticket 30 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

ESTONIAN OPEN AIR MUSEUM

Vabaõhumuuseumi tee 12
Phone: +372 654 9100
Fax: +372 654 9127
evm@evm.ee
www.evm.ee

The Open Air Museum presents a unique collection of old Estonian buildings on a 79-hectare expanse of seaside land. Farm buildings, windmills and water mills from various periods and regions have been brought together here. Folk holidays are celebrated in traditional style at the museum, and often folk dance and music can be enjoyed here.

Estonian Open Air Museum is located in a picturesque 79-hectare forest park by Kopli Bay. Farm buildings from various times and places are on display, along with windmills, water mills and much more. The museum is outside of the city and its hectic hubbub, an ideal place to take a picnic and escape from city life. Handicrafts are sold in the main gateway and horseback rides are also available. A village inn serves national dishes every day.

Children's Museum
Children's Museum is open since autumn 2002.
Closer information ph. +372 654 9126, +372 654 9100.

Open
29.04-30.9 Park Mon-Sun 10-20, Houses and Kolu Pub 10-18.
1.10-28.4 Park Mon-Sun 10-17, Kolu Pub 10-17, Houses are closed.

Closed:1.1, 24.6, 24.-25.12, 31.12

Entrance fee in summer-period:
Adult 30 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, seniors) 15 EEK
3-7 years 2 EEK
Family ticket 70 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

Entrance fee in winter-period:
Adult 15 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, seniors) 10 EEK
3-7 years 2 EEK
Family ticket 30 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK
Special tickets at special events!

ESTONIAN THEATRE AND MUSIC MUSEUM

Müürivahe 12
Phone: +372 644 6407
Fax: +372 641 8166
info@tmm.ee
www.tmm.ee

You don't have to have an ear for Bach to appreciate the curiosities on display in the Theatre and Music Museum. They range from the crude birch horns and archaic Estonian stringed instruments to antique harpsichords, violins, organs and pianos. The hand-cranked, 19th-century music machines - some with moving figures on top - are particularly fascinating.

Guided excursion with reservation on ph.: +372 644 2132

Open: Wed-Sun 10-18
Closed: 1.1, 24.2, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 25.12, 31.12

Entrance fee:
Adult 20 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 10 EEK
Family ticket 30 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

KADRIORG ART MUSEUM

A. Weizenbergi 37
Phone: +372 606 6400
Fax: +372 606 6401
muuseum@kadriorg.ekm.ee
www.ekm.ee/kadriorg

Peter I began building the palace in 1718, and it was called Ekaterinenthal, or Catherinenthal, in honour of Catherine I. The architect of the temporary summer residence palace and park was the Italian Niccolo Michetti, who was later involved with the famous Peterhog Palace. It is said that the tsar himself laid the first foundation stones for the palace.

Currently, the baroque Kadriorg Palace is housing the foreign art collection of the Estonian Art Museum. The collection contains over more than 900 Western European and Russian paintings from 16th to 20th centuries, about 3,500 prints, over 3,000 sculptures and gems, and about 1,600 decorative arts objects (historic furniture, porcelain, glass etc.).

The museum organizes concerts and theatre performances, lectures and receptions, in addition to art exhibitions. The upper flower garden, behind the palace, has been reconstructed in 18th-century style, and is open to visitors in the summer. The café and museum shop are open during museum opening hours.

Open:
May-Sep Tue–Sun 10–17
Oct-Apr Wed–Sun 10–17

NB! Estonian Art Museum and all branches are closed on public holidays. On previous day museums will be closed 3 hours earlier.

Entrance fee:
Adult 45 EEK / joint ticket with the Mikkel Museum 55 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors) 25 EEK / joint ticket with the Mikkel Museum 30 EEK
Family ticket 85 EEK / joint ticket with the Mikkel Museum 95 EEK
Group ticket (min. 10 person) á 40 EEK / joint group ticket with the Mikkel Museum á 50 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

KIEK IN DE KÖK

Komandandi tee 2
Phone: +372 644 6686
lmuuseum@online.ee
www.linnamuuseum.ee

Kiek in de Kök was the most powerful cannon tower in 16th-century Northern Europe. It is written in the chronicles that Kiek in de Kök was once the most powerful tower along the Baltic shores.

The round cannon tower, built in the latter part of the 15th century, had a diameter of 17 meters. Its height is 38 meters and its walls are 4 meters thick. The tower was just high enough that its guards had a view into the kitchens of neighbouring buildings. Of course the view also extended to the enemy’s rear. The tower’s name, "peek in the kitchen", comes from its height.

The tower was partially destroyed during the Livonian War (1558-1583), but the building itself did not fall. The tower has been rebuilt several times, but up until the 20th century, it was still being used as a gun powder storage and storehouse. Both the exterior and interior of the tower are restored to their 17th century appearance.

Kiek in de Kök, situated on the slope of Toompea Hill, is the most powerful defense tower in the Baltic region. Today the tower holds a permanent exhibit on the emergence of Tallinn, on three floors, tells the story of the birth and development of Tallinn and the most important military events from the 13th to the 18th centuries. The external wall still holds stone and iron cannonballs from Russian tsar Ivan IV.

Open:
1.3-31.10 Tue-Sun 10.30-18
1.11-28.2 Tue-Sun 10.30-17

Closed: 1.1, 24.2, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 25.12

Entrance fee:
Adult 25 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 8 EEK
Family ticket 40 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

MIKKEL MUSEUM

A. Weizenbergi 28
Phone: +372 606 6400
Fax: +372 606 6401
muuseum@ekm.ee
www.ekm.ee/mikkeli

J. Mikkel's collection is one of the few private collections from the post-war period. The extensive collection includes Western European, Russian and Chinese art (paintings, prints and china) from the 16th - 20th centuries. Icons from the 14th - 19th centuries are displayed on the ground floor.

An exhibition, The Ideal World of the Art Collector, is held June 25 through August 28, 2005

Open: Wed-Sun 11-18
Closed on national holidays.

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK / joint ticket with the Kadriorg Palace 55 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors) 5 EEK / joint ticket with the Kadriorg Palace 30 EEK
Family ticket 15 EEK / joint ticket with the Kadriorg Palace 95 EEK
Group discount (min. 10 person) á 9 EEK / joint group discount with the Kadriorg Palace á 50.-
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

MINE MUSEUM

Uus 37 map
Phone: +372 641 1004
Fax: +372 641 1414
info@meremuuseum.ee

Mine museum is located in an old gunpowder cellar on the border of the Old Town of Tallinn. The visitors can see both fortress mines from the period before the World War 1 and modern training mines.

There are more than 50 different types of sea mines in the museum. The oldest mine in the collection is a Herz mine from 1877. Mines of German, Finnish, British, French and Estonian origin have been found mainly from the Gulf of Finland and near the shores of Estonian islands and mainland. The museum also introduces the stories of finding and delivering to the museum of some mines.

The new museum is unique of its kind, acting also as a training base for navy and deminers who frequently have to deal with old mines and who also supplement the museum’s collection with their findings.

Open:
Wed-Sun 9-17

Tickets:
Adult 15 EEK
Discount ticket 10 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

MUSEUM OF ESTONIAN ARCHITECTURE

Ahtri 2
Phone: +372 625 7000
Fax: +372 625 7003
arhitektuurimuuseum@arhitektuurimuusem.ee
www.arhitektuurimuuseum.ee

Museum of Estonian Architecture is primarily devoted to the study of 20th-century architecture and the Modernist experience, through architectural and modern art exhibits, concerts and art events.

The Museum of Estonian Architecture is located in the former Rotermann Salt Storage, one of the grandest limestone buildings in the Rotermann district.

July-August 2005: exhibition on the relationship between Estonian and
Finnish architecture.

Open:
1.10-18.5 Wed-Sun 11-18
19.5-30.9 Wed-Fri 12-20; Sat-Sun 11-18

Closed: Mon,Tue; 1.1, 24.2, 25.3, 27.3, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12 (2005). Closed between exhibitions

Entrance fee:

Exhibition Halls of the Museum of Estonian Architecture
Adult 30 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors) 10 EEK

Exhibition Hall of the Art Museum of Estonia
Adult 20 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors) 5 EEK

Tallinn Card 0 EEK

MUSEUM OF OCCUPATION

Toompea 8
Phone: +372 668 0250
Fax: +372 668 0251
muuseum@okupatsioon.ee
www.okupatsioon.ee

Opened in summer 2003, this modern museum is the first in the nation dedicated to the 1939 - 1991 time period, during which Estonia was occupied briefly by the Germans, and for a longer time by the Soviet Union. Audio-visual displays, photos and sound recordings highlight the events of the era, repression and popular resistance, as well as showing how ordinary people coped with the day-to-day realities of this difficult period.

Open:
Tue-Sun 11-18

Entrance fee:
adult 10 EEK
pupils, students, seniors 5 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

NIGULISTE MUSEUM-CONCERT HALL

Niguliste 3
Phone: +372 631 4330
Fax: +372 631 4327
niguliste@ekm.ee
www.ekm.ee/niguliste_muuseum-kontserdisaal

St. Nicholas's Museum-Concert Hall has three of the four most important Medieval works of art in Estonia on display. The impressive 13th-century church houses a concert hall as well as museum dedicated to church art.

German merchants from the island of Gotland built this church to St. Nicholas, the protector of sailors. It was originally built in the early 13th century, when the church was like a fortress. Over the centuries, the building was improved with additions and renovations. The late Gothic St. Anthony’s chapel, on the southern side of the church, and the Renaissance foyer on the northern side are particularly notable.

St. Nicholas was the only church in Tallinn’s downtown which remained untouched by the destruction of icons brought by the Lutheran Reformation in 1523: the clever head of the congregation poured molten lead into the locks of the church, and the raging hordes could not get in. The church was seriously damaged, however, in the bombing raids of 1944. After its renovation, the church suffered a fire in 1982, but today it has once again been restored. The rare main altar in St. Nicholas shows paintings depicting the life of St. Nicholas, and was commissioned from the Lübeck master Herman Rode in 1482.

The late 15th-century Maria altar, which once belonged to Tallinn’s Brotherhood of Blackheads, was commissioned from Bruges. The artist is generally considered to be the anonymous artist responsible for the Lucia legend, though the altar has also been associated with the workshop of Hans Memling, the leading artist in Bruges of that time.

Located in St. Anthony’s chapel is the preserved beginning section of the extensive Dance Macabre, painted by one of the great figures of Northern Europe in the late Middle Ages, Berndt Notke of Lübeck (late 15th century).

Anthony's 16th-century altar retable have been preserved in the church. In the silver chamber, silverwork from the collections of guilds, the Brotherhood of Blackheads, and churches is on display. Excellent acoustics make the church a favourite concert hall.

Open: Wed-Sun 10-17
Closed: 1.1, 24.2, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 24-26.12, 31.12.

Concerts: Sat, Sun 4 pm.

Entrance fee:
Adult 35 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors, disabled visitors) 20 EEK
Family ticket 40 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

NÕMME MUSEUM

Jaama 18 map
Phone: +372 670 0202
nomme.muuseum@tallinnlv.ee
www.tallinn.ee/linnaosade_valitsused/nomme/vaba_aeg/muuseum
 

Before Nõmme became a district of Tallinn in 1940, it was a town in its own right, mainly catering to wealthier families who used it to escape the noise and pollution of the city.

The museum, housed in Nõmme’s railroad station, tracks the history of Nõmme and provides insight into small town life through photos and numerous household items from the first four decades of the 20th century.

Open:
Tue-Fri 10-17
Sat 10-16

Tickets:
adult 10 EEK
children free
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

PETER THE GREAT'S COTTAGE

Mäekalda 2
Phone: +372 601 3136
info@linnamuuseum.ee
www.linnamuuseum.ee

Peter the Great’s Cottage, also known as “the old palace” (the current Kadriorg Palace being “the new palace”), has a long and fascinating history. This humble structure is where Peter the Great and Catherine I stayed during visits to Tallinn in the early 18th century. Alexander I and several tsars’ courtiers have also frequented the cottage.

The cottage was originally the main building of a summer manor belonging to von Drenteln, a citizen of Tallinn. In 1714, Peter the Great ordered that the cottage be renovated for the Tsarina’s visit. Until that time the Tsar had stayed in a small building, later known as Peter’s sauna house, located next to the manor house.

The exhibit in Peter the Great’s Cottage includes the living room, dining room and bedroom as well as newly renovated rooms in the attic and basement. The cottage is furnished with articles that belonged to the Tsar and other period items.

Open:
1.9-30.4 Wed-Sun 11-16
1.5-31.8 Wed-Sun 11-19

Closed: 1.1, 24.2, 1.5, 15.5, 23-24.6, 20.8, 25-26.12

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 7 EEK
Family ticket 30 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

TALLINN CITY MUSEUM

Vene 17
Phone: +372 644 6553
Fax: +372 644 1574
info@linnamuuseum.ee
www.linnamuuseum.ee

Tallinn City Museum’s exhibition covers the history of the city from the 13th century to the 1990's. Located in the home of a medieval merchant in the heart of the Old Town, the City Museum introduces Tallinn with a completely new, attractive permanent exhibition, which makes use of stage shows, video and slide shows and background sound. The exhibit is called “The City Which will Never be Completed”.

Open:
1.3-31.10 Wed-Mon 10.30-18
1.11-29.2 Wed-Mon 10.30-17

Entrance fee:
Adult 35 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 10 EEK
Family ticket 50 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK

TALLINN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTRE

Põhja pst 29
Phone: +372 715 2650
riinamihkelsoo@hot.ee
www.energiakeskus.ee

Tallinn Science and Technology Centre’s interactive exhibits introduce technical and scientific themes.

Art exhibits are held in the gallery, lectures can be booked on energy and electricity topics, theatre performances play in the cellar hall, and there is an art room and a computer class, and lectures for students. Lightning demonstration on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 14:00 (except June, July, and August).

Open:
1.6-30.9 Mon-Fri 10-17
1.10-31.5 Mon-Fri 10-17, Sat 12-17
Ring the doorbell!

Entrance fee:
Adult 35 EEK
Child 20 EEK

Tallinn Card 0 EEK

TOWN PRISON - MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Raekoja 4
Phone: +372 644 8767
lmuuseum@online.ee
www.linnamuuseum.ee/fotomuuseum

The Town Prison behind the Town Hall is a unique architectural treasure dating from the 15th century. It now houses an exhibition on 150 years of Estonian photography. Cameras from early box models to modern ones are on display.

Open:
1.3-31.10 Mon-Tue, Thu-Sun 10.30-18
1.11-28.2 Mon, Thu-Sun 10.30-17

Entrance fee:
Adult 15 EEK
Reduced rates (pupils, students, seniors) 7 EEK
Family ticket 30 EEK
Tallinn Card 0 EEK