Plan your visit to the Kiek in de Kök Fortifications museum

The museum offers guide sets for group tours. For example, the guide set helps to hear the guide better in the city. ESF (The European Social Fond) has helped to acquire the guide sets.

 

The Kiek in de Kök fortifications museum with it´s bastion passages and 4 towers is over 500 meters long.
It has two entrances:
  Kiek in de Kök tower (Komandandi tee 2) and Maiden Tower (Lossi plats 11). Whole museum is accessible from both entrances.

OPEN TIMES

Tue-Wed, Fri-Sun 11-18

Thu 11-20

From May to September:
Mon–Sun 11–18

 

The museums are closed on PUBLIC HOLIDAYS: January 1, February 24, June 24, August 20, December 24.-26.
Closes 3 hours earlier on days preceding public holidays: February 23, June 22, December 23, December 31.

 

TICKETS

WHOLE MUSEUM TICKET: Museum in its entirety 
Full ticket 12 €
Discount 6 € (students, seniors)
Family ticket 24 € (2 adults and their children up to 19 years old)

TOWERS TICKET : Kiek in de Kök, Maiden Tower, Stable Tower, Gate tower
Full ticket 8 €
Discount 5 € (students, seniors)
Family ticket 18 € (2 adults and their children up to 19 years old)

BASTION PASSAGES TICKET: Bastion Passages, Carved stone museum
Full ticket 8 €
Discount 5 € (students, seniors)
Family ticket 16 € (2 adults and their children up to 19 years old)

COMBO TICKETS 

5 MUSEUMS JOINT TICKET: City Museum, Kiek in de Kök Fortifications, Museum of Photography, Kalamaja Museum, Tallinn Russian Museum
Full ticket 20 €
Discount 15 € (students, seniors)
Family ticket 35 € (2 adults and their children up to 19 years old)

7 MUSEUMS ANNUAL PASS: Unlimited access to all the branches of Tallinn City Museum during one year (365 days).
Full ticket 50 €
Family ticket 70 € (2 adults and their children up to 19 years old)

FREE ENTRANCE

The admission is free for children under 7 and holders of documents attesting to the following:

  • holders of Tallinn Card
  • ICOM members
  • WFTGA members
  • Employees of Estonian museums
  • Employees Tallinn Botanical Garden
  • Holders of valid press cards
  • Members of Tallinn Tour Guide Association
  • Tours from children’s homes
  • Disabled pesrons and their attendants

Entrance is free to everyone on the International Museum Day, 18 May.

GUIDED TOURS IN ENGLISH

Adult 6€
Discount 4 € (students, seniors)
Guide fee 55 € (min. 5 people)

Regular scheduled tour take the visitor through the Bastion passages and the Carved Stone Museum and will end outside at Vabaduse väljak (Freedom Square). Please note that temperature in the passages is 7-10 °C throughout the year and we have to navigate some rather steep stairs, so please dress appropriately!
Please note: We do not recommend taking children under the age of 7 to the Bastion passages guided tours!

SPECIAL EXCURSIONS: Exceptional thematic excursions occasionally (follow the ads on the website)
Full ticket 9 €
Discount 6 €

Group size min. 5 people.  (No guide fee added to the tour price.)

GUIDED TOUR IF YOU COME WITH YOUR OWN GROUP
If you come as a group (min 5 people) you can order a guided tour here: 

In addition to their tickets, the group has to pay the guide fee: 55 € for a non-estonian language tour.
(The cost is min. 5 museum tickets + guide fee)

The museum is divided in two parts that can be visited either in combination or separately.

 

 

  • The museum can also be visited in parts:
    In addition to the full ticket, there is a separate ticket for visiting the towers only, and a ticket to visit only the bastion passages and the Carved Stone Museum.
  • The Bastion passages can be visited on your own, independently, without a special tour.
    On the other hand, you can book a guided tour of the spot.
    NOTE! A guided tour with less than 5 registered participants will not take place.
  • Please note that temperature in the passages is 7-10 °C throughout the year and we have to navigate some rather steep stairs, so please dress appropriately!
  • Please note: We do not recommend taking children under the age of 7 to the Bastion passages guided tours!
  • Download the AUDIOGUIDE:  App Store  ja Google play.

CONTACTS

Kiek in de Köki front desk: (+372) 644 6686
MaidenTower front desk: (+372) 601 2751
Book guided tours:
(+372) 60 12 605
(+372) 58 870 821
E-mail:  
Administrative issues: (+372) 645 9626
Address: Komandandi tee 2, Tallinn 10130

 

HOW TO FIND US

We are located on Toompea Hill near the Vabaduse väljak at Komandandi tee 2.
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