EXHIBITIONS
Tallinn City Life Museum
The permanent exhibition at Vene 17 covers the history of the town from pre-history to the 1990s.
The cellar houses a study collection of our porcelain and faiance collection (have a glimpse here).
Our collections of historic ceramics, copper and brass, and pewter are opened to the public, too.
„Dinner is served!“
Exhibition about table setting customs and table ware
at Tallinn City Life Museum
The exhibition ‘Dinner is served!’ presents an overview of how Tallinn residents have celebrated their life’s milestones with family and friends over the decades and explores how table-setting customs have changed over ...
Tallinn City Life Museum
Permanent exhibition in the
MEDIEVAL MERCHANT`S HOUSE
The exhibition tells the history of the city from the old y times to the 20th century. The exhibition introduces the port and commercial life, the living conditions of merchants and craftsmen. The ...
Exhibition
INDECENT TALLINN
about sex life in olden days
The City Life Museum’s exhibition “Indecent Tallinn” talks about the desires of the people of Tallinn and the taboos that accompanied them over time. Urban sexual behaviour and prostitution in Tallinn are ...
Exhibition of
AMAZING TABLEWARE
Exhibition of ceramics, copper, bronze and tin in a medieval house The museum’s open archive introduces Tallinn City Museum’s collections and cellar from the Middle Age. In addition to the collections, the important architectural ...
Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum
The 15th century built artillery tower Kiek in de Kök together with the passages inside of the 17th century built bastions form an exciting part of historical fortifications of this city.
Alessio Franconi photographic exhibition at Kiek in de Kök tower: “HERE THEY FOUGHT! From the landing in Sicily to Montecassino Battle 1943-44”
Alessio Franconi brings us on the footsteps of the Second World War along the route of the first allied landing in Europe: Sicily, July 1943. It was the first step on European ...
OPEN AGAIN!
The artillery tower Kiek in de Kök presents the history of the defense of Tallinn
One of Tallinn’s most famous landmarks and the city’s tallest defence tower – the first artillery tower in our history, Kiek in de Kök – is once again open to visitors. After almost ...
Exhibition „Endless Coffee Drinking“ At the Kiek in de Kök Fortress Museum, in the Gate Tower.
The exhibition “Endless Coffee Drinking” is like a nostalgic journey into the once and still popular venues in the Old Town of Tallinn. The display in the Gate Tower introduces historical cafés, ...
UNDERGROUND BASTION PASSAGES
Visit the Bastion passages and the Museum of Carved Stone with an audio guide! The audio guide NUMU allows visitors to learn about this fascinating place in Estonian, English, Russian and Finnish.
RESTORED INTERIOR FROM 80s
The golden days of the Maiden Tower cafe
The restored interior of the Maiden Tower, belonging to the Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum, reminisces the tower cafe’s golden days. Tallinn City Museum has brought a shard of recently passed decades’ ...
Museum of Photography
The display gives a survey of the history of Estonian photography from 1840-1940.
PHOTO EXHIBITION “GENDERED LENS”
The exhibition Gendered Lens features nudes and portraits with the body at the centre.
Kalamaja museum
Arrowgroup’s exhibition
‘IN MURKY WATERS’
Avatakse 28.septembril 2024. Kalamajas tegutseva Noolegrupi näitus “Sogases vees” on ristkorrutis metafooridest ja muinasjutust, keelemängust ja kibedast kujundlikkusest.
Exhibition in Kalamaja Museum’s greenhouse: SUMMER KITCHEN
SUMMER KITCHEN will be open until the end of summer in the museum’s greenhouse. It can be accessed from the garden. Admission is free of charge. Kalamaja Museum’s garden is open from 13:00-20:00 on Wednesdays and Thursdays and from 11:00-18:00 Friday to Sunday. Kitchen towels don’t tend to last very long in the busy kitchen of a ...
NEW EXHIBITION:
“THE MAGICAL REALISM OF KOPLI”
at Kalamaja museum
The exhibition reveals the peculiarities and special observations of one of Tallinn's suburbs, both today and from the past.
Outdoor exhibition “From Screw to Piano. The Story of Kalamaja’s Industries”
Today's Kalamaja was born in the wake of the industrial revolution at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. At that time, large and small factories which required hundreds and thousands of workers sprang up here.
EXHIBITION IN CAFÉ BOHEEM: “Working Kalamaja. Breadwinning in the 1920s-1960s”
Hard-working Kalamaja residents are at the centre of the Kalamaja Museum’s outdoor exhibition “Working Kalamaja. Breadwinning in the 1920s-1960s.” Photos taken decades ago allow visitors to learn about various work environments and compare how jobs, work organisation and conditions have changed over time.
Kalamaja museum’s outdoor exhibition “Uka-Uka, I Am Free. Outdoor Games in Kalamaja”
The Kalamaja Museum has completed another exhibition on the streets of Kalamaja ahead of the opening of its new building. This time, the focus is on local games and stories of play between 1930 and 1970. Play is the work of a little person, and it is something that the children of all suburbs have always ...
Lost Fragments of Kalamaja. Pictures from family photo albums
This outdoor exhibition by the Kalamaja Museum is like travelling through time into the everyday life of the district of yesteryear. The exhibition includes valuable visual material shared by former and current inhabitants responding to the museum’s call.
The People’s Museum of Tallinn
The People’s Museum of Tallinn studies and introduces Russian culture in Estonia and establishes conditions for restoring, maintaining, collecting and displaying Estonian Russian cultural objects.
Starting from September 15
A new exhibition at The Peoples Museum of Tallinn:
One Hundred Years Ago on Pikk Street
As part of the Pikk Street Festival, the Tallinn City Museum has prepared an exhibition about the events that happened on this street in 1924. When browsing periodicals from a century ago, ...
Exhibition: “Garaaž. Гараж. Garage”
In October, The People’s Museum of Tallinn opens a new exhibition about garages! A garage is more than simply a storage space for a car, it is a place for various activities, some ...
Mustamäe. City of Dreams?
An exhibition about the history of Mustamäe is open in the Russian Museum of the Tallinn City Museum on Pikk Street, which opens the story of the birth and development of the ...
“The Story of the House” in The People’s Museum of Tallinn
The Russian Museum in Tallinn introduces the changes in the architecture of the house over the centuries, intertwining the cultural history and the people related to the house. Apparently, the houses in Tallinn’s ...
The House of Peter the Great
House of Peter the Great exhibitis unique items that surrounded Peter and Catherine
House of Peter the Great is the oldest museum in Tallinn, which was opened in 1806 on the orders of Russian emperor Alexander I. It exhibits a unique collection of genuine objects ...
Children´s Museum Miiamilla
The Children’s Museum Miiamilla is open again. We are happy to invite you to explore our new exhibition!
Buy a ticket in advance for the weekend!
To offer the best visitor experience, we ask kindly to buy museum tickets in advance for the selected time.
A ticket purchased in advance ensures your entry at the specific time marked on the pass.
NB! The museum’s recommended visit time during the opening month is up to 2 hours!
Virtual exhibitions
Google Arts&Culture
Tallinn City Museum is the first museum in Estonia to launch a virtual exhibition on Google Arts & Culture, making the museum and its exhibits accessible from all around the world.
“Time travel in the heart of Tallinn”
Tallinn University and Tallinn City Museum have collaborated in creating a travelling exhibition “Time travel in the heart of Tallinn” in which buildings tell the story of the capital and its people. The exhibition can now also be experienced virtually.