TOURS for tourists and locals
in our museums, Old Town, Mustamäe, Kalamaja, and Kadriorg
The seven branches of Tallinn City Museum offer a variety of tours and public programs both in the museums and in the urban space. Take a look and feel free to ask for more details!
We offer guided tours in our museums and also in the Old Town, Mustamäe, Kalamaja, and Kadriorg, suitable for both tourists and locals. If needed, we can tailor routes to different age groups or interests. If you’re looking for a specific topic or a preferred language, we highly recommend contacting the museum!
KIEK IN DE KÖK FORTIFICATION MUSEUM
The museum comprises four medieval towers: Kiek in de Kök, the Maiden Tower, the Marstal Tower and the Short Leg Gate Tower. The Fortification Museum also includes the underground BASTION Towers of the earthworks, built at the end of the 17th century, and the Carved Stone Museum housed in them.
Bastion passages. Find out why they built such massive artificial mounds, surrounded by thick stone walls with tunnels at the bottom. Over the ages these passages have been used in different ways and by different people.
TALLINN CITY LIFE MUSEUM
Tallinn City Life Museum (Vene 17) is closed for a comprehensive makeover that will last until the end of the year. However, the museum’s Old Town tours and education programmes will continue.
On the trail of Viant the merchant. A tour of Tallinn City Life Museum offers excursions that focus on the former owner of the building, as well as exciting facts about day-to-day life in the Middle Ages.
“Naughty Tallinn”: A ‘sexcursion’ to the Old Town. The sexual behaviour of Tallinn residents and prostitution in the city is examined from the 15th century through to the Second World War.
MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY and GALLERY SEEK
The Museum of Photography is an interesting combination of rare buildings related to the administration of justice in the architectural history of Northern Europe and one of the most modern and accessible art forms of our time – photography.
The Museum of Photography has various educational programmes for any person, a child or an adult, interested in photography.
KALAMAJA MUSEUM
A community museum that connects locals and provides a meeting and activity space.
You can book a tour both in Kalamaja and in the museum. Our house tour includes a small tea service and a cozy gathering in the museum kitchen. Special arrangements are possible, such as cooking a traditional Kalamaja recipe together under the guidance of a museum staff member after the tour.
THE PEOPLE’S MUSEUM OF TALLINN
The People’s Museum of Tallinn studies and introduces national cultures in Tallinn and Estonia and establishes conditions for restoring, maintaining, collecting and displaying cultural objects.
HOUSE OF PETER THE GREAT
Peter the Great’s house is the oldest museum in Tallinn. It exhibits a unique collection of genuine objects that surrounded Peter I and Catherine I of Russia during their day-to-day life in Estonia.
The couple had stayed in this house several times since 1714. The manor house from the 17th century was purchased by Peter the Great from a widow of a town alderman.
CHILDREN’S MUSEUM MIIAMILLA
The museum in Kadriorg Children’s Park offers children and families a playful environment to explore, discover, experience, and play together.