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NB! The building and exhibitions of the Tallinn City Life Museum will be closed for an exhibition change starting from February 3rd. The museum will reopen at the end of 2025.
Tallinn City Life Museum (will reopen at the end of 2025)
We introduce the history of the city from its establishment to this day.
The cellars of the medieval merchant house stores ceramics, porcelain, and metal. The top floors host exhibitions on the history of the city. The rococo style party room introduced the luxury items and portraits of aldermen and wealthy townspeople. The annual exhibition 'One Hundred Years of Daily Life' introduces the century in terms of everyday life and shows how life and the city have changed.
When booked beforehand, we organise tours in Estonian, Russian, English, Finnish, and German.
Tallinn City Life Museum opened the first virtual exhibition in Estonia on the Google Arts & Culture platform, allowing users to explore the museum.
TripAdvisor® Traveler Reviews
tripadvisor rating 4.2 of 5
based on 290 reviews
Monday, July 28th, on top of the Bastions and in the tunnels tour.
tripadvisor rating 5 of 5My wife and I had a private tour booked for 12:00 noon. I had read about this tour on the Tallinn City Museum website, so I reached out to them via email, to see about a tour on July 28th. I had... Read more comments
Cute but not necessary
tripadvisor rating 2 of 5We wanted to learn more about Tallinn’s history so we chose this museum. It felt very chaotic with so many things on such a small area. The interiors were pretty and the too floor exhibition was... Read more comments
Disappointing to say the least
tripadvisor rating 2 of 5Very disappointing and nothing about city life. It would have been better had it been about what it was to live in the city in historical times as well as today. The top floor was all about... Read more comments
