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 elements of the museum building that dates back to the Middle Age, are on display. There is an indoor well that used to supply the merchant house with water and which is rare to have survived to this day in such condition in the Old Town. The archeological items dating back to the 14th-19th century that were found in the well have their own exhibition.
The ceramics open archive introduces the dishes that were set on the tables of the citizens of Tallinn, but also dishes that were made here. The main emphasis is on ceramics made or used in Tallinn from the 14th to the 20th century.