Exhibition in the Medieval merchant`s house

The permanent exhibition in the Tallinn City Life Museum tells the history of the city from the Medieval times to the 20th century.

Take a look at the port and commercial life, the living conditions of merchants and craftsmen. The dark side of history is presented by the sword of the Tallinn executioner and the torture instruments of the town prison.

The exhibition contains the largest collection of 19th-century city views of Tallinn that helps to imagine how the city looked like before the construction of railways and the wave of urbanization that accompanied it.