Attractions & museums

Tallinn City Life Museum

Tallinn City Life Museum is closed for exhibition changes until 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.

Free with Tallinn Card!

 

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  • Small but interesting

    tripadvisor rating 3 of 5
    January 16, 2026 By zuv

    A not very big but interesting museum, located in a historical building. You can see a lot of tableware and kitchenware made of different materials, several rooms that show the way of life in... Read more comments

  • Monday, July 28th, on top of the Bastions and in the tunnels tour.

    tripadvisor rating 5 of 5
    August 19, 2025 By iowacityia

    My 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 5
    November 10, 2024 By strenkys

    We 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