Tartu City Museum, Tartu, Estonia

The Tartu City Museum was established in 1955 for collecting, studying and displaying the objects connected with town history as well as other sources. The permanent exhibition “Dorpat. Yuryev. Tartu”, staged at the Tartu City Museum in 2001, is a museological interpretation of the history of Tartu. Also the exhibition of Tartu peace treaty of 1920 is updated to be a permanent.

The museum building itself is a Classicist style structure built as a town palace in 1790. The building is popularly called Catherine´s House. The legend has it that Empress Catherine II made a short stay there. However, this legend is not true.

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Dawid Kaminski (2 years ago)
Small but nice. I enjoyed some of the historical paintings and the VR.

Mario Azzopardi (3 years ago)
An interesting look at Tartu's past and its development, and how this affected the country as a whole.

Ray Hirsh (4 years ago)
I went to a special exhibit on burials which was pretty fascinating abt local history of burial tradition . That said, the regular exhibits weren't terribly engaging. Although the subject is clear I felt it lacked a clear narrative. Still, not bad place to go if you're into it.

Sille Alabert (4 years ago)
Interesting and beautiful museum about the history of Tartu. Worth visiting. They also have temporary exhibitions.

kaarel kullamaa (6 years ago)
Nice museum in the city centre, located at the former house of leitnant Woldemar Conrad von Pistohlkorsile built in 1790.

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