Former name Provincial Museum Collection size 280,747 (2008) Phone +372 696 8690 | Visitors 55,777 (2013) Function Museum | |
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Established 19 February 1864 (1864-02-19) Address 10133, Pikk 17, 10133 Tallinn, Estonia Public transit access Maarjamäe, Tallinna Linnatranspordi AS Similar Great Guild - Tallinn, Maarjamäe Castle, Estonian Film Museum, Estonian Maritime Museum, Tallinn City Museum Profiles |
The Estonian History Museum (Estonian: Eesti Ajaloomuuseum) is a museum about the history of Estonia in Tallinn. It was initially established by chemist Dr. Johann Burchard (1776 – 1838) who ran the town hall pharmacy known as the Raeapteek.
Inaugurated in 1987, it picks up where its counterpart leaves off in the mid-nineteenth century to cover the political and social upheavals of the twentieth century. The exhibits include historically dressed mannequins and recreations of domestic interiors. The 1940s and 1950s are represented by army uniforms and weapons. There is an original hut used by the Forest Brothers, the legendary partisans who fought against the Soviet occupation, and a replica of a desk used by a communist party secretary.
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