Our museums recount the history of Tartu to anyone interested. All of the museums focus on different periods in the city’s history. The museum buildings and locations are of historic value and complement their fields of specialisation.

Tartu City Museum is an umbrella organisation comprising five museums of equal importance:

  • Tartu City Museum
  • Song Festival Museum
  • KGB Cells Museum
  • Oskar Luts’ Home Museum
  • 19th-century Tartu Citizen’s Home Museum

Come and experience the history of Tartu through our exhibitions, tours and events!

All exhibitions
KGB Cells MuseumExhibition

Exhibition “Children of Siberia”

9 July 2026

This year marks the 85th anniversary of the June deportation. To commemorate this, the KGB Cells Museum is hosting the…...

KGB Cells MuseumExhibition

Näitus “Siberi lapsed”

10 June 2026

Juuniküüditamisest möödub tänavu 85 aastat. Selle meenutuseks saab KGB kongide muuseumis vaadata Lätist pärit näitust „Siberi lapsed“, mis jutustab Siberisse…

Song Festival MuseumExhibition

Näitus “Waba riigi tüdrukud. Lindi(k)andjate elusaatused”

18 February 2026

Pärnu koolitüdrukud jagasid 1918. aasta 23. veebruaril sinimustvalgeid lindikesi rahvale, kes oli tulnud kuulama Eesti iseseisvusmanifesti väljakuulutamist Endla teatri rõdult….