The 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 History Museums 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!
Washing Machine Made of Beetroot
The exhibition “Washing Machine Made of Beetroot: Resourcefulness in the City” shows how resourceful and skilful urban people had to…...
Reincarnation of Downtown. Life Before the Cultural Centre
Over the centuries, the heart of Tartu has repeatedly crumbled to dust and been reborn again and again. Before the…...
Lembela 100
The exhibition opens the door to the world of the female corporation From May 2 to June 20, the 19th-century…