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
19th-century Tartu Citizen’s Home MuseumExhibition

Kes jääb ellu? Tartu 19. sajandi terviseloterii

29 September 2026

Mida teadis 19. sajandi Tartu inimene oma tervisest? Keda ta usaldas – arsti, apteekrit, vanaema või omaenda kogemust? Ja mida…

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…...

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….