Estonian History Museum - Great Guild Hall

Must visit! Great museum, nice exhibition, absolutely lovely history, interactive will be interesting for kids, a large collection of weapons and money from different centuries.

The museum is very informative about Estonia's history. There are many things for children to do, too. Beware: Going up the steps to the money exhibition, I wacked my head on the top of the stone door frame. They have taken very little preventative effort to warn or protect you. This experience dampened the enjoyment of the visit.

Top floor is not great, kind of gimmicky, and has a bunch of relics and imitations of relics that are irrelevant to Estonian history or not related to the plaque they’re under. It tries to answer why Estonia didn’t become a monarchy, but then features a throne where you can take tourist pictures as a king and queen…? I will say however that there is one very worthwhile thing on the top floor and that is the video that auto plays in the first room. Very educational and well done. Underground exhibit is much better and feels like an entirely different museum. There’s also weird sound effects and music that start playing when you enter the restrooms. That being said, if you’re in Tallinn, it’s still worth visiting the museum.

Very beautiful museum. If you want to know more about the history of Estonia, its people and culture, this is the best place Great experience to go through every section of this lovely museum.

Really interesting museum in a superbly restored historical building. Across multiple floors, many fine and unique artifacts are on display here, including findings from the Viking and pre-Christian ages, hidden treasures, and tombs of ancient Estonian wealthy and mighty people ,-) However, it's worth noting that for just a few days, it was possible to observe ancient artifacts confiscated in 2018 at the Russian-Estonian border. After restoration, they are now expected to return to Ukraine.

I recommend this museum very much! It really helps you understand Estonian history as a whole. The museum focuses a lot on explaining why Estonia is not ruled by monarchs and does a very thorough job. It’s included in the Tallinn card, and should also be included on your places to visit in Tallinn!

Beautiful museum showing an interesting side of Estonian and Tallin's history. Highly worth a visit to learn more about the country's historical activities, and about life amongst Tallinn's most priviliged.

Highly recommended museum as it shows where the real power of the city was. It's definitely worth going in and spending time there to learn about the city and it's history. I liked the way some of the information was displayed and presented. Thank you for all the work done here.