Estonian Museum of Natural History

We had a wonderful experience at the Natural History museum in Tallinn. The expositions about animals were especially impressive , beautifully created, engaging, and very informative. It was clear that a lot of care and thought went into presenting the exhibits in a way that is both educational and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend this museum to anyone visiting Tallinn who is interested in nature.

The museum is very visitor-friendly — spacious, well-lit, and calm. There’s a good café, a shop with local design items, and often temporary exhibitions or cultural events. Inside, the exhibitions are beautifully designed and highly interactive. The main permanent exhibition, “Encounters,” tells the story of Estonian culture, traditions, and daily life from ancient times to the present. It’s immersive, multilingual (including English), and uses a lot of multimedia — touch screens, sound installations, and personal stories.

Very beautiful. Children friendly has a lot of hands on. But fully Estonian. Thank god for google translate... and come with your earphone to use the narration.

Great experience ,visual and audio ,a must seeing if you travel with cildren ,educational and udate information .

This is a tiny museum with a nice exposition on the estonian flora and fauna. They provide various prepared specimen and a lot of derails. The target group seem to be kids and young people from Estonia as most of the texts are provided in estonian language. Luckily, they also provide some website with audio guides in english. Hence, don't forget your headphones and earbuds if you are not an native speaker. Due to the small size of the museum with 3 different floors and 2 rooms at each floor, one to two hours are sufficient for a full walkthrough. Enjoy

The temporary mushroom exhibit was truly wonderful. And I greatly appreciated the free English audio guide to find out more. The rest of the museum defintiely caters to Estonians, particularly families with younger kids. I appreciate that they have a strong museum culture. But if you don't understand Estonian, you won't be reading much, as all the posters are in Estonian. But the audio guides (available in English, Finnish, Estonian and Russian) was a great help. The displays are done beautifully and I was pleasantly surprised by the wide variety of fauna and flora. For 10 eur, I think it's a fair price to pay.

Thought the museum was interesting but it's a very narrow small building with a lot of stairs. Not many rooms to see but what there is there is wonderful. The animals and such were in both estonian and English however the text for the exhibits were only in Estonian

It was a real good feeling to see and touch the preserved real animals without getting scared. Very well maintained. I think it's a nice place to visit for all ages. Duration of visit is 2 to 5 hours, it depends on how deep you want to understand the nature.