Museum of Occupations

The Vabamu or Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom tells the history of Estonia during and after the Soviet and Nazi occupations, arriving at the era of restoration of independence.
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  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 11:00 AM—6:00 PM
  • Email: info@vabamu.ee
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Tallinn, Estonia
  • Also known as: “Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom”
  • Address: Toompea 8, Tallinn, 10142

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Charles’s Church and Freedom Square.

Church
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Charles's Church is a Lutheran church in , , built 1862–1870 to plans by Otto Pius Hippius. It is Tallinn's grandest 19th-century church.

Square
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a plaza on the southern end of the Old Town in , , where state functions and various concerts take place. It is bounded on the east by , on the south by Kaarli Boulevard and an underground shopping center, and on the west by a commemorating the Estonian War of Independence 1918–1920. is situated 280 metres northeast of Museum of Occupations.

Museum
Photo: Iifar, CC BY-SA 3.0 ee.
is a medieval church building in , . It was dedicated to Saint Nicholas, the patron of the fishermen and sailors. Originally built as a Catholic church in the 13th century, it turned Lutheran during the Protestant Reformation in 1520s. is situated 410 metres northeast of Museum of Occupations.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maakri and Kesklinn.

Quarter
is a subdistrict in the district of , , the capital of . It has a population of 1,099. In the last decade has developed into the main business centre of Tallinn.

Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is one of the 8 administrative districts of , the capital of . It is situated on the and bordered to the northwest by the district of , to the west by , to the southwest by , to the east by and , and to the south by , beyond .

Museum of Occupations

Latitude
59.4326° or 59° 25′ 57″ north
Longitude
24.73942° or 24° 44′ 22″ east
Open location code
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Wiki­data ID
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Welsh—“Museum of Occupations” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Օկուպացիաների թանգարան”
  • Belarusian: “Музей акупацыі”
  • Belarusian: “Музей акупацый”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй акупацый”
  • Belarusian: “Музэй акупацыяў”
  • Catalan: “Museu Vabamu de les Ocupacions i la Llibertat”
  • Czech: “Muzeum okupace Estonska”
  • Dutch: “Museum of Occupations”
  • Dutch: “Museum van de bezetting”
  • Estonian: “Okupatsioonide ja vabaduse muuseum Vabamu”
  • Estonian: “Okupatsioonide muuseum”
  • Estonian: “Vabamu”
  • Finnish: “Miehitysmuseo”
  • French: “musée des Occupations”
  • French: “Musée des Occupations”
  • German: “Okkupationsmuseum”
  • Italian: “Museo dell’occupazione dell’Estonia”
  • Japanese: “占領博物館”
  • Persian: “موزه مشاغل و آزادی”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Okupacji”
  • Russian: “Музей оккупаций и свободы Vabamu”
  • Russian: “Музей оккупаций”
  • Slovak: “Muzeum okupace Estonska”
  • Spanish: “Museo de las Ocupaciones”
  • Swahili: “Museum of Occupations”
  • Swahili: “Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom”
  • Turkish: “Vabamu İşgaller ve Özgürlük Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей окупацій”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Goresgyniad a Rhyddid Estonia”
  • Welsh: “Amgueddfa Goresgyniad a Rhyddid Vabamu”

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