Estonian History Museum
Estonian History Museum is a museum about the history of Estonia in Tallinn. It was initially established by the pharmacist Johann Burchart, who ran the town hall pharmacy known as the Raeapteek.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Opening hours: 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Tallinn, Estonia
- Address: Pikk 17, Tallinn, 10123
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Town Hall Pharmacy and House of the Blackheads.
Town Hall Pharmacy
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Raeapteek is a pharmacy in the center of Tallinn, Estonia. Opposite the Tallinn Town Hall, at 11 Raekoja plats, it is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same house since the early 15th century.
House of the Blackheads
Theater building
Photo: Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
House of the Blackheads, or House of the Brotherhood of Black Heads, in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, is a former headquarters of the Brotherhood of Blackheads. House of the Blackheads is situated 100 metres northeast of Estonian History Museum.
Holy Spirit Church
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kesklinn and Kalamaja.
Kesklinn
Suburb
Photo: Pjotr Mahhonin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kesklinn is one of the 8 administrative districts of Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is situated on the Tallinn Bay and bordered to the northwest by the district of Põhja-Tallinn, to the west by Kristiine, to the southwest by Nõmme, to the east by Lasnamäe and Pirita, and to the south by Rae Parish, beyond Lake Ülemiste.
Kalamaja
Quarter
Photo: Aleksandr Abrosimov, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kalamaja is a subdistrict of the district of Põhja-Tallinn in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia. It is located just northwest of the historical town centre, on the coast of the Tallinn Bay.
Estonian History Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Kesklinna linnaosa, Tallinn, Harju, North Estonia, Estonia, Baltic states, Europe
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Latitude
59.43837° or 59° 26′ 18″ northLongitude
24.74517° or 24° 44′ 43″ eastOpen location code
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node 687057447OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2064821
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Ukrainian—“Estonian History Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Էստոնիայի պատմության թանգարան”
- Basque: “Estoniako Historia Museoa”
- Belarusian: “Эстонскі гістарычны музей”
- Belarusian: “Эстонскі гістарычны музэй”
- Belarusian: “Эстонскі музей гісторыі”
- Catalan: “Museu d’Història d’Estònia”
- Chinese: “历史博物馆”
- Chinese: “愛沙尼亞歷史博物館”
- Croatian: “Estonski povijesni muzej”
- Dutch: “Ests geschiedenismuseum”
- Dutch: “Ests historisch museum”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de Estona Historio”
- Estonian: “Eesti Ajaloomuuseum”
- Finnish: “Viron historia museo”
- French: “musée de l’histoire estonienne”
- French: “Musée de l’histoire estonienne”
- German: “Estländisches Historisches Museum”
- Hungarian: “Észt Történeti Múzeum”
- Japanese: “エストニア歴史博物館”
- Latvian: “Igaunijas Vēstures muzejs”
- Macedonian: “Естонски историски музеј”
- Persian: “موزه تاریخ استونی”
- Russian: “Эстонский исторический музей, здание Большой гильдии”
- Russian: “Эстонский исторический музей”
- Slovenian: “Estonski zgodovinski muzej”
- Spanish: “Museo de Historia de Estonia”
- Swedish: “Estlands historiska museum”
- Turkish: “Estonya Tarih Müzesi”
- Ukrainian: “Естонський історичний музей”
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