Baer House in Tartu

Come and take a look at the one-storey classicist wooden building on the slope of Toomemägi in Tartu. Naturalist Karl Ernst von Baer used to live in the house from 1869 to 1896. The house was restored and turned into the Baer House Museum in 1976. The building currently belongs to the Estonian University of Life Sciences and houses the von Baer Natural History Centre.

Times and prices

Open all year round

Monday–friday: 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday–sunday: closed

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Not open at the moment

We inquired where this museum was at local tourist info. After walking there discovered it was not open. Our hotel receptionist checked this for us and it is apparently closed until end of July.

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ASIPWS

Un hito en la historia de la ciencia

Ernst von Baer vivió en esta casa al final de su vida. Transformada luego en una escuela de enfermeras, fue recuperada para la ciudad en la década de 1970. Vale la pena visitarla.

DOMINICANUS

Обиталище великого ученого.

Небольшое одноэтажное здание недалеко от холма Тоомемяэ было долгое время пристанищем великого биолога Карла Эрнста фон Байера. В тихом саду, среди деревьев он писал свои труды и обдумывал будущее...

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Baer House in Tartu