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Design sites, museums and galleries
1. Rotermann Quarter in Tallinn → 2. Museum of Estonian Architecture → 3. Estonian Design House → 4. Estonian Applied Art and Design Museum → 5. A-Gallery → 6. Puppet Museum → 7. St. Catherine’s Guild → 8. Nu Nordik → 9. Museum of Occupations → 10. Tallinn Synagogue → 11. Miia-Milla-Manda Museum → 12. Kumu Art Museum
If you really want to explore the history and phenomenon of Estonian design, take this route, which will lead you on a journey through an ever-changing urban landscape of architecture that has won a host of awards. Take a look at some design galleries or spend a while in a museum admiring the examples of local design on display.
Route map
Sites along route
Rotermann Quarter in Tallinn
The historical Rotermann Quarter is located in the heart of Tallinn between the Old Town, the port and Viru Square. It is the most attractive quarter in the city, where old industrial buildings that…
Museum of Estonian Architecture
The former salt storage, where the Museum of Estonian Architecture is located today, is a grand limestone structure in Tallinn’s Rotermanni Quarter. This is the place for lovers of art and…
Estonian Design House
ESTONIAN DESIGN HOUSE = design showroom, Café Klaus, designers' studios, the Estonian Association of Designers, Design Night Festival. The goal of the Estonian Design House is to promote modern…
Estonian Applied Art and Design Museum
The Applied Art and Design Museum, which is located in a medieval Old Town storehouse, displays the works of Estonian jewellery, textile, metal, and glass artists from the beginning of the 20th…
A-Gallery
Today, the A-Gallery offers a wide selection of works by almost 60 jewellery designers. Traditional jewellers’ techniques and materials are represented, along with new and modern uses of materials…
Puppet Museum
The main part of the Puppetry Centre comprises the musuem of theatre puppets, which uses puppets, words and pictures to tell the story of the history of Estonian and world puppetry. The museum has a…
St. Catherine’s Guild
This is a craftsmen’s workshops and merchandising in a medieval atmosphere. Visitors can watch artists practise their craft in open studios for leather, textile, patchwork, glass, jewellery, hat and…
Nu Nordik
Probably one of the smallest shop-spaces in Tallinn, nu nordik offers a high concentration of the newest in Estonian design.
Museum of Occupations
The museum is dedicated to the occupations that took pace between 1939 and 1991 and their impact on Estonia and the residents of Estonia. Video, audio and pictorial materials create a concept of the…
Miia-Milla-Manda Museum
Miia-Milla-Manda is the children’s museum that opened in Kadriorg Park on 25 September 2009 as a branch of Tallinn City Museum. Children’s park that operated in the 1930s and was called children’s…
Kumu Art Museum
Kumu, which opened in 2006, is the new and grand headquarters of the Art Museum of Estonia, which attracts everyone that is interested in Estonian art and culture. Both Estonian art classics as well…
