Estonian Open Air Museum

Estonian Open Air Museum

Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum
File:Estonian Open Air Museum.map.jpg Map of the museum
Established	1957
Location	shore of Kopli Bay near Tallinn, Estonia
Type	History museum
Director	Merike Lang
Website	www.evm.ee

The Estonian Open Air Museum (Estonian: Eesti Vabaõhumuuseum) is a life-sized reconstruction of an 18th-century rural/fishing village, which comes complete with church, inn, schoolhouse, several mills, a fire station, twelve farmyards and net sheds. The site spans 79 hectares of land and contains 72 separate buildings and is located 8 km to the west of Tallinn city center at Rocca al Mare. Established in 1957, the museum showcases 68 farmhouses assembled into twelve farmyards from North, South and West Estonia.

Along with the farmyards, old public buildings are arranged singularly and in groups in a way that represents an overview of Estonian vernacular architecture of the past two centuries.

The plans for founding the museum were first discussed in 1913, when Estonian literati, inspired by Scandinavian open-air museums, wanted to establish such a museum in Estonia.

Gallery

• Sassi Jaani 01.JPG

  The oldest farmstead in the museum: Sassi Jaani (18-19th. century)

• Sutlepa chapel.jpg

  Sutlepa chapel, 19th century

• Juri Jaagu.jpg

  Jüri Jaagu farmstead, 19th century

• Kutsari Harjapea 01.jpg

  Kutsari Härjapea farmstead, 1930s

• Kolu tavern.jpg

  Kolu tavern, 19th century

• Kahala Water Mill.jpg

  Kahala Water Mill, 19th century

• Estonian Open Air Museum.002.JPG

  19th century farm house

• Estonian Open Air Museum.001.JPG

  19th century farm house

• Estonian Open Air Museum.003.JPG

  Summer kitchen, during the winter cooking was done within the main farm house

• Estonian Open Air Museum.004.JPG

  Estonian Sauna

• Estonian Open Air Museum.005.JPG

  Farm house kiln, used to dry grain during the wet autumn and heating and cooking in winter

• Sassi Jaani.jpg

  Sassi Jaani farmstead

• Estonian Open Air Museum.006.JPG

  Farmhouse store room

• Estonian Open Air Museum.007.JPG

  Ülendi Windmill to grind grain

• Estonian Open Air Museum in Rocca al Mare.jpg

  19th century farm house

• Roundpole fence in Estonian Open Air Museum.jpg

  Roundpole fence

External links

• Official website