All Medieval art & Early Renaissance art museums to visit in Tallinn

Discover the artistic treasures of the past at 6 museums in Tallinn dedicated to medieval and early Renaissance art. These museums showcase masterpieces from a pivotal era in art history.

Are you captivated by medieval and Renaissance art? Here are the best museums to visit in Tallinn:

  1. Niguliste museum1

    Niguliste museum

     Tallinn
    The Niguliste Museum is an open-air museum in the Old Town of Niguliste and is one of the branches of the Art Museum of Estonia. The Niguliste museum has the largest and most remarkable collection of older sacred art in Estonia. Bernt Notke's "Death Dance" is a highlight in the museum. The museum al
  2. Estonian Maritime Museum2

    Estonian Maritime Museum

     Tallinn
    The Maritime Museum of Estonia (Eesti Meremuuseum) is an organization in Estonia that manages various shipping museums in Tallinn. The Fat Margaret is located in a tower of the city wall. This is the main location of the museum that shows the maritime history of Estonia. Furthermore it includes the
  3. Kadriorg Art Museum3

    Kadriorg Art Museum

     Tallinn
    The Kadriorg Art Museum, also known as Museum of Foreign Art, is an art museum in Tallinn that is housed in the Baroque Kadriorg Palace, in the Kadriorg Park. The museum is the only museum in Estonia devoted to foreign art and introduces, preserves and collects early foreign art – primarily western
  4. Tallinn City Museum4

    Tallinn City Museum

     Tallinn
    The Tallinn City Museum (Tallinna Linnamuuseum) is a museum in the old town of the Estonian capital Tallinn. The main building of the Tallinn City Museum is located in a medieval building at Vene Street 17. The museum was founded in 1937 and holds and exhibits a collection of 150,000 objects that il
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    Tallinn Legends

     Tallinn
    Tallinn Legends is a theatrical and interactive museum in Tallinn that recreates historical events and legends that have contributed to the folklore of medieval Tallinn. The journey take about forty minutes going into the Middle Ages and includes nine terrifying legends of medieval Tallinn performed
  6. Museum Of Medieval Torture Instruments6

    Museum Of Medieval Torture Instruments

     Tallinn
    The Museum Of Medieval Torture Instruments is a museum in Tallinn that exhibits objects related to medieval torture instruments and illustrates the history of torture.