Opening Hours
Estonian National Museum
Exhibitions Open
Tue-Sun 10:00–18:00
The exhibitions are closed on Monday.
Heimtali Museum in Viljandi
Heimtali, Viljandi Parish
71102 Viljandi County
Estonia
Tel: 439 8126
Tue-Sat 9:00–17:00
Arrival Guide
Eesti Rahva Muuseum
Muuseumi tee 2
60532 Tartu
Directions for visitors arriving on foot and by bus to entrances A and B.
From the city centre, follow Roosi Street uphill to Muuseumi tee. At the intersection stands the Estonian National Museum. Enter via Entrance A.
Tartu’s city bike rental station is located on Muuseumi tee, directly across the road from ERM. Bike racks are located on the museum side of the A car park.
From the city centre, bus no. 7 departs from Soola stop (next to Tasku Centre) and from Vabaduse stop (near the market hall) and stops next to the museum (timetables: tartu.pilet.ee or web.peatus.ee).
Sisenemine A-sissepääsust.
Tartu city bus ticket information is available here. If pupils do not have a bus card, it is recommended to buy one bus card per five pupils (price €2 per card) and load it with the required amount of money (day ticket €2.11 per pupil).
Example: for 20 pupils, buy 4 bus cards and load each card with €10.55 + €0.36.
From the city centre, drive along Narva mnt and turn onto Muuseumi tee. Continue a short distance until the museum building appears on your left. The Entrance A car park is near Muuseumi tee and Lake Raadi. To reach the Entrance B car park, continue along Muuseumi tee to Raadiraja and turn left.
Please note: generally only Entrance A is open. Entrance B is opened only for special events, and we will inform visitors separately.
Directions for driving to Car park B
Parking information
ERM has three car parks: Car park A, Car park B, and Car park C.
Car park A is located by the main entrance.
Car park B is on the other side of the museum.
Car park C is located along the side of the building.
For visitors with special needs
Designated parking spaces for visitors with reduced mobility are marked in the museum car parks.
Museum entry is free for: a disabled person up to 16 years old and their companion, and
a person aged 16 or older with a severe disability and their companion. Eligibility can be proven with a disability card.
ERM offers adapted companion and guide services for visitors with special needs. Please notify us at least five working days in advance by phone 736 3050 or email teeninduskeskus@erm.ee.
How to get here
With 5 days’ notice (teeninduskeskus@erm.ee, +372 736 3051), an on-site companion can be arranged.
Visits with a guide dog are allowed.
Permanent exhibition “Encounters”
Some temporary exhibitions have web tours with audio description.
Folk costumes of Western Estonia
A Trace of Time in an Estonian Carpet
People and State. The Estonian Flag
Finno-Ugric permanent exhibition “Echo of the Urals”
Some temporary exhibitions have web tours with audio description.
Baltic-Finnic Peoples – In progress
Northern Peoples – In progress
Raadi Sculpture Park
A sculpture park has been created in Raadi Park in cooperation between the Tartu Art Museum and ERM. You can visit at any time that suits you; it is free for everyone. A museum guide can also be booked.
Audio-described audiobooks
Temporary exhibitions
Audio-described web tours have been created for temporary exhibitions. For exhibitions currently open, it is also possible to book audio-described tours on site.
Messages in a Triangle. An Exhibition of Estonian 20th-Century Souvenir Scarves
Education programme
It is possible to book a tour, lecture, or workshop for both children’s and adult groups. Many exhibitions and parts of exhibitions have audio-described web tours which you may explore if you wish. All tours and workshops also include tactile materials.
More information will be added later; the programme is still being refined.
It is possible to move around the museum, including between floors, using a wheelchair.
Two wheelchairs and two walkers are available for free use in the museum.
Accessible toilets are located in the lobbies of both entrances, near the restaurant and café entrances, and in the halls of the Estonian permanent exhibition.
Visitors with sensory hypersensitivity or autistic visitors can borrow noise-reducing headphones from the information desk.
There is no induction loop system in the exhibition halls or in the theatre and conference hall.
In progress; currently nothing available.
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ERM is the Estonian National Museum.
ERM is the largest museum in Estonia.
At ERM you can see different exhibitions.
You can eat in the restaurant
and shop in the museum store.
Next to ERM there is a park
where you can go for a walk.
ERM is in Tartu.
ERM’s address is Muuseumi tee 2.
ERM is open
from Tuesday to Sunday
10:00–18:00.
Visitor guidelines
The Estonian National Museum is dedicated to preserving and sharing national culture. We want to be open and accessible to all visitors, so that as many people as possible can enjoy the building, collections, and exhibitions. The museum displays objects of outstanding cultural value and significance; preserving them requires special care and measures to protect them from damage. Therefore, for safety and wellbeing, visitors are asked to follow these rules:
Be considerate of other visitors and of events taking place in the museum.
During disease outbreaks, keep a distance from others and disinfect your hands.
Leave outerwear, wet clothing/items, and large items (wheeled suitcases, backpacks, etc.) in the cloakroom. Please use the lockable lockers for storing items.
Leave small mobility devices (scooters, skateboards, prams, carts) in the designated parking area, or fold them and leave them in the cloakroom.
Leave sharp items (tripods, umbrellas, selfie sticks) in the cloakroom.
Do not bring aerosol containers, laser pointers, balloons, protest items, or drones.
Guide dogs are allowed. Other pets are not permitted.
Do not eat or drink in the exhibition halls. Please use the restaurant or the bridge area.
Please dispose of rubbish in the bins.
Smoking indoors is prohibited (including e-cigarettes and vaping products).
Do not visit the museum while intoxicated.
Children are the responsibility of their parents or adult companions during the visit.
Running in the exhibition halls and climbing on exhibits is not allowed.
Do not touch exhibits (unless clearly permitted), and do not lean on display cases, screens, or information panels.
Photography and filming for personal use is allowed without tripods and without flash. For other purposes (advertising, press photos, etc.), please agree in advance. When photographing, filming, or making audio recordings in the museum, respect the privacy of other visitors.
If the fire alarm sounds for the second time or you hear an evacuation announcement, proceed immediately to the nearest safe exit. Security staff will assist you—follow evacuation instructions. Staff will help retrieve items from the cloakroom as soon as possible after the museum reopens.
Our customer service and security staff aim to provide a pleasant visitor experience. If visitors do not follow these rules, disturb others, or endanger visitors, staff, collections, or property, they may be asked to leave. If you notice inappropriate behaviour, please inform a museum staff member.
We look forward to welcoming you to the museum and wish you a pleasant visit and a great experience.