On Tallinn Day, May 15, Tallinn City Museum invites everyone to explore the city’s history!

To celebrate Tallinn Day, Tallinn City Museum is once again bringing back its traditional History Tram tours. The festivities also include a special guided tour at the Carved Stone Museum in the bastion passages, marking its 10th anniversary this year, while Kalamaja Museum invites visitors to rediscover the story of Old Thomas, who, according to local legend, was originally from Kalamaja.

History Tram journey: Kadriorg–Kopli–Kadriorg

On Tallinn City Museum’s History Tram rides, passengers can observe the city through the tram windows while listening to guides tell stories about the past, present, and future of our capital.

The History Tram is a special initiative where guides introduce passengers to the story of Tallinn unfolding outside the tram windows along the Kadriorg–Kopli–Kadriorg route. Tours depart at fixed times from the tram siding next to Katharinenthal Café.

The tram is a traditional, dignified, and environmentally friendly means of transport whose history in Tallinn dates back to 1888. That was the year the city’s first horse tram line began operating on the route from Vanaturu Kael to Kadriorg.

Step aboard Tallinn City Museum’s beloved History Tram and experience the city. As the tram rolls from Kadriorg to Kopli and back again, guides bring Tallinn to life through captivating stories of the capital’s past, present, and future.

Departing from next to Katharinenthal Café, the History Tram offers a unique journey through the streets and stories of Tallinn. It is a chance to travel through time aboard one of the city’s most iconic forms of transport – Tallinn’s tram history dates back to 1888, when the city’s very first horse-drawn tram began operating between Vanaturu Kael and Kadriorg. Today, the tram remains a charming, sustainable, and timeless way to discover the city.

On Tallinn Day, the ticket price is €1.

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Special tour: Carved Stone Museum 10

Hidden within Tallinn’s historic bastion passages, the Carved Stone Museum, part of the Kiek in de Kök Fortifications Museum, celebrates its 10th anniversary on May 15. To mark the occasion alongside Tallinn Day festivities, curator and keeper of the city museum’s stone collection, Risto Paju, will lead a special guided tour through this extraordinary underground world.

Step into the atmospheric 17th-century passageways and discover how Tallinn was quite literally built on limestone. In this one-of-a-kind museum, the walls and the artworks surrounding you are carved from the very same stone, creating a striking connection between the city and its history. Preserved in its original form, the bastion corridor itself becomes part of the exhibition experience.

The museum’s permanent exhibition, City of Ruins, features more than 200 carved stones and architectural fragments, guiding visitors through four evocative spaces: the Garden of Eden, the Hall of Columns, the Hall of Death, and the Hall of the Sun. It is a journey through centuries of Tallinn’s history – mysterious, monumental, and unlike anywhere else in the city.

The tour will be conducted in Estonian.

Start time: 4:00 PM
Meeting point: ticket office area of Kiek in de Kök
Participation with a pre-purchased ticket only.

On Tallinn Day, the ticket price is €1.
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The Legend of Old Thomas at Kalamaja Museum

To celebrate Tallinn Day, Kalamaja Museum will host readings of the delightful story of the city guard Old Thomas from Tiia Mets’s book “Brave Thomas: The Legend of Old Thomas.”

According to legend, Old Thomas was a boy from Kalamaja – come and hear the story! During the storytelling sessions, children can make an Old Thomas puppet.

Readings will take place at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM.
No pre-registration is required.

On Tallinn Day, the ticket price is €1.

The event will be held in Estonian.