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“The Museum of Occupation in Estonia – Chronicling Recent History 4536” TravelLady
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TripAdvisor Traveller Rating: 4.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 62 attractions in Tallinn
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Traveller Description: This museum chronicles the years Estonia spent under Nazi and Soviet domination.
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Attraction type: History museum
Address: Toompea 8 Tallinn 10142
Estonia
Tel: 372 66 80 250
Fax: 372 66 80 251

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“A New Kind of Museum”
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5 of 5 stars
Globo4368
Buenos Aires, Argentina
27 Oct 2007
2/2 found this review helpful

Each of the Baltic countries have a similar museum of occupation. Estonia's, located right outside Tallin's Old City, focuses on the German and the two Soviet occupations right up to 1991. Privately founded, it's a fascinating look into the past few decades and provides an insight into what the population went through under the Nazis and Communists. It features articfacts... more

“Fascinating view on a difficult past”
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4 of 5 stars
dublin_boy
Dublin, Ireland
29 Jun 2004
7/7 found this review helpful

The Museum of Occupations is a small, modern, light-filled building quite unlike a traditional museum. It is concerned with the German and Soviet occupations of Estonia in the 20th century. Captions are in Estonian but a free printed English-language guide is available. The exhibits include domestic appliances as well as millitary and espionage equipment, providing a fascinating glimpse of consumer... more

“Da vedere assolutamente”
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5 of 5 stars
vbertola
Turin, Italy
18 Sep 2009

Dopo il giro nella città vecchia, questo museo moderno - a tre minuti a piedi dalla cattedrale ortodossa - è... more

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Estonian Museum of Occupations Address

Toompea 8, Tallinn 10142, Estonia
Tel: 372 66 80 250 Fax: 372 66 80 251