Estonian Maritime Museum

With more than 2,300 islands on its coastline, Estonia has evolved a robust maritime culture, and the Lennusadam Seaplane Harbour display at the Estonian Maritime Museum is the best place to experience it. The organization responsible for gathering, maintaining, researching, and showcasing Estonian marine culture is the Estonian Maritime Museum (maritime history). The goal of this museum is to advance understanding, reverence, and a love of the sea.

On the initiative of former captains and sailors, the Museum was established in Tallinn in 1935. The museum has relocated numerous times throughout the course of its lengthy existence, and since 1981, its primary exhibition has been housed in the 500-year-old Fat Margaret tower in Tallinn Old Town. The Maritime Museum unveiled a new display space at the Seaplane Harbour in May 2012.

Submarine EML Lembit, one of the few surviving submarines from its age, is one of the unique museum exhibits that invites visitors to climb inside. The captain's cabin, crew quarters, and officers' mess hall of the strong steamer Suur Tll are all open for exploration. Numerous additional objects scattered around the museum continue to depict Estonia's naval heritage.

The museum's physical layout is just as fascinating as its exhibits. "The world's first columnless thin-shell concrete domes of such volume" can be found at the hangar, which was originally constructed to house seaplanes in Peter the Great's Naval Fortress. The use of it persisted until World War II. It's incredible that the vast area can support its weight without any vertical supports. The Seaplane Harbour display has helped make the Maritime Museum one of Estonia's biggest and most well-liked museums today.

Address: Vesilennuki 1, 10415 Tallinn

Phone: +372 641 1408

Opening hours: 10 am - 7 pm

Rating: 4.0/5.0, 374 Tripadvisor reviews

Website: meremuuseum.ee