Come and get acquainted with the Estonian 18-20th century vernacular architecture and rural milieu in a beautiful forest park of 80 hectares on the coast of the Bay of Kopli.
The twelve exhibit farmyards offer a wonderful review of the old-time life of households of different wealth and subsistence. Just like in a proper village, here is a church (1699), an inn, a schoolhouse, several mills, a fire station and net sheds by the sea - altogether 72 buildings.
The Open Air Museum owns the largest collection of national architecture in Estonia. Theirs is the only museum in Estonia with the primary goal of collecting and researching countryside architecture. 72 old village structures have been delivered to the museum and rebuilt on location. Their other collections supplement the national architecture collection and help to demonstrate the genuine country life of the past.
