Tartu Toy Museum is a charming place to visit for people of all ages - toys tell also about the Estonian history
The nursery of a wealthy citizen from the beginning of the 20th century. Photos: Sirpa Pääkkönen Tartu is a very charming small town in Estonia with the Old Town where the buildings represent classicism and are renovated very well. Besides the Old Town you can wander in the old wood house parts of the city. In Tartu there are a lot of museums, hills and the river Ema crosses the city.. What I’d like to recommend seeing in Tartu besides the architecture is the Toy Museum in Tartu’s Old Town. It’s not only toys but also history what you can sense there, because the toys reflect the many changes Estonia has experienced throughout centuries. Toys from Soviet time. The permanent exhibition of the Tartu Toy Museum is on display in three old houses. The exhibition features living pictures of dolls and toys with which children have played throughout the ages: the porcelain dolls, tin soldiers, stone blocks and old teddy bears of city kids, the wood-carved animals and t...