Museum sights in Tallinn
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Kiek-in-de-Kök
One of Tallinn's most formidable cannon towers is the tall, stout Kiek-in-de-Kök. Its name is Low German for 'Peep into the Kitchen'; from the upper floors lonely soldiers could peer into the houses of the Lower Town.
Built in about 1475, Kiek-in-de-Kök was badly damaged during the Livonian war, but it never collapsed (nine of Ivan the Terrible's cannon balls remain imbedded in the walls). Today it houses a museum tracing the birth and development of Tallinn with several floors of maps, weapons and models of the old city.
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KUMU
Close to the Kadriorg Palace is the new KUMU , the country's largest museum by far. A spectacular, massive structure of limestone and green glass, it contains a large amount of Estonian art as well as constantly changing contemporary exhibits.
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Linnamuuseum
A medieval merchant's home at Vene tänav 17, on the corner of Pühavaimu tänav, houses Tallinn's most interesting museum - the Linnamuuseum , which traces Tallinn's development through to 1940.
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Museum of Occupation and Fight for Freedom
The Museum of Occupation and Fight for Freedom , just down the hill from Toompea, is a new and worthwhile exhibit on Estonia's history of occupation, focusing on the most recent Soviet one.
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Museum of Occupation and Fight for Freedom
The Museum of Occupation and Fight for Freedom , just down the hill from Toompea, is a new and worthwhile exhibit on Estonia's history of occupation, focusing on the most recent Soviet one.
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