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Truly authentic and lively

We encourage and teach people to value and responsibly preserve the rural heritage and appreciate the traditional way of life.

Our everyday operation is based on the principles of a green museum.

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Visit us

We are open from Tuesday to Sunday!
Buildings: 10.00-17.00
Ticket office: 10.00-17.00

Museum park: 10.00-19.00
Kolu Inn: 10.00-17.00

Ticket information

Visit us

We are open from Tuesday to Sunday!
Buildings: 10.00-17.00
Ticket office: 10.00-17.00

Museum park: 10.00-19.00
Kolu Inn: 10.00-17.00

Ticket information

Gome to onion and fish day and celebrate Seto Michaelmas Day

On October 7th, we celebrate Onion and Fish Day! Come and join us for a truly enjoyable autumn festival!

Read more here!
Mobile App NUMU

Free mobile app contains an audio guide for the whole exhibition and an adventurous orienteering game introducing our farms and Estonian history through playful characters. See more here.
The museum’s winter season programme

Learn more about exciting things to do at the Estonian Open Air Museum!
The historic village is a great place to spend time with your family in the fresh air. Step into the museum’s houses and learn from the lady of the house about how they once lived and experience the different farm work that used to be done.

Read more about the programme here.
Ride in a horse-drawn carriage

Horses Elbrus and Teele take visitors on a carriage ride.

The horse stop is located opposite the Kolu Tavern and horse-drawn carrige rides are available on Tuesday to Sunday! from 11:00 AM to 3:45 PM.

Read more here.

What's on

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29.09.23 - 22.04.24

Winter season at the Open Air Museum

It is a place to enjoy fresh air and time with your family in the middle of a historic village.

Michaelmas day

Michaelmas day marked the beginning of winter: the work in the fields was finished and the cattle were driven to the cattle shed. Men went to stock up on the firewood, women started with indoor handicrafts, and kids were brought back from the herd to the school bench.

Onion and fish day and Seto Michaelmas Day

When the autumn field work and grazing are over, it is time to celebrate properly. Onion and fish day will be part of the harvest day of the Setos and Old Believers.

01.05.23 - 31.12.23

100 years of Seto surnames

The tradition of the first names that Setos have in common with the rest of Estonians is quite recent.

Areas of activity

Conservation and Digitization Centre Kanut

Conservation, restoration and digitising

Education Centre of Kuie School

Museum programmes, integration programmes and childern's camps.

Kolu Inn

Food and drink, venu hire

Centre of Rural Architecture

Collections, research and heritage building

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Free guided tours and museum visits for Ukrainians

Estonian Open Air Museum offers free admission for all Ukrainian citizens and pre-booked guided tours for Ukrainian refugees.

Shrove Tuesday and Maslenitsa – discover the customs

Shrove Tuesday and Maslenitsa denote the eve of the seven-week lenten period before Easter and are celebrated with dancing and partying, rich food, playing outdoors and frolicking in the snow.

Monumental painting in open air museum's nature

From August 2021, Sirje Runge's installation "Great Love / Beautiful Rotting" is open for exploration at the Estonian Open Air Museum and via the web, symbolizing a gesture by which the artist gives up her ten-meter oil painting to nature.