{"id":2231,"date":"2023-04-04T11:02:28","date_gmt":"2023-04-04T11:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/vabamu-muuseumid\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T12:19:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:19:29","slug":"visit-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/visit-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit us"},"content":{"rendered":"            <div class=\"block-global-hero-section\">\n            <div class=\"wrap vabamu\">\n                                    <div class=\"block-global-hero-section__menu\">\n                                                    <div class=\"menu-item anim\">\n                                                                    <a class=\"blue\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/visit-us\/\">\n                                        Vabamu Museum                                     <\/a>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                                                    <div 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                  Visit us                        <\/a>\n                                            <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/exhibitions\/\">\n                            Exhibitions                        <\/a>\n                                            <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/excursions-and-programs\/\">\n                            Excursions and programs                        <\/a>\n                                            <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/collections\/\">\n                            Collections                        <\/a>\n                                            <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/rent-room\/\">\n                            Rent Room                        <\/a>\n                                                    <div class=\"mobile\">\n                                            <select name=\"\" id=\"pageList\">\n                                                        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https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-1.png 1040w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>                    <\/div>\n                                <div class=\"info anim\">\n                                                                <h2>\n                            Vabamu                        <\/h2>\n                                                                <div class=\"desc\">\n                            <p>Vabamu Museum of Occupations and Freedom is located in the center of Tallinn, right by Toompea. The museum&#8217;s permanent exhibition <em>Freedom Without Borders <\/em>introduces the history of Estonia during and after the Soviet and Nazi occupations, arriving at the era of restoration of independence. The focus on restoring and preserving freedom is central to Vabamu.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors are guided through the exhibition by an e-guide in English, Russian, German, Latvian, Lithuanian, Finnish, French and Spanish. The e-guide helps visitors connect with the personal stories of those who experienced the historical events covered throughout the exhibition. Vabamu also hosts temporary exhibitions each year which open up different interpretations of freedom.<\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"buttons\">\n                                                            <div class=\"button blue icon\">\n                                    <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/exhibitions\/freedom-without-borders\/\">\n                                        Read more                                                                                    <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/wp-content\/themes\/vabamu\/images\/button-icon.svg\" \/>\n                                                                            <\/a>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                             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class=\"desc-tooltip\">\n                                                        <p>Mon\u2013Sun 10 a.m. \u2013 6 p.m.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                    <a class=\"tooltip-url\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/opening-hours\/\">More details<\/a>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"item-tooltip\">\n                                    <div class=\"item-icon\">\n                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"868\" height=\"1024\" 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class=\"desc-tooltip\">\n                                                        <p>A visitor in a wheelchair can move about the museum with the help of an accompanying person.<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                    <a class=\"tooltip-url\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/access\/\">More details<\/a>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    \n\n            <div class=\"block-info-image-2 right none circle \" >\n            <div class=\"wrap\">\n               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CoreSansA45Regular;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The KGB prison cells are located in the old town of Tallinn, at the address Pagari 1. For almost half a century, this building was the headquarters of the People&#8217;s Commissariat of Internal Affairs of the USSR, or NKVD, later known as the KGB, and the basements were used as prison cells. This building was the place where criminals tried to break the spiritual backbone of Estonians.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6369a0; font-family: CoreSansA45Regular;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The exhibition of the KGB prison cells <em>Locked Up Stories: The KGB in Estonia<\/em> presents the crimes committed in this building.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #6369a0; font-family: CoreSansA45Regular;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The permanent exhibition is in Estonian and English.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                                                    <div class=\"buttons\">\n                                                            <div class=\"button blue icon\">\n                                    <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/en\/exhibitions\/kgb-en\/\">\n                                        Read more                                                  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                                       <div class=\"desc-tooltip\">\n                                                        <p>Pagari 1, 10133 Tallinn<\/p>\n                                                    <\/div>\n                                                                                                                                                    <a class=\"tooltip-url\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/vabamu.ee\/contact-us\/\">More details<\/a>\n                                                                                            <\/div>\n                                        <\/div>\n                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                                                            <div class=\"item-tooltip\">\n                                    <div class=\"item-icon\">\n                                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"1024\" 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