Top 9 Specialty Museums in Parnu County, Parnu County

You must go to the exciting Kihnu Museum when you visit the island. It like an anchor in preserving and introducing the cultural space of Kihnu, which has been entered in the UNESCO heritage list.The museum was founded in the former schoolhouse of Saarekula Village in 1974 and thoroughly renovated in 2009. You will find everything that concerns the everyday lives of people in the museum – tools, clothes, handicrafts, furniture. You will also find exhibitions that introduce famous Kihnu men, such as historian Theodor Saar, Captain Enn Uuetoa and silversmith Peeter Rooslaid, and the works of Kihnu nativists.

In the museum, you can learn about the life and work of Carl Robert Jakobson, who played a leading role during the times of Estonian national awakening in the 19th century, and the farm he established. Animals are still kept on the farm so you can see cows, sheep and horses. You can also see the restored old farm buildings such as the cattle barn, mill, etc. You can try your hand at farm work and learn about old ways. Farm Work Day, Autumn on the Farm, Christmas on the Farm and others have become traditional events. You can enjoy Estonian national food on the farm if you pre-order.Useful information!CR Jakobson is on the Estonian 500-kroon banknote.

In the Car museum at Halinga the emphasis has been put on the cars manufactured in the Soviet Union and therefore the museum is one of the largest in this field in the European Union. Its exhibition also contains many interesting models from other parts of the world. The exhibition will be complemented constantly with several new exciting models under restauration waiting to be added to the museum's collection.

The local museum opened in the basement and chimney hall of Tostamaa Manor in 3006 introduces the life of local people through items and photos. You can see several exhibitions in the basement hall of the museum, which include a room full of different tools, illustrated stories of history, items from the Soviet times and also items associated with the sea and the lives of fishermen.You take a closer look at the mantle chimney and different exhibitions in the chimney hall on the third wall.

Audru Museum was opened in 1996 in the former manager's house of the Audru Manor. The permanent exhibition in the hall on the museum's top floor introduces the lives of Audru people over many centuries through writings, mementos and other items, such as old embroidery, school items, wooden items, etc. The manor building, which has been restored in it its original shape and its rare chimneys are separate objects of interest.The biggest exhibits, such as the machines used for farm wok, are located in the yard museum. You can also visit the beautiful Audru Manor complex, the manor park and Audru Church.

Haademeeste coast has long and well known shipbuilding traditions, which are reminded by the memorials in Haademeeste and Kabli, the impressive wooden homes of old captains and ship-owners and family graves in village cemeteries. Haademeeste Museum, created in 1991, gives a good overview of the region's history. Local cultural heritage has been preserved here in words, pictures and videos, and the museum also has more than 300 research papers about the subject.