Attractions & museums

Museum of Photography

The Museum of Photography, located behind Tallinn's Town Hall, is a museum and gallery in an exciting medieval prison building. In addition to contemporary photo exhibitions, you can see ancient wooden and iron cameras and historical images.

The permanent exhibition features a composite portrait of an Estonian photographer, a photographer with a camera from the mid-19th century to the present day.

The Museum of Photography exhibitions focus on a particular theme each year. Check out current exhibitions on our website.

 

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  • Old Cameras.

    tripadvisor rating 5 of 5
    April 19, 2025 By yummymayo

    The photo exhibit itself will simply be luck of the draw... whatever is up when you visit is what you get. Could be amazing, could be not so much. Who knows. Having said that, what I geeked out at... Read more comments

  • Small and nice

    tripadvisor rating 4 of 5
    February 11, 2023 By TheDumbuser

    Nice museum and interesting exhibition. It's a very small museum and even when having a bigger interest in the art of photography it's a max 20 minutes look around. So you can consider it as a pro or... Read more comments

  • Small museum

    tripadvisor rating 3 of 5
    November 6, 2019 By cbar2n

    This is quite a small museum, with some steep steps. The lady behind the desk did not speak English so couldn't answer our questions. Some interesting exhibits - photographs and photography equipment.