Page 81 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Estonia Latvia & Lithuania

T ALLINN 79

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
2 km (1 mile) E of the Old Town.
7 0 -
Transport
@ 1a, 5, 8, 19, 34a, 35, 38.
v 1, 3.

. Kadriorg Palace
Peter the Great’s Baroque palace now houses the Estonian Russalka Memorial
Art Museum’s foreign collection. However, the museum’s This imposing
main exhibits are displayed at the Kumu Art Museum. monument (see p82)
com memorates the
sinking of the
Russalka near
Finland in 1893.

President’s Palace Peter the Great House Museum
The great Russian Tsar once
used this cottage as a
temporary residence.

. Kumu Art Museum
Arguably the most
architecturally imp ressive
Mikkel Museum museum in the Baltic States,
The small museum is the magnificently designed
renowned for its porcelain Kumu houses the main exhibits
vases and beautiful figurines. of the Estonian Art Museum.