Have you ever wondered where the most fascinating museum objects go when they are not on display? In the Open Storage, you can step into what feels like a museum treasury — a place where history lives in all its richness and variety.

🚜 What tools did farmers use to work the fields before tractors existed?
🥣 What food was served on the tables of ordinary people, and what was enjoyed by manor owners over the centuries?
🔍 What did a “washing machine” or an iron look like a hundred years ago — or other early “household appliances”?

The Open Storage of the Estonian Agricultural Museum brings visitors face to face with a wide range of rare agricultural tools that tell stories of ploughing fields, growing crops, and the demanding yet ingenious solutions of farm and household work.

At the centre of the storage stands a large artificial dining table, where manor delicacies and simple peasant dishes are displayed side by side. Together they show how the Estonian food table has changed over time — from the early 1900s to the present day.

By entering the Open Storage, you experience the other side of the museum — a world where history is not hidden away in closed storerooms, but revealed directly before your eyes.

Come and explore the treasures the Agricultural Museum holds!

The open-storage exhibition “A Collection That Speaks” is located on the second floor of the barn building. In 2018, the exhibition received the museum sector’s highest annual recognition — the Museum Rat Award — for excellence in developing museum collections. At the time, its most innovative feature was the opportunity it gave visitors to engage directly with museum objects that had previously been kept only in closed storage.