Museum For Puppet Arts

Museum For Puppet Arts / Description

Museum of Puppet Arts is a mix of old and new. The museum explores histroy of puppet arts and the Estonian Puppet Theatre in a interactive and innovative way.
The museum for all family opened on March 7, 2010.

The goal of the Puppet Museum is to introduce all the aspects of puppet theatre and exhibit theatre puppets of both local and foreign origin. Modern expositions and exciting technical solutions on tens of touch screens give everyone a chance to take a look behind the scenes and learn about the history of puppet theatre.

The museum is a part of the Centre for Puppetry Art, which also includes the Estonian Puppet and Youth Theatre and Research Centre for Puppetry Art. The Estonian office of UNIMA, the Union Internationale de la Marionnette or Worldwide Puppetry Organisation, is also based in the building.

The museum is open Tue-Sun 10.00-19.00.
Founding of the Museum of Puppet Arts was supported by the Estonian Culture Ministry and the Estonian Enterprise.