Kiek in de Kok
This museum's name translates as ‘Peek into the Kitchen', a nickname given to the defensive tower which housed soldiers who could peer into the kitchens of the old town houses below. Today the tower and its museum offer an insight into the city's medieval defences and the building is also home to an art gallery.

Komandandi tee 2
Tel: 644 6686.
Website: www.linnamuuseum.ee/kiekindekok

Occupation Museum
The dark days of both the Nazi and the Soviet occupations come alive at this chilling museum. Old uniforms, photos and audio-visual displays illuminate the tortuous decades Estonia endured before its eventual independence in 1991.

Toompea 8
Tel: 668 0250.
Website: www.okupatsioon.ee