Koidula Museum – The Story of the Estonian National Awakening

The permanent exhibition at the former home of two major cultural figures, Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819–1890) and Lydia Koidula (1843–1886), introduces their lives and work in the context of the Estonian National Awakening. The house is also significant in cultural history as a school for rural people and the editorial office of the weekly newspaper Perno Postimees. The permanent exhibition is complemented by a temporary exhibition hall on the museum’s second floor, where visitors can also view a retrospective of Koidula productions and television programmes and read the newspapers Postimees and Pärnu Postimees. The museum house includes a large garden behind it, which is only a small part of the grounds of the former Ülejõe school farmstead. The garden features an exploratory learning trail for young Lydia, or Lolla, and an open-air stage. Art and history exhibitions are held year-round in the gallery beside the open-air stage. Read more: https://www.parnumuuseum.ee/koidula