Koidula Museum – A Story of the Estonian National Awakening

The permanent exhibition at the former home of two great figures, Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819–1890) and Lydia Koidula (1843–1886), presents their lives and work in the context of the Estonian National Awakening. The house is also of cultural and historical significance 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 Koidula Museum building includes a large garden behind the house, which is only a small part of the grounds of the former Ülejõe school farmstead. The garden has a discovery trail for young Lydia, or Lolla, and an open-air stage. Art and history exhibitions are held year-round in the gallery next to the open-air stage. Read more: https://www.parnumuuseum.ee/koidula