First Impressions
The museum is a walking distance from the city center. It takes about 15min to reach this old university building. The museum has recently undergone extensive renovation and is now open to the public. The lobby is spacious, with a high ceiling and ample amount of natural light. The exhibition is located on the third floor.
The Exhibition
Although the exhibition is small, it touched on many subjects related to natural sciences. Because of the layout of the displays it felt like the exhibition just kept on going. The rooms were well planned and not too stuffed with information and items.
The exhibition is very family friendly, with a lot to see and do. All the displays were well thought out and logically constructed.
The museum is free for Tartu University students and children up to the age of 8. For other students it is 3 euros and a full ticket price is 6 euros.
The museum has zoological, geological, botanical and mycological collections.
Opening hours are from Tuesday to Sunday from 10am to 6pm.
Many of the specimens were collected by the famous taxonomist Carl von Linne. One can find an earth worm that lived in the 18th century and fish that swan in the lakes 300 years ago.
One of the most interesting objects in the museum is the so called "Rat King". A "Rat King" is a rare phenomena, when several rats get caught together by their tails. The number of rats can be anything between 3 to 30.
There is a small section that has living insects, fish and reptiles. This part is probably the most exiting one for the little ones.
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