Valga Museum

Valga Muuseum

Valga Museum is a lively and modern museum where you will never get bored! The photos displayed here show you the history of Valga County and the city from ancient times to the present. The museum is also livened up by models, music and wax figures. Going to the museum is not a waste of time!

Interesting facts: * there is a wax figure of the first Estonian Olympic champion, Alfred Neuland, in the museum.

History of the building

The building of Valga Museum dates back to 1911 and it was designed by the first Estonian professional architect Georg Hellat. As an example of late Art Nouveau, the building with its impressive façade is protected under heritage conservation. The house belonged to the musical and theatrical society of Valga – Säde. The rooms of the society, a theatre hall and a lobby, as well as business premises and the Bank of Valga were located in the left wing of the two-part building. In the right wing of the building, there was a hotel. In 1955, Valga Museum was established and an exhibition opened on the second floor of the Säde house. The exhibition remained there until a fire in 1988. Ten years later, the street-facing part of the historic building was restored and Valga Museum moved to its current rooms.

Highlights of exhibition

• There are 70,000 museum exhibits in the repositories of Valga Museum.
• From postal stations to the railway. The development of transport in Valga County.
• The darker side of history: an exhibition on deportation to Siberia and the life there.
• Silver and coin collection in the former bank vault.
• The staff of Valga Museum collects, preserves, studies and introduces the cultural heritage of Valga County.
• Events and people. History of the town and county of Valga.
• A look at the nature of Valga County. Have you seen a mammoth’s tooth?
• Prehistory in Valga County: axes and bones.
• Life in the Soviet era – from curlers to the travelling red flag.

Exhibitions and events

Exposition

Permanent exhibition

Highlights of exhibition: • There are 70,000 museum exhibits in the repositories of Valga Museum. • From postal stations to the railway. The development of transport in Valga County. •...