Kuressaare Fortress Museum

Museum address:

Lossihoov 1 93810 Kuressaare +372 455 4463 linnus@samu.ee

Entrance 1 euro

Accessibility information:

NB! When walking around Kuressaare’s medieval castle, pay attention to the steep stairs and in some places low doorways!

◊ Wheelchair access to the castle’s renovated basement, where the museum shop is located. Due to the architecture of the fortress, a wheelchair user may require the assistance of an attendant.

◊ It is not possible to move around the entire castle with a pushchair due to the architectural features of the building. The pram can be left in the courtyard of the castle.

◊It is also possible to park yourcar in the courtyard of the castle, please call in advance on the phone number +372 455 4463

◊ Free parking is available in the parking lots along Lossi, Pargi and Allee streets. The nearest parking lots are located on Staadion Street near the Kuressaare Stadium and next to the Hotel Meri at the intersection of Pargi and Allee Streets.

Program

"THERE'S A BOOK IN THE NIGHT!" MUSEUM NIGHT 2025 at Kuressaare Castle Museum from 18.00-23.00.

Programme:

A good word and the opening shot of Estonia's oldest working cannon, the "Kotkas", for the Night of Museums.
Young musicians from the Joosep Aavik Kuressaare Music School make music filling the halls of the bishop's castle.
Focus on Red Velvet - Eesti Raamat 500
The showcases in the permanent exhibition have been designed with special care to highlight the pearls of literature that are meaningful to red velvet. Visitors will be able to discover these unique works, guided by clues that lead them on a journey through time and space.
A jumping exhibition of the Saaremaa Museum and a drawing competition for young people "Saaremaa Museum as a time machine", dedicated to the anniversary of the Saaremaa Museum and the Book Year.
"RACKED - 7 608 476 views". Photos and videos from the first music video by visual artist TOMMY CASH, shot outside the studio at Kuressaare Castle.
The "How much of a 13th century islander* are you?" facial recognition app is still in the cell.
Exhibition of hunting trophies. Organised by the Saarte Jagdimeeste Selts.
The Lossi Tower Café is open, where you can read and take books in peace.
All Saaremaa Museum publications are 20% cheaper in the Linnuse museum shop.

"How much of a 13th-century islander* are you?" - A facial reconstruction app compares two 13th-century reconstructions of living islanders! The app is part of the exhibition "Eye to Eye with a Medieval Islander". The exhibition presents the life of 13th-14th century islanders. What did they look like and what could they do? Who ruled Saaremaa? What did the island's matron's costumes look like? Did the men wear trousers or not? New discoveries and new research methods are bringing us ever closer to the people of the past. The exhibition "Eye to Eye with a Medieval Islander" is based on analyses of ancient DNA and isotopes, reconstructions based on skulls and skeletons, archival sources. In the exhibition space, the different studies become a coherent narrative of medieval man and his world.

Museum night admission 1 euro. Children up to 8 years free.

NB! For security reasons, temporary exhibitions on the 1st floor are closed on Museum Night.

More information:
Kuressaare Fortress Museum
www.samu.ee
Tel +372 455 4463
E-mail: muuseum@samu.ee

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