The extraordinary Mati Unt’s Museum is opened in Kadriorg at L. Koidula 17.

This is the house where the writer Mati Unt lived in 1995-2005.

On the first floor of the building, the exhibition “Home at Home” awaits those interested, which gives an insight into both Mati Undi’s former apartment in Mustamäe and his time in Kadriorg. Just two floors up are the windows of the writer’s former home.

In the museum, you can also see objects that belonged to Mati Unt, books with his notes and dedications, and fascinating photos from Unt’s own camera.

The museum is open Tue-Sat 11-17; Wed 11-18.

The price of a museum ticket is €5 for a full ticket and €3 for a discount ticket.

We accept group bookings (excursions, events) from Tuesday to Friday.

To book times for events and educational programs contact the curator of the Mati Unt’s Museum.

Annika Aus: annika@kirjanduskeskus.ee

01.01.1944-22.08.2005

Mati Unt entered Estonian literature in 1963 as a child prodigy who, in the last grade of high school, wrote the novel “Goodbye, Yellow Cat”, which became one of the milestones of the literary revolution. But Unt was not the only one – at the same time, a whole number of today’s legendary authors entered literature, some of whom are among us as living classics: for example, Paul-Eerik Rummo, Viivi Luik, Arvo Valton, Jaan Kaplinski, and others. Our Mati Unt’s museum is designed to record, research, and keep relevant the entire generation of the so-called golden sixties.

However, the main focus is on Mati Unt, who as a writer and director in the years 1960/1970 changed the cultural picture of Estonia, and was a modernizer of the entire post-war Estonian literary space. In the museum, you can get an overview of Mati Unt’s Mustamäe salon and the time he lived in Kadriorg. Tartu and Mustamäe periods 1960-1970 years were a time of intense communication in Mati Unt’s life. When he settled in Kadriorg, Unt already kept more to himself. After leaving Mustamäe and before moving to Kadriorg, Unt lived in Kalamaja and Lasnamäe. According to Unt himself, Lasnamäe in particular had a bad effect on socialization as a place of residence.

A modern three-room apartment in Kadriorg was a real balm for the soul after Lasnamäe. Unt quickly developed its own lanes and places to be in the park. He loved to linger on the grass around the pond and feed the ducks. Early in the morning, Unt also loved to wander in the park. The Kadriorg’s apartment remained Mati Unt’s home until the end of his life and is currently owned by Lii Unt, Mati Unt’s widow. The windows of their former home are exactly two floors above the windows of our museum, on the third floor, facing Koidula Street.

The museum owns an extensive Mati Undi archive with documents, books, manuscripts, photos, etc. Many photos are also exhibited and provide an excellent cross-section of the cultural life of the time.

Koidula 17
Tallinn 10125
Phone: 6013 701
unt@kirjanduskeskus.ee
Group bookings: annika@kirjanduskeskus.ee

Museum is open Wed 11-18, Thu-Sat 11-17.

You can get to the museum from the city center by trams 1 and 3 (Kadrioru stop) or by buses going towards Pirita (Poska stop).
You can park on Koidula street. NB! Paid downtown zone.