On Thursday, after spending time at Linnahall and walking via Patarei Prison (separate post), I visited some of the many Museums in this part of the city.
1. Seaplane Museum. The museum is located in a building originally constructed as a hangar for seaplanes in 1916–1917. The building is remarkable for its unsupported span comprising three concrete shells supported by pillars at the corners and joints. The hall was put out of service during the Soviet era but has been rennovated and opened in 2012. Two images from the web to show the exterior of the buiding before and after repair.
2. Estonian Museum of Architecture. The museum is located in Rotermann salt storage building that is over 100 years old and one of the most remarkable examples of industrial architecture in Tallinn. There are four floors of exhibits all interesting both for the exhibits and the architecture itself
3. Energy Discovery Centre. The Energy Discovery Centre is located in the old Tallinn Power Plant, where using oil shale for energy, electricity for the public network first started in the early 20th century. The plant had three buildings: the machine house (now the Energy Discovery Centre), the boiler house (now the Tallinn Creative Hub), and the office building (now houses a hostel). The plant operated until 1979. The former turbines and generators are displayed in the main hall of the Discovery Centre alongside the overhead travelling crane produced by AS Ilmarine in 1929, which could lift as much as 25 tons. Some of the original floor from the 1930s has been preserved. The star exhibits of the exhibition are the Tesla coils in the Faraday cage and the Van de Graaff generator, which are used for the daily lightning and static electricity demonstrations.
4.Tallin Creative Club. See above - now used for artists workshops and Exhibitions.
