Kadriorg Art Museum

One of Tallinn’s most dazzling gems, the Kadriorg Art Museum is housed in a grand baroque summer palace that was Peter the Great’s gift to his beloved wife Catherine I, after whom Kadriorg is named.

The heart of the palace is its main hall, famed for its superb acoustics. The hall’s ceiling hides one of Tallinn’s most intriguing riddles – a scene from Ovid’s „Metamorphoses”. At first glance it appears an innocent scene of the goddess Diana bathing in a stream with her nymphs when the hunter Actaeon stumbles upon them. But does the painting not, in fact, conceal a cunning act of revenge against Sweden?

Kadriorg palace is not merely an imperial legacy. Before the current Office of the President was completed, this was the building where Estonia’s first president Konstantin Päts lived and worked. That era has left its own distinctive mark on the palace interior.

Today the Kadriorg palace houses an art museum whose permanent exhibition features Dutch, German, Italian and Russian art of the 16th–18th centuries. Visitors can admire fine paintings, prints, sculptures and applied art.

At the Kadriorg museum, until 23.08.2026, A Symphony of Nature and Art. The Serlachius art collection, and until 22.11.2026, From Restorer to Conservator. 

A visit to the Kadriorg museum can be combined with a visit to the Kumu art museum.

Ticket prices for Kadriorg palace can be found here.