Things to do in Rakvere, Laane-Viru County: The Best Specialty Museums

Go see the life how it was 100 years ago! Citizen's residence is an exhibition providing in an authentic way an overview of life in Rakvere in the early 20th century.

The interactive Estonian Police Museum gives visitors the chance to experience the work of police in a fun way for themselves. You can test your reaction skills at the wheel of a car, try on a police uniform, learn what to do to cope with civil unrest, take someone's fingerprints, solve criminal cases and more! The Children's Police Museum is designed for the littlest visitors, where they can learn safety rules for being out and about on the streets, play detective games, make things and have a whole heap of fun in the playroom. The exhibitions at the museum were put together with the help of police and border guard officials. There's plenty to see and do for everyone!

Here you can see three interesting expositions:The Treasure Chamber - the museum's greatest treasuresRakvere Rentei - the oldest fiscal authority in Virumaa. In the treasury, you can see old money chests, and different notes and coins that have been used in Estonia in different eras.Dripple-down Soul - Spiritus Destillatus. An exposition on the history of spirit production in Estonia. The Monopoly spirit store offers you different sorts of vodka from Estonian producers and the possibility to degustate vodkas.The museum also houses temporary expositions and offers museum classes.

Exhibition house in Rakvere. The house belonged to Count Gustav Dietrich von Rehbinder and was also a city council.

Madapea Manor, not far from Rakvere, was first mentioned in 1425. Its last owner before being nationalised in 1919 was Ernst von Renteln. A single-storey, red brick mansion with timber verandas, it was built in historicist style in 1850. Today it is home to exhibitions of modern Estonian art and handicraft. It has a permanent display of Aivar Juhanson's twills - more than 800 pictures in total. The manor hosts fairs, training events and courses. Did you know...?*The manor is privately owned but can be viewed at any time from the outside*Guided tours of the interior can be booked in advance