by tallinnmuseum | Apr 5, 2020 | Article, Research
The history of the religious military orders begins after the First Crusade that culminated in the conquest of Jerusalem in 1099. In the winter of 1119–20, a group of knights in the Holy Land formed a religious brotherhood with the aim of protecting pilgrims who...
by tallinnmuseum | Jan 24, 2020 | News
This Friday representatives from Sweden, Ukraine and Estonia gathered fro the ceremony of the presentation of the Ukrainian museum Hetman’s Capital with the exact replica of the eighteenth-century badge of the Swedish Order of the Sword. It had been more than...
by tallinnmuseum | Jan 24, 2020 | News
The Tallinn Museum of Orders was able to significantly expand its exhibition of Brazilian orders with the addition of several high awards graciously donated by the family of His Excellency Joao Luiz Pereira Pinto the Ambassador of Brazil in Finland. The Order of Rio...
by tallinnmuseum | Jan 24, 2020 | News
New exhibitions at the Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood Guests from all over the world gathered on the 24.01.2020 at the Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood as the museum celebrated 3 years since its official opening. Especially for this event, the curators...
by tallinnmuseum | Dec 20, 2019 | News
A new exhibition has opened at the Tallinn Museum of Orders of Knighthood – “Jewels of Freemasonry”! On display are insignia of the Freemasons from British and American lodges of the late 19th – early 20th century. The vast majority of...
