Koidula Museum – The Life and Activities of Lydia Koidula and J. V. Jannsen

Koidula Museum was opened in 1945 in a house marked with a memorial plaque reading "Here lived J. W. Jannsen from 1850-1863 and here grew up his daughter Lydia." In the former home of these two great figures, Johann Voldemar Jannsen (1819-1890) and Lydia Koidula (1843-1886), their lives and activities are presented through a permanent exhibition in the context of the Estonian national awakening. The house is also of cultural-historical significance as a rural school and the editorial office of the weekly newspaper Perno Postimees.

The permanent exhibition is complemented by a temporary exhibition hall on the museum's second floor, where visitors can also view retrospectives of Koidula's productions and television programs, participate in museum classes, and read newspapers Postimees and Pärnu Postimees.

The exhibition is enriched with interactive screens featuring reading and audio files: for example, one can listen to the memories of Koidula and Jannsen and get a more comprehensive overview of the lifestyle and worldview of that era. 

The museum house includes the garden behind the house, which is just a small part of the former Ülejõe school farm's plot. Red monk stone walkways lead to the open-air stage. Every year on May 16th, a celebration of Jannsen's birth anniversary is held here, along with the presentation of the J. V. Jannsen cultural and educational award by the Pärnu city government, concerts, and theater performances. Year-round art and history exhibitions are held in the garden gallery next to the open-air stage.

The museum garden, as Lydia Koidula's childhood playground, delights the little ones with its discovery trail, insect hotel, and garden games.