Valga sõjamuuseum — Attraction in Valga vald

Our Treveller.ee tour group made a stop at this military museum in Valga, a town situated on the Estonia Latvian Border part of the town is in Estonia, part is in Latvia. The museum is located in the Estonian half of the town. This explains why most of the signs in the museum are Estonian.

You will not see many military weapons that post date World War 2 here. The military vehicles outside are very outdated and in bad repair as you might expect.

Weapons from Estonia, Russia and Nazi Germany are exhibited.

The most compelling exhibits are not those that display walls of weapons, but those that include mannequins in uniforms, some fighting on the battlefield strewn with shells of used munitions.

I would not say this is a kid friendly museum for any child lower than the age of...

This was worth a short stop, but only just. There is a real mix of random equipment in the yard, including Soviet and 'The German regime whose name starts with N' vehicles - probably the most impressive thing is a Mil-8 chopper, most of the rest is only of interest to a real war historian. Inside are some low-tech dioramas of soldiers and battlefields with cheesy sound effects, describing the various battles fought by Estonia. Almost nothing has information in English though, it's almost all in Estonian, which is a shame as we could have...

This place has a great collection of military vehicles, and the owners are doing great work in restoring them. The inside exhibits are lacking English translations which is a shame, but understand they are yet to receive any funding to help with this. They hold a annual festival each year which looked like it was going to be amazing if you are a military buff. Nice little town to stop in for lunch on way...