PrintEstonian Road Museum is opening a bus exhibition "Tallinn - Tartu Express"

From the 23d of September until the 23d of October, passengers using the Hourly Express to travel between Tartu and Tallinn take part of a unique project - the Estonian Road Museum's bus exhibition "Tallinn - Tartu Express". The exhibition consists of magazines in the pockets of bus seats, accompanied by a video programme shown on bus screens. 

How did people get from Tallinn to Tartu and back earlier? How long did it take for a stage-coach to reach another town? What kind of buses were used in the 1920s and 1930s? Was Reaktiiv (Rocket) better than Välk (Flash) and what did people think of the quality of bus rides in 1980s? 

According to the curator Mariliis Hämäläinen, the bus exhibition "Tallinn-Tartu Express" has been divided into two parts. The first two weeks of the exhibition concentrate on transport possibilities before the time when buses were taken into use and the first years of regular traffic. The second part of the exhibition focuses on the development of line traffic in Soviet Estonia. The bus exhibition is a sequel to "186", the longest exhibition in Estonia, which was opened in June and consists of 19 signboards placed along the Tallinn-Tartu highway and telling the story of how the highway came into being. The exhibition "186" asks people to take some time off on this important Estonian road and contemplate on the past.

Opening of the bus exhibition „Tallinn–Tartu Express“ takes place on the 23d of September at 3:45 pm at Tartu bus station and in the Hourly Express departing at 4 pm. Passengers travelling from Tallinn to Tartu have the first chance to see the exhibition in the Hourly Express departing at 8 pm. The exhibition „Tallinn–Tartu Express“ remains open in one line bus until the 23d of October.

The exhibition is first introduced on the 22nd of September, on the World Car Free Day, from noon until 6 pm in Tartu, in an Hourly Express standing on Küüni street. 

During the exhibition, pockets of bus seats are equipped with a magazine "Tallinn-Tartu Express"

Watch a video clip, which is shown in an Hourly Express:

More information: research fellow of the Estonian Road Museum Mariliis Hämäläinen, phone +372 5558 2162, mariliis.hamalainen@mnt.ee.