TYPA is open to visitors Wed–Sun 12:00–18:00. Full-price ticket: €15, discount ticket: €8. Guided tours start at every hour. With Estonian Museum Card you can visit TYPA for free!
The ticket includes a guided tour of the museum. During the visit, you will learn the story of the birth of printing in Europe, get to see our collection of wooden and tin types, and hear about different printing presses and the art of binding.
Tours start every hour, the last tour starts at 5pm. If you wish to have a tour in Ukrainian or Russian, please contact us in advance.
We can also admit groups of visitors outside normal opening hours, including during evenings. If you are planning a group visit, please book the visit in advance by contacting us at typa@typa.ee.
In our museum gallery, we regularly hold exhibitions from a variety of international artists and of collections from various museums. The gallery can be visited free of charge.
| REGULAR TICKET | 15 € |
| DISCOUNT TICKET* – Children older than age of 5 – Students up to age of 26 – Pensioners – Visitors with moderate disabilities – ICOM members | 8 € |
| – 10% discount applies for Family Card holders | |
| FREE ADMISSION* – Museum card holders – Children up to age of 5 – Visitors with profound disabilities and their accompanying person; – Estonian museum workers – Holders of the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) press card – Retired Estonian print workers (agreed in advance) – Ukrainian war refugees | |
| * Only upon presentation of a valid document, membership card, or employee ID. |
The best experience of what we do at TYPA can be felt in one of our workshops. You can follow the path of ancient Chinese and make handmade paper, print with the press invented by Johannes Gutenberg, or make chemical discoveries by developing pictures with cyanotype. Find the activity that is most interesting for you!
Please book the workshops well in advance. For booking and questions please send us an email.
See you at TYPA!
TYPA gallery hosts regular temporary ehxibitions from local and international artists. Visiting the gallery is for free.
Fancy experiencing all that TYPA Centre has to offer from the comfort of your own sofa? Sit back, join us for a video call and TYPA will take you on a journey into the history of paper and print.
TYPA is located in Kastani 48f, Tartu, in the courtyard behind Samelin boot factory. Parking is for free next to the building or in the public parking lot next to Aparaaditehas’ culture factory.
TYPA Environmental and Sustainability Principles
At TYPA, we are committed to operating responsibly by reducing our environmental impact and contributing to a more sustainable cultural and community environment. Sustainability is integrated into our daily operations, exhibitions, educational programmes, and public events.
Environmental Responsibility
We comply with all applicable environmental legislation and use resources—including energy, water, and materials—responsibly. We prioritise reuse, repair, and recycling, while working to reduce both physical waste and digital waste. Whenever possible, we choose environmentally responsible products, materials, and services.
A Sustainable Workplace
We foster a healthy and supportive working environment and actively involve staff and volunteers in achieving our sustainability goals. Through continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and professional development, we encourage environmentally responsible working practices across the organisation.
Exhibitions and Education
We design exhibitions and programmes with longevity and resource efficiency in mind. We prioritise reusable materials, and the continued use of existing exhibition elements wherever possible. Our educational programmes make use of recycled and reusable materials whenever feasible and promote environmentally conscious, creative practices.
We value accessibility, community participation, and meaningful dialogue around cultural heritage. Our aim is to ensure that our activities contribute to both environmental and social sustainability.
Sustainable Events
We organise events with the smallest possible environmental footprint. We prioritise reusable solutions, provide waste sorting, reduce energy consumption, and encourage visitors to travel by public transport, bicycle, or on foot. Wherever possible, we avoid single-use products and minimise the use of printed materials.
Continuous Improvement
TYPA believes that cultural organisations can lead by example through responsible resource use, community engagement, and the promotion of sustainable creative practices.
Maintaining the old printing presses is not easy – they need warmth and light, tender love and care and a lot of oil. We offer both private persons as well as businesses the unique opportunity to support the maintaining and preserving the historical heritage of printing, adopting some of the machines in our collection.