{{Short description|Port and museum in Tallinn, Estonia}} {{Infobox museum | name = Seaplane Harbour | native_name = Lennusadam | native_name_lang = et | image = File:Tallinna vesilennukite angaarid..jpg | image_size = 290px | caption = Entrance to the museum | alt = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = {{Coord|59.450433|24.738308|display=inline}} | former_name = | established = {{Start date|2012|05|12|df=y}} | dissolved = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = Vesilennuki 6, Tallinn, Estonia | type = Maritime museum | accreditation = | key_holdings = EML ''Lembit'' | collections = | collection_size = | visitors = 321,700 (2014)<ref>{{cite news |title=Meremuuseum tegi järjekordse külastajate rekordi |url=http://menu.err.ee/v/uudised/kultuur/f4a8cd62-496f-4002-aead-dbb15a48f262 |publisher=ERR | language = et |date=13 January 2015 |accessdate=29 January 2015}}</ref> | founder = | director = Urmas Dresen | president = | curator = | assistant curator = | owner = | public_transit = | parking = On site (no charge) | network = | website = [http://www.lennusadam.ee/en/ www.lennusadam.ee] | embedded = }}
The '''Seaplane Harbour''' (Estonian: '''Lennusadam''') is a maritime museum in Tallinn, Estonia, which opened in spring 2012.<ref name="pääkkönen">Pääkkönen, Sirpa: Samppanja virtasi sukellusveneessä, ''Helsingin Sanomat'' 14 May 2012, p. C 1,</ref> The museum is part of the Estonian Maritime Museum.<ref name="ts">[https://archive.today/20130429230058/http://www.ts.fi/teemat/matkailu/291153.html Virossa avataan uudenlainen merimuseo], ''ts.fi'' 21 December 2011. TS-Yhtymä OY.</ref>
The museum is located in the Tallinn aeroplane harbour, in a building originally constructed as a hangar for seaplanes in the area of Peter the Great's Naval Fortress. The hall has an area of {{convert|8,000|sqm|abbr=on}} and was put out of service during the Soviet era. Its renovation started in 2010; it was 70% funded by the European Regional Development Fund and 30% by the Estonian state.<ref name="pääkkönen"/>
==Exhibits== thumb|left|The submarine ''Lembit'' The main attraction in the museum is the 1936 submarine ''Lembit'', which was ordered by Estonia from the United Kingdom, and has now been renovated to its original 1930s appearance. The museum also has a yellow submarine, which can be used to familiarise oneself with piloting a submarine, and a full-scale replica of a World War I era Short Type 184 seaplane.<ref name="pääkkönen"/> None of the original seaplanes remain to this day.<ref name="cult24">[http://cult24.fi/tallillaan-uusi-merimuseo-esilla-suomesta-kaapattu-wainamoinen/ Tallinnaan uusi merimuseo - esillä Suomesta kaapattu Wäinämöinen], ''Cult24.fi'' 5 December 2011, accessed on 14 May 2012.</ref> The wreck of the wooden ship ''Maasilinn'' dates to the 16th-century and had sailed between Saaremaa and mainland Estonia.<ref name="pääkkönen"/> The icebreaker ''Suur Tõll'' originally sailed for Finland under the name ''Wäinämöinen''. It was conquered from the Russians near Helsinki in 1918 and donated to Estonia from Finland in 1922 according to the Treaty of Tartu.<ref name="cult24"/>
The museum had a special exhibit illustrating the background to the sinking of the MS ''Estonia'' ferry in 1994.{{citation needed|date=May 2023}}
The attractions in the museum are located on three levels: in the air, on the sea and below the sea. The museum presents the history of Estonia as a maritime country in a modern visual language. The museum has submarine and flight simulators, a pool where people can sail miniature ships and large aquariums to look at aquatic animals.<ref name="ts"/>
==Gallery== <gallery widths="160px" heights="170px" > Lennusadam_2015.jpg|The Tallinn aeroplane harbour hangars in 2015 Jäämurdja "Suur Tõll".jpg|''Suur Tõll'' icebreaker EML_Kalev_(M414),_ship.JPG|EML ''Kalev'' (M414) P401_Grif_Tallinn_Lennusadam_2015_1.jpg|EML ''Grif'' EML Suurop 2015 Tallinn 1.jpg|EML ''Suurrop'' 035 - Seaplane Museum, Tallin (38583159331).jpg|PVL 105 ''Torm'' PVL-109 Valvas at Quay A Lennusadam Tallinn 30 January 2015.JPG|EML ''Valvas'' </gallery>
==See also== * Põhjala Brewery - also located in Noblessner Harbour * List of museum ships
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Seaplane Hangars in Tallinn}} {{Commons category|Lennusadam}} * [http://www.lennusadam.eu/ Official site] * [http://yle.fi/uutiset/kulttuuri/2011/11/tallinnaan_uusi_merimuseo_toukokuussa_3064775.html Tallinnaan uusi merimuseo toukokuussa], ''yle.fi'' 28 November 2011, YLE. Accessed on 3 January 2012. * [http://vimeo.com/64502973 Tallinn Seaplane Harbour - Lennusadam] at Vimeo
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