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Estonian Road Museum (Estonian: Eesti Maanteemuuseum) is a museum in Põlva County, Varbuse, Estonia. The museum is owned by Estonian Road Administration, which is a subunit of Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications. The purpose of the museum is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit items related to Estonian roads, road buildings and traffic heritage.[1]
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The museum was opened on 6 June 2005.[1]
In total, the museum contains about 43,000 items. The museum has also the biggest road grader collection in Eastern Europe.[1]
In summer 2019, 1,500-square-metre (16,000 sq ft) the exhibition hall was opened, and amongst other things the hall exhibits collection of road construction machinery until 1985.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "STORY OF THE MUSEUM | Maanteemuuseum". www.maanteemuuseum.ee. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
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