We love a good open air ethnographic museum and are trying to pick one to visit during our upcoming visit to Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, and Helsinki. Each location seems to have a great option, but we don't want to visit them all at the expense of doing other things, as well. That would be too much of a good thing.
So, for folks who have been to any of these &/or have an opinion ... I would love to hear which you would recommend/choose:
Estonian Open Air Museum outside Tallinn: Rated 4.7 by 5k reviewers on Google. Our visit would occur on one of 3 full days we have in Tallinn. Requires 30-min. bus ride from our accomodation. Currently our only other confirmed commitment in Tallinn is a 5-hour guided tour with Mati Rumessen.
The Ethnographic Open-Air Museum of Latvia: Rated 4.6 by 5.4k reviewers on Google. Our visit would occur on one of 3 full days we have in Riga. Requires about 50 mins to get there from Riga, including a 25-min. bus ride and the rest on foot. Currently our only other confirmed commitment in Riga is a 2.5-hour guided "Old Town + Art Nouveau" tour with Edvards Rutkis.
Museum of Lithuanian Ethnography in Rumšiškės: Rated 4.7 by 2.8k reviewers on Google. Would occur on our drive from Vilnius to Riga and would have a limit of only 2 hours so we can also stop at the Hill of Crosses for a quick look and Rundale Palace, which closes at 6pm (unless you'd spend more time at the open air museum and drop either Hill of Crosses or Rundale Palace).
Seurasaari Open-Air Museum outside Helsinki: Rated 4.6 by 1.9k reviewers on Google. Would occur on the 1.5 days we have in Helsinki before we fly home. Takes about 50 minutes to get there from our Helsinki hotel with a 30 min. tram ride and the rest on foot. So, this is probably my least favorite option unless I hear something about it that I didn't realize. We don't have any confirmed commitments in Helsinki, yet.
We'll be visiting in mid-late May so all the open air museums will be open.
Thanks very much for any tips!