Muuga manor (German: Münkenhof) traces its history back to the 16th century, when it belonged to the Bridgettine convent in Pirita.

[2] In 1860, Muuga became the property of Carl Timoleon von Neff, a Baltic German painter who was the illegitimate son of a French governess.

A concern was how to fit an enormous white marble staircase, a gift from the emperor Alexander II, into the building.

The building received a sumptuous interior: terrazzo floors, marble and glazed fireplaces, painted walls and lunettes.

[4] At the same time, the manor was complemented with a romantic park with ponds and annexes, including a belfry in the form of a neo-Gothic tower.