Address: Moscow, per. Trubnikovsky, 17
Foundation date: 1934 year
Founder: Vladimir Dmitrievich Bonch-Bruevich
Coordinates: 55 ° 45'17.0 "N 37 ° 35'11.8" E
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The museum dedicated to the history of Russian literature is named after the author of the popular Explanatory Dictionary Vladimir Ivanovich Dahl. Due to the constant interest from Muscovites and tourists, it is considered one of the most famous museums in Moscow. It houses the largest collections in Russia related to the life and creative work of famous writers and poets.
House of I.S. Ostroukhova in Trubniki
Museum history
The literary collection of the museum began to form at the beginning of the last century, thanks to V.D.Bonch-Bruevich. In 1905, a Russian ethnographer and revolutionary became one of the founders of the first Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy Museum in St. Petersburg. And 6 years later, he took part in organizing a Tolstoy exhibition at the Moscow Historical Museum.
The Literary Museum appeared in mid-1934. Its funds were quickly replenished, and in a few years more than 3 million documents, 100 thousand paintings, drawings and 130 thousand manuscripts and books were kept here.
One of the exhibitions in the house of I.S. Ostroukhova
In the 1940s, the museum collection underwent several difficult reorganizations. The exhibits were confiscated by the NKVD, and the museum was closed. In the 1950s-1980s, the collections were replenished at the expense of the gifts of the writers themselves and their heirs. Gradually, scattered buildings became part of a single organization. The museum united houses and apartments where famous writers and poets lived.
Museum today
Today, over half a million exhibits are kept in the halls and storerooms of the museum. These are autographed books, documents, negatives, film materials, audio recordings, biographies and private archives of writers. Antique furniture, photographs, personal belongings of famous writers, paintings, drawings, posters, posters and works of decorative and applied art are exhibited for visitors.
House-Museum of M.Yu. Lermontov on the street. Malaya Molchanovka, 2
Over the years, the collection of manuscripts has been dynamically growing - drafts of poems, stories, novels, personal diaries and letters to friends. The Museum carefully preserves the rarest autographs of N. V. Gogol, F. I. Tyutchev, A. A. Akhmatova and I. Bunin.
Tourists can listen to the recorded voices of celebrities - L. N. Tolstoy, A. Blok, S. Yesenin and V. M. Shukshin. The collection of printed graphics collected in the museum includes more than 40 thousand engravings, the oldest of which were made in the 16th century. Collections of popular popular prints and stencil posters "TASS Windows" are of great interest to visitors.
Small living room in the house-museum of M.Yu. Lermontov
Museum Association
The branches of the Literary Museum are 11 memorial expositions, which are located in Moscow, the Moscow region and Kislovodsk. In the capital, you can go on an excursion to the House of the patron I.S.Ostroukhov in Trubnikovsky lane, the house-museum of the poet Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov on Molchanovka and the house-museum of Alexander Ivanovich Herzen in the Sivtsev Vrazhek lane.
In Moscow, there are the museum-apartment of the Russian writer Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky and the house-museum of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov. There is a museum building on Prospekt Mira, which houses an exposition dedicated to famous poets of the Silver Age. One of the branches - the museum-apartment of Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy stands on Spiridonovka. From August 1941 to the day of his death, the writer lived in this house with his wife Lyudmila Ilyinichna Tolstaya.
House-Museum of A.I. Herzen
Not far from the capital, in Dunino near Moscow, the house-museum of the writer Mikhail Mikhailovich Prishvin has been opened. The author of the "Pantry of the Sun" spent the last five years of his life in it. The Peredelkino Writers' Village sheltered a house-museum dedicated to Korney Ivanovich Chukovsky. The creator of the famous children's poems and the book "From Two to Five", popular with parents, spent a significant part of his life in these places. The house-museum of Boris Pasternak is located nearby.
The branch farthest from the capital is located in Kislovodsk. In the picturesque foothills of the North Caucasus, a museum has been opened that tells about the work of Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn. He occupies the house where the future writer spent his youth.
Herzen's study in the house-museum
Ostroukhov's mansion
Inside the Garden Ring, in the historic center of the city, a beautiful wooden house with a mezzanine has been preserved. A typical urban manor house of the 1820s appeared in Moscow after a fire in 1812. At the end of the 19th century, it was owned by wealthy entrepreneurs - the Botkin brothers.
In 1890, Ilya Semenovich Ostroukhov became the owner of the buildings, who married the daughter of Peter Botkin. Ostroukhov left a noticeable mark on the culture of pre-revolutionary Russia. He was an excellent landscape painter, engraver, art collector and friend of the patron Pavel Tretyakov.
House-Museum of A.P. Chekhov on the street. Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya, 6, bldg. 2
In his new estate, Ostroukhov began to collect a rich collection of works by Russian Itinerant painters and ancient icons. At the beginning of the 20th century, everyone was allowed to enter the home museum free of charge, and it was very popular with Muscovites. In 1918, the collections were nationalized, and the building was turned into a branch of the Tretyakov Gallery. In 1979, the Literary Museum became the owner of the old house.
Literary and art exhibitions are held here today. In addition, the museum staff organizes lectures and classes for all lovers of the artistic word. Tourists can get acquainted with the work of Vladimir Mayakovsky, the history of writing instruments, fairy tales and myths of the peoples of the world. The former manor house regularly hosts meetings with writers, screenings of films about the history of literature and evenings in which famous artists take part.
Living room in the house-museum of A.P. Chekhov
What to see with children?
Parents begin to bring young reading lovers to the museum from preschool age. For children, there are organized cycles of classes "Bookshelf", and the studio "Fairy Tale of the Day" is open. Many people like to team up with friends and come to the museum for family themed programs.
All branches offer integrative classes for children all year round. Kids are introduced to Cyrillic and Verb, taught to write with real pens and draw on wax-coated tablets. They are shown papyri from Egypt, birch bark, parchment and fine silk paper from China. For the little ones, they arrange reading of fairy tales, epics and entertaining games.
House-Museum of M.M. Prishvina in the Moscow region, Odintsovo district, d. Dunino
In the Chekhov house-museum, elementary school students are told the story of the creation of the famous Chekhov's works - "Kashtanka" and "Boys". In the Tolstoy museum-apartment, classes are organized on the story "Nikita's Childhood", "Forty Tales" and "The Golden Key". And the Pasternak Museum invites young drawing lovers to the art plein air.
A large entertainment program awaits young guests in the Chukovsky house-museum. Together with a guide, children go to the campfire site and to the "Bibigona glade". Every year, the writer's house celebrates theatrical holidays with the participation of professional artists, famous and novice children's poets. Children read poetry, dance and participate in contests and quizzes.
In the house-museum of M.M. Prishvina
Useful information for visitors
The museum accepts guests on all days except Monday. Its doors are open on Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 11:00 to 18:00, and on Wednesdays and Thursdays until 21:00. Ticket offices stop working half an hour before closing.
An entrance ticket costs 200 rubles, a reduced one - 150 rubles (2018). Another 150 rubles must be paid for those who want to use the museum audio guide. Children under 16 are admitted free of charge. No money is taken for amateur photography and video filming in the halls of the museum.In order not to harm the exhibits, visitors are asked not to use the flash.
House-Museum of B.L. Pasternak at the address Moscow, Vnukovskoe settlement, pos. DSK "Michurinets", st. Pavlenko
Individual excursions for Russians cost 450 rubles, and group excursions - 3000 for groups of up to 15 people. For 200 rubles, you can get on group excursions, which start according to a pre-posted schedule. For guests of the city and Muscovites who are interested in the history of the capital, the museum staff conduct city excursions. Walking trips for 2 hours cost 400 rubles. Three-hour bus tours around Moscow - 5000 rubles.
How to get there
The main building of the museum stands within the Boulevard Ring, at Trubnikovskiy lane, 17. It is not difficult to reach it on foot from the Arbatskaya metro station in 15 minutes. The nearest stops of surface public transport are located on Novinsky Boulevard and Novy Arbat Street.
