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Ticket price: Entrance ticket price: for visitors without benefits - 200 rubles; for children aged 7 to 17 years inclusive - 100 rubles; for students of state educational institutions of Moscow with a Muscovite social card or a Moskvenok card - free. Detailed information is on the museum website. Days of free admission: February 10 – Memorial Day of A.S. Pushkin, Third Sunday of April - Cultural Heritage Day, Third Saturday of May - International Museum Day June 6 - Birthday of A.S. Pushkin, First Saturday of September - Moscow City Day, Third Sunday of every month

State Museum of A. S. Pushkin - a literary museum dedicated to the life and work of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin; a large multifunctional museum and cultural center for scientific, exhibition, concert, pedagogical and restoration and storage work. Opened in 1961. Located in the center of Moscow at st. Prechistenka, 12/2 in the noble estate of the Khrushchev-Seleznevs in the first third of the 19th century. In addition to the main museum, the State Museum includes five more branches: Memorial Apartment of A. S. Pushkin on Arbat, Memorial Apartment of A. Bely on Arbat, Museum of I. S. Turgenev on Ostozhenka, House-Museum of V. L. Pushkin on Staraya Basmannaya and Exhibition halls in Denezhny Lane. The historical mansion houses permanent exhibitions "Pushkin and His Epoch" and "Pushkin's Fairy Tales", exhibition halls, a reading room, concert and conference rooms. Here, on Prechistenka, there are museum funds with open storage of rare books, paintings, graphic and miniature portraits of the 18th-19th centuries, porcelain, bronze, art glass and ceramics, and genealogical materials. The Open Storage of GMF also includes unique private collections donated to the Moscow Museum of A.S. Pushkin - “Library of Russian poetry by I.N. Rozanov”, “Collection of P.V. Gubar”, “Cabinet of T.A. Mavrina and N.V. Kuzmin”, “Cabinet of drawings by Nadya Rusheva”.

Big changes await Prechistenka: landscaping has begun here under the “My Street” program. The sidewalks will become more spacious, in the park near the monument to V.I. More trees will be planted for Surikov, a garden will be created in the courtyard of the endocrinology clinic, and near the art school named after V.A. Serov will plant a flower garden. Navigation signs with information about ancient estates will be installed in the pavement.

Road to the monastery and prestigious area

In the 16th century, the future Prechistenka was part of the road from the Kremlin to the Novodevichy Convent. But then the street was called Chertolskaya - from the Chertolye stream (Chertory, Chertorye), which flowed in this area. Moreover, it began at the Borovitsky Gate of the Kremlin and only at the beginning of the 19th century was divided into two parts - Prechistenka and Lenivka (Volkhonka).

Urban development along the street began to take shape in the last third of the 16th century, after Ivan the Terrible included this territory in the oprichnina. Prechistenka received its modern name in 1658 by decree of Tsar Alexei Mikhailovich. He often traveled to the Novodevichy Convent and decided that Chertolskaya was an inappropriate name for the street leading to the monastery. The Quiet One ordered the street to be renamed in honor of the icon of the Most Pure Mother of God of Smolensk, kept in the monastery.

Over time, Prechistenka became popular among the nobility. Here, for example, the courtyards of the Vsevolozhskys, Lopukhins and Khrushchevs were located. The names of these eminent homeowners are preserved in the names of the lanes adjacent to Prechistenka.

The street was heavily damaged by fire in 1812. “There are barely five houses on Prechistenka,” a contemporary wrote after the French left. But the nobles quickly regained their possessions. From the writer Mikhail Zagoskin we find the following assessment of the renovated street: “...Beautiful Prechistenskaya street, in which several huge stone houses would not spoil the Palace embankment of St. Petersburg...”.

In 1921, the street was renamed again, this time to Kropotkinskaya - in honor of the famous anarchist revolutionary. The previous name - Prechistenka - was returned in 1994.

Pearls of Prechistenka

White Chambers

At the beginning of the street are the White Chambers of the late 17th century. Initially, the owner of the house was Prince Prozorovsky, manager of the Armory Order. In the 18th century, the chambers were rebuilt twice. At the end of the 19th century, a tavern was opened there. Later, the building was adapted into a cinema, and then into a residential building. In 1972, US President Richard Nixon was supposed to come to Moscow. They prepared thoroughly for this visit: many dilapidated buildings were demolished in the center of Moscow. The White Chambers were also almost razed to the ground, but restoration architects intervened in time. Under all the superstructures they discovered an ancient foundation and defended the building. Soon the reconstruction of the architectural monument began, which lasted until 1995.

18th century manor

House 8, located opposite the White Chambers, is a city estate of the 18th century. But the building is based on chambers from an earlier period. In the middle of the 18th century, Lieutenant General Yakov Protasov, a participant in the Seven Years' War, became the owner of the site. He completed the chambers, giving the building a U-shape. In 1794, the estate passed to Princess Volkonskaya. Then the house changed several more owners, the last of which were the Istomins. They redid the main facade according to the design of the architect Konstantin Busse.

Apartment house Kostyakova

The five-story building on the corner of Prechistenka and Vsevolozhsky Lane was built in 1910. It is made in the neoclassical style and on the second floor level is decorated with sculptural panels on antique themes. The owner of the house, a well-known philanthropist merchant Evdokia Kostyakova, used it as an income house. Pianist and composer Alexander Goldenweiser lived here, and composers Sergei Taneyev and Sergei Rachmaninov visited him. And a frequent guest of another resident, the artist Boris Shaposhnikov, was Mikhail Bulgakov.

By the way, it was near house 9 that the main character of “Heart of a Dog,” Professor Preobrazhensky, saw Sharik. During the events described in the story, the Tsentrokhoz store was located on the lower floor of the building, from which Philip Philipovich came out before meeting a chilled, hungry dog. Now the Central Energy Customs is located in building 9.

House of General Orlov

House 10 is based on vaulted chambers from the late 17th century. The pilasters and plinth made of white stone appeared in the 18th century. The building acquired its modern appearance in the second half of the 19th century. The platbands, door frames and balcony of the second floor were made in the spirit of classical eclecticism, capitals were added, pilasters of the Corinthian order and an openwork lattice above the roof cornice.

In 1834–1842, the owner of the estate was the Decembrist Mikhail Orlov. After his death, some of the rooms began to be rented out. One of the guests was the artist Isaac Levitan. He used the room both as a home and as a workshop. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a frequent guest of Levitan. At the beginning of the 20th century, the owner of the house was a major collector of paintings and porcelain, merchant and haberdasher Moritz Philipp. The tutor of his son Walter was Boris Pasternak. The writer moved to house 10 in 1915, but lived here for only a short time. On May 28, 1915, pogroms of shops and houses belonging to the Germans began. Apparently, Philip was also mistaken for a German citizen: his house was seriously damaged. Pasternak wrote that he lost books and manuscripts during the pogrom. After these events, Moritz Philipp and his family rented an apartment in Sheremetyevsky (now Romanov) Lane, Boris Pasternak moved with them. After 1917, the mansion was occupied by various public organizations.

Khrushchev-Seleznev Estate

At number 12 on Prechistenka there is one of the most beautiful houses in Moscow - the Khrushchev-Seleznev estate. The ensemble, built according to the design of the architect Afanasy Grigoriev, is an excellent example of Empire residential development. The basis for the estate was the basement, residential outbuilding and old chambers of the early 18th century, which survived the fire of 1812. In 1814, the remains of the destroyed estate were acquired by retired guard ensign Alexander Khrushchev and began to rebuild the building. A few years later, on the site of the burnt house there was a mansion surrounded by numerous outbuildings and a small garden.

In the mid-1840s, the estate was bought by the tea merchants Rudakovs, and in 1860 it passed to retired captain Dmitry Seleznev. At the beginning of the 20th century, his daughter gave the house to the Moscow nobility to establish a children's orphanage school. Since 1961, the estate has housed the A.S. Museum. Pushkin.

Apartment building Rekka

The six-story apartment building on the corner of Prechistenka and Lopukhinsky Lane was built by order of the banker and entrepreneur Yakov Rekka. The author of the project was the architect Gustav Gelrich. The corner of the building was accentuated with a semicircular bay window. Above it rose a clock tower, decorated with bas-reliefs and sculptures. The building dominated the surrounding two- and three-story buildings. The house was considered elite: it had elevators, sewerage, running water and bathrooms. In 1911, renting an apartment here cost 1,200 - 3,000 rubles a year.

The two apartments on the top floor were occupied by Alexander Faberge, a relative of the famous jeweler. He was a legal adviser at the Faberge firm. During the revolution, Alexander hastily left Russia, leaving behind all his property. Both apartments were converted into communal apartments. They housed Moscow artists, in particular members of the “Jack of Diamonds” group. The new residents were sure that jewelry left by the previous owner could be hidden in the apartment. According to some reports, one of the caches of silver was actually discovered during the reconstruction of the house in the 1980s. Then the building acquired a seventh technical floor, and the corner tower became part of the superstructure and virtually ceased to exist. In 2011, the house underwent a large-scale renovation.

Ermolov's house

The building at number 20 on Prechistenka is based on a mansion from the late 18th century. It was built for the famous doctor Christian Loder, known for his unusual method of treating ailments. He “walked” his patients in the fresh air, played music for them and gave them mineral water from crystal glasses. For this, both the doctor and his patients were called “idlers.”

A fire in 1812 destroyed the building, and after the war, a two-story mansion with a strict classical facade, characteristic of Moscow buildings, appeared in its place. The mistress of the house during this period was Countess Orlova. Every Muscovite knew about the firecracker “fool Matryoshka” who lived in the Orlovs’ house. In the warm season, rouged and dressed in old countess dresses, she sat at the garden railing, talking to passers-by and blowing them kisses.

In 1851, the house passed to the hero of the Patriotic War of 1812, General Alexei Ermolov. After him, the estate belonged to the manufacturer Vladimir Konshin, and since 1900 - to the entrepreneur and millionaire Alexei Ushkov, who owned a large tea company with representative offices around the world.

From 1921 to 1924, the building housed Isadora Duncan's choreographic studio. She not only worked, but also lived in an old mansion. Sergei Yesenin settled here after his marriage to a dancer.

House of Prince Dolgorukov

The property at the corner of Prechistenka and Sechenovsky Lane has a complex shape, since its formation took place over a long period of time, it united smaller plots. The house of Prince Andrei Dolgorukov at number 19 was built in the 1780s. Initially, the central part of the building, topped with a belvedere with a dome (burnt down in 1812), was connected to the side wings by columned galleries on the arcades. This was a unique architectural solution for Moscow. Subsequently, through arches were laid. In the 1860s, the house was occupied by the Alexander-Mariinsky Women's School, founded by Generalss Chertova. In 1921, part of the Military Academy of the Red Army moved into the building. Now the mansion houses the Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery.

Polivanova Gymnasium

The estate at 32/1 Prechistenka was rebuilt after the fire of 1812. The result was a very impressive structure, almost a palace. The street facade of the main house was decorated with an eight-column portico. Arched passages led into the courtyard. On the territory there are outbuildings, stables, a carriage house and a house church. When Griboyedov’s comedy “Woe from Wit” was staged at the Maly Theater, the interiors of this estate were taken as a model when creating the scenery. The house was owned by the guard cornet Pavel Okhotnikov.

In 1879, the house passed to the hereditary honorary citizens, the merchants Pegov. They remained owners until 1915. In 1882, the building was rented for the Polivanov gymnasium.

“In the seventies of the last century, two outstanding teachers of that time - Sofya Alexandrovna Arsenyeva and Lev Ivanovich Polivanov - established two gymnasiums in Moscow, in the Prechistenka area: Arsenyevskaya and Polivanovskaya. The connection between these schools was the closest; if the sons studied with Polivanov, the daughters were sent to Arsenyeva. The teaching was in most cases common, almost all the students knew each other, and, starting from the sixth grade, youthful romances arose between them. There were cases of sending notes in the coat pockets of the mathematician A.A. Ignatov, who, moving from lesson to lesson, did not suspect that he was playing the role of a carrier pigeon.” (From the memoirs of T.A. Aksakova)

Many famous people graduated from the Polivanovsky gymnasium, among them Vladimir Solovyov, Valery Bryusov, Andrei Bely, Maximilian Voloshin, Alexander Golovin and Alexander Alekhine. The sons of Leo Tolstoy studied here. Contemporaries said that he came to the gymnasium and argued with the teachers about Russian literature.

In 1915, the house passed to the wealthy businesswoman Vera Firsanova. In 1921, the State Academy of Artistic Sciences was located in the old estate. Now the building is occupied by children's art school No. 1 and children's music school No. 11 named after V. I. Muradeli. Polivanovsky evenings are held here on Prechistenka.

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The estate got its history at the beginning of the 18th century. By 1812, the two-story house was known as the possession of the princely families of Princes Vasilchikov, Zinoviev, Meshchersky and Baryatinsky. In 1812, a fire severely destroyed the estate. But by 1814, famous architects began to rebuild it, and soon a beautiful Empire style house appeared on the site of the dilapidated mansion. Adding to the overall splendor of the estate was the surroundings of many outbuildings and a small garden with a pavilion. By decree of the government in 1957, the State Museum named after A.S. was created in Moscow on the territory of the Khrushchevo-Seleznev estate. Pushkin. By the time the museum opened, there was not a single exhibit. But the idea of ​​​​creating a spiritual monument to the great poet rallied many enthusiasts.

Very little time passed and numerous elements of Pushkin’s relics began to be donated to the museum - from books and manuscripts to miniature portraits and furniture. A miniature portrait of the boy Pushkin appeared to the attention of the audience. It was donated to the museum by the Yakut artist. A medical box that belonged to the doctor who visited the dying poet Pushkin. Only 3.5 years have passed, and the museum has collected a rich composition. Thanks to this, the creators of the museum were able to solemnly celebrate the anniversary of the great Russian poet - the first historical and cultural center dedicated to the life and work of the great Russian poet was opened.

How the museum developed

From the late 70s to the late 80s, the leading direction of the museum workers was the idea of ​​perpetuating Pushkin’s places in the memory of residents and guests of the capital. The beginning of this movement was the opening of the GMP branch in 1986. It was called “Pushkin’s Apartment on Arbat”. The restoration carried out on it in 1997 allowed it to become the first museum and cultural center. Every year the number of its visitors exceeds three hundred thousand. In 1999, the Old House on Basmanskaya Street was transferred to the museum. Alexander's childhood began here. Soon another interesting exhibition will be opened here, which will tell museum visitors not only about the poet’s work, but also about the beginning of his life, about the things that inspired the young Pushkin from his early days.

Particular attention to the welfare of the museum was paid to the 200th anniversary of the poet’s birth. By this time, the museum required urgent major repairs. The initiators of the GMP turned to the Moscow government with a request to recreate the memorials to the poet’s memory - the most important buildings on Prechistenka. All museum collections also required immediate restoration. After the mayor's visit, a decision was made to majorly reconstruct the estate and begin construction of a new storage facility.

5 reasons why you should visit

Society's attention to the museum is caused not only by interest in history, but also by the desire to contemplate collections of Western historical and cultural values ​​and communicate with great artists. The museum's exhibitions date back to ancient, medieval and many other periods of human existence. The first exhibits of the museum were plaster statues, exactly replicating ancient figures, mosaics and many other works of Western peoples. Later, Old Western paintings were added to the plaster statues. Then the Pushkin exhibition was replenished with famous works of painting - paintings by Poussin, Rembrandt, Picasso, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet.

Operating mode

Main Building, Art Gallery, Museum of Personal Collections (temporary exhibitions)

• On weekdays and weekends (except Thursday and Monday) - from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. (tickets are sold through the box office until 7 p.m.);
• Thu – from 11 pm to 21 pm (tickets sold through the box office until 20:00);
• Day off is Monday.

Museum ticket prices

Citizens can purchase tickets to the Main Building and the Art Gallery at the following prices:

• Adults - 300 rub.
• Students and pensioners - 150 rubles.

Museum of Personal Collections (temporary exhibitions)

• Adults – 200 rub.
• Students and pensioners - 100 rubles.
• Admission for children under 16 years old is free

A ticket for a comprehensive visit to the museum is valid for 5 days and its cost is:

• Adult visitor 750 rubles
• Students and pensioners 400 rubles
• Children under 16 years old - free

Where is it and how to get there

The Moscow Pushkin Museum is located at st. Volkhonka, 12. To get to the museum by metro, you need to get off at the Kropotkinskaya station and walk 100 meters. The museum complex is located just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. The same walking route (within walking distance) is required if you need to get to the museum from Red Square and the Kremlin.

If you travel from the Belorusskaya metro station, it is best to take trolleybus No. 1 and get off at the thirteenth stop. But you must be sure that the trolleybus is heading exactly towards the Taganskaya station. If you want to get to the museum from the Lenin Library, the walk will take you no more than 10 minutes, but from the Park Kultury station you need to prepare for a twenty-minute walk. From the Marksistskaya station you can get to the museum by trolleybus No. 16 in fifteen to twenty minutes. You can also get here from Old Arbat in the same period of time - the walk will take about 20 minutes.

Distance from train stations. The farthest is Kursky Station. The route from here will take at least half an hour. Kazansky, Yaroslavsky and Leningradsky railway stations are located within a fifteen-minute metro ride from the museum. The closest station to the museum is Kyiv. The journey from here to the museum will be about ten minutes.

Many museums throughout Russia are dedicated to Pushkin, but the main one is the State Pushkin Museum (GMP) on Prechistenka. This institution has become the most important cultural center, uniting poetry lovers from all over the world.

Visitors will be interested in the museum's huge collections, its history, as well as the building in which the organization is located. The city authorities allocated the city estate of the Khrushchev-Seleznev nobles, an outstanding monument of architectural art of the early 19th century, for the museum complex.

The large house houses permanent exhibitions, a library, a reading room, and halls for concerts and press conferences. GMP is one of the few museum institutions that have fully opened their collections to visitors. Guests will see here collections of ancient books, paintings, graphics, bronze, ceramic and porcelain products.

At the Museum of A.S. Pushkin there are five branches: the museum-apartment of A. Bely, the museum-apartment of Pushkin on the street. Old Arbat, Turgenev Apartment Museum on the street. Ostozhenka, V. Pushkin's house on the street. Old Basmannaya and exhibition in Denezhny Lane.

Khrushchev-Seleznev Estate

The house in which the A.S. Museum is located Pushkin, was built in 1814 - 16. designed by architect A. Grigoriev. The customer was the guards officer A. Khrushchev. The Empire style mansion was surrounded by a beautiful courtyard with a small well-kept garden. The Khrushchevs were considered a wealthy family, and the entire flower of the Moscow aristocracy came to them with pleasure. It is possible that A. Pushkin also visited this house, although historians do not know this for certain.

The Khrushchevs owned the estate until 1840, when it was acquired by the merchants Rudakovs. In turn, the Rudakovs sold the property to the Seleznev nobles. In 1900, the heiress of the estate from the Seleznev family organized an orphanage there.

During Soviet times, the estate was transferred to the Literary Museum, which was later transformed into the State Pushkin Museum.

Permanent exhibitions

The main permanent exhibition of the museum is “Pushkin and His Epoch”. This is a huge exhibition occupying 15 halls of the Khrushchev-Seleznev mansion. The exhibition was opened in 1997, on the eve of the 200th anniversary of Pushkin’s birth, which was widely celebrated in the country.

The creators of the exhibition used the biographical principle of its construction. Visitors will see more than 4,000 exhibits telling about different stages in the poet’s life, his environment, creative method, culture and the specifics of life in Pushkin’s era. Among the artifacts are authentic manuscripts of Pushkin, his books, personal belongings, paintings and graphics by artists who worked at that time; guests will see collections of items that belonged to relatives, friends and acquaintances of the great poet, antique furniture, and costumes from Pushkin’s times in full size.

The exhibition is not static; it is constantly updated and expanded due to gifts from philanthropists and purchases at the largest auctions in the world.

The exhibition “Pushkin and His Epoch” is divided into halls. First, visitors enter the “Pushkin’s Childhood” hall, which contains portraits of the poet’s parents, his grandmother, and nanny. Museum guests will see what toys children used in those years. The “Ballroom” displays N. Goncharova’s personal belongings; here visitors will learn a lot about the life and customs of the aristocracy of the early 19th century. The exhibition ends with the tragic hall “The Death of Pushkin,” which tells about the fatal duel and the reaction of contemporaries to the death of the man who is called the creator of the modern Russian language.

In 2015, the Pushkin Museum opened its second permanent exhibition, “Pushkin’s Fairy Tales.” The play and exhibition space is designed for children. Experienced teacher-tour guides work here with young Muscovites. The children will take part in a great adventure in the world of wonderful fairy tales by A. S. Pushkin, they will see the Scientist Cat, Ruslan and Lyudmila, Tsar Saltan, and a talking head. The exhibition is very lively, bright and interactive. Children will visit Buyan Island, Baba Yaga's hut, and the house of Pushkin's nanny Arina Rodionovna.

Crane's office

In the Khrushchev-Seleznev mansion there is a memorial office of the outstanding Russian Pushkin scholar A. Z. Kerin, which is part of the structure of the State Historical Museum. It was Crane who was the first director of the Pushkin Museum; he collected the key collections for the exhibition.

Visitors will get to know this amazing personality, a true servant of art. Pushkin was the meaning of life for Alexander Zinovievich. Even during a serious illness, he came to the museum, to his workplace.

Crane went through the entire war, took part in the battles for Warsaw and Berlin. Guests will see in the office the personal belongings of the Pushkin scholar, his manuscripts, documents, photographs, medals and orders.

Collection of Nadya Rusheva

One of the most popular and touching exhibitions of the Pushkin Museum is an exhibition of drawings by Nadya Rusheva. The schoolgirl, who was destined to live only 17 years in the world, was an incredible, brilliant artist. And Nadya’s favorite author was A.S. Pushkin. The girl drew hundreds of illustrations for the poet’s works, many of which visitors will see in the museum.

The collection was donated to the State Museum by Nadya’s mother, and since then the exhibition has been visited by hundreds of thousands of Muscovites and guests of the capital. Of particular importance are the illustrations for the novel in verse “Eugene Onegin”. Art critics recognize Rusheva’s drawings as the best visual embodiment of the heroes of Pushkin’s grandiose book. It is amazing that these works were created by a girl when she was only 8 years old.

The Pushkin Museum regularly hosts theatrical performances, quizzes, meetings with scientists and writers, creative evenings and concerts.

Address: Moscow, st. Prechistenka, 12/2
Date of foundation: 1957
Opening date: June 6, 1961
Founder: Alexander Zinovievich Crane
Coordinates: 55°44"36.8"N 37°35"51.6"E

Pushkin always remains with us. His name is as eternal as his famous poems. A museum dedicated to the poet’s work appeared in the city in 1961. Over the years, it has become one of the most famous museums in Moscow. Museum exhibitions are located in the center of the Russian capital in a perfectly preserved manor house of the Khrushchev-Seleznev nobles.

The Khrushchev-Seleznyov estate, which houses the State Museum of A. S. Pushkin

How the museum was created

Hall No. 10. Bosquet room. "Queen of Spades"

The “bosquet room” of the manor house is usually called the “Queen of Spades” hall. The poet composed the story in verse, known to everyone since his school years, in 1833, when he lived in Boldino. One half of the exhibition is dedicated to the Countess and represents the wealthy aristocracy of the Russian Empire during Catherine's time. The other half tells about Herman, a new hero who was put forward by the poet’s bourgeois entourage.

The next three halls present museum visitors with Pushkin’s poem “The Bronze Horseman” and the poet’s journey to the sites of the Pugachev uprising. During his trip in 1833, he visited the Volga region, Kazan, Orenburg and Simbirsk. On the walls hang paintings by artists - descendants of the poet. And next to them are colorful portraits of Pugachev, which were painted in the last half of the 18th - early 19th centuries.

In room No. 14, the fate of the historical novel “The Captain's Daughter”, Pushkin’s main work of the mid-1830s, is revealed. The items exhibited here reflect the world of peasants and commoners who became willing and unwilling participants in the bloody Pugachev uprising.

Hall No. 8. Large living room. "Eugene Onegin"

Farewell to the poet

In Hall No. 15 you can get acquainted with the final years of the poet’s life. Pushkin's manuscripts, books, personal belongings and documents of recent years are exhibited within its walls. Here hang portraits of people from the inner circle, handwritten copies of the last poems and a tragic death mask.

The majestic “Anteroom” completes the excursion through the Pushkin era and is dedicated to the memory of the early departed poet. It houses a beautiful grandfather clock made in the 19th century, and next to it is a copy of the monument to the poet by Alexander Mikhailovich Opekushin.

Fairytale world

Another permanent exhibition is called “Pushkin's Tales”. It is very small and occupies only two rooms on the first floor. Excursions are conducted here for preschoolers and elementary school students, and parents with children are happy to come here.

Hall No. 11. “The Bronze Horseman”

The first room contains tools, peasant household items and ancient paintings. Here you can also see illustrations for Pushkin’s fairy tales made by famous Russian artists - Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich, Vladimir Alekseevich Milashevsky and Tatyana Alekseevna Mavrina. Another room represents the magical “Buyan Island” - a fairy-tale world intended for children's games.

About the branches of the museum

Pushkin is the true history of our country, therefore in Moscow they try to carefully preserve all places associated with the poet and his close relatives. The exhibition halls and memorial apartment located on Old Arbat have the status of a branch of the literary museum.

Between the Krasnye Vorota and Baumanskaya metro stations, on Staraya Basmannaya Street, there is an old wooden mansion. It houses a house-museum telling about the poet’s uncle, V.L. Pushkin. In addition, the house-museum of the famous Russian writer Ivan Turgenev and the memorial apartment of the symbolist poet Andrei Bely are considered branches.

Hall No. 2. The era of Pushkin

Useful information for visitors

The doors of the main museum building are open to guests on all days except Mondays, from 10:00 to 18:00. On Thursdays, exhibitions open at 12:00 and close to visitors at 21:00. Entrance to the museum costs 200 rubles (2018). Children under 7 years old are admitted free of charge. Tourists need to keep in mind that the box office stops selling tickets half an hour before closing.