House Museums

A house museum is a historical residence that has been preserved and opened to the public, allowing visitors to explore the domestic environment of a particular time period. Most often, these museums are associated with individuals or events considered important to the collective history and identity of a culture. These museums offer a unique, immersive experience by showcasing the architecture, furnishings, and personal belongings that reflect the lifestyle, tastes, and daily routines of past inhabitants.

October 15, 2018

The Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment in St. Petersburg

The Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment in St. Petersburg, Russia, makes, appropriately, a very strong use of narrative. The museum builds the story of Pushkin, his life and writing, all while maintaining a tight focus on the end of his story – a tragic death that, it seems, has never stopped being mourned. The […]

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The Nabokov House Museum in St. Petersburg

Mezhyhirya Residence Museum in Kyiv

Rimsky-Korsakov Memorial Apartment Museum

The Anna Akhmatova House Museum: Poetry as Design

House on the Embankment Museum in Moscow

The House-Museum of Sukhanov in Vladivostok

Memorial Apartment Museum of Dmitri Mendeleev

Kirov Museum in St. Petersburg

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