All-Russian Pushkin Museum

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ALL-RUSSIAN PUSHKIN MUSEUM of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation (12 Moika RiverEmbankment) was established in 1953 on the basis of the All-Russian Pushkin Exhibition of 1937 opened in Moscow in the halls of the History Museum in celebration of the poet's centennial birthday, showing materials of Pushkin House and of other museums, archives, and libraries of the country. The exhibition was opened in Alexander Palace in the town of Pushkin in 1949. Later the exhibition was transferred to 17 halls of the Winter Palace. The main museum exposition was opened in 27 halls of the Church Wing of Catherine's Palace of the town of Pushkin in 1967-88. The new literary exposition entitled A. S. Pushkin: Life and Work was opened in 1999 in 18 halls on the first and the second floors of the house at 12 Moika River Embankment. Pushkin Museum is the largest depository of memorabilia, books and works of art related to Pushkin. The collection of the museum contains over 200,000 objects. A unique collection of portraits of the poet and his contemporaries, works of applied art, and unique publications are among the exhibits. The museum has the following branches: Pushkin Memorial Apartment Museum, Pushkin Museum Dacha, the Lyceum Museum, Nekrasov Memorial Apartment Museum, and Derzhavin Museum. The following museums were established on the initiative of the All-Russian Pushkin Museum and on the basis of its materials in Gatchinsky District of Leningrad Region: the House of the Postmaster in the village of Vyra, and the Museum House of Pushkin’s nanny in the village of Kobrino. A cinema and lecture room for 180 seats was opened at the museum in the former stables. Biron's Stable Meetings of Literature Fans are held here monthly.

References: Грановская Н. И. Всесоюзный музей А. С. Пушкина: Очерк-путеводитель. Л., 1985; Ее же. "Если ехать вам случится...": Очерк-путеводитель, предлагающий путешествие с автором по пушкинским местам Гатчинского р-на Ленингр. обл. Л., 1989; А. С. Пушкин: Жизнь и лира. СПб., 1999; Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002. С. 48-53, 179, 184.

A. D. Margolis. Derzhavin Gavriil Romanovich
Nekrasov Nikolay Alexeevich
Pushkin Alexander Sergeevich
Moika River Embankment/Saint Petersburg, city, house 12
Музеи Санкт-Петербурга и Ленинградской области: Справ. СПб., 2002
Грановская Н. И. Всесоюзный музей А. С. Пушкина: Очерк-путеводитель. Л., 1985
А. С. Пушкин: Жизнь и лира. СПб., 1999
Грановская Н. И. "Если ехать вам случится...": Очерк-путеводитель, предлагающий путешествие с авт. по пушкин. местам Гатчин. р-на Ленингр. обл. Л., 1989 Russian Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of
Alexander Palace (Pushkin)
Winter Palace
Catherine Palace (Town of Pushkin)
Nekrasov Memorial Museum Apartment
Derzhavin Museum
Pushkin Dacha Museum