Today, one of the favorite types of museums in the world is the biographical and personal museums in which visitors can learn about the lifestyle and daily life of the figures. One of these biographical museums which interest both locals and tourists from around the world is the Memorial Apartment and Museum of Alexander Pushkin in St. Petersburg.
Alexander Pushkin was a famous poet and writer of Russia who born in 1799 and died in 1836. This famous Russian writer had strong influences on Russian literature who wrote many well-known stories such as the Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin. Besides the books he wrote, many dramas, ballets, operas, and performances produced based on his works. Two of the most famous ones of them would be the operas based on the Queen of Spades and Eugene Onegin by the great Russian composer, Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
He rented an apartment in a building at the Moika embankment, at the Palace Square which was only a few blocks away from the Nevsky Prospekt. He rented this house four months before his tragic death following his famous duel. The owner of the house who understood the value of Pushkin in literature preserves the house exactly as it was left before the poet's death.
One can acknowledge the importance of Alexander Pushkin in literature with the fact that his devotees still held meetings in his memorial house to celebrate the poet on his death day after almost two centuries. The event includes poetry reading, a moment of silence at the exact time of the poet's death, and discovering new artists who inspired by the poet's work.
Today, the building which Pushkin rented in St. Petersburg turned into a memorial museum with the exact design and decorative as it was when he lived there for four months. Visitors can witness the workplace of this great poet and inspect his library closely. There are also his common used items which might have his fingerprints all over them for displaying to the public.
Besides the personal belongings and items of Alexander Pushkin, this small memorial museum exhibit some parts of his works and art collection to the public too. There’s also a section about the building history, biography of the poet, and information about his famous duel in the basement of the building.
There are some exhibitions directly or indirectly regarding the poet’s work held in the museum throughout the year.
Visiting this museum in the Saint Petersburg tour might be interesting for the people who love literature, especially the Russian literature, because they can learn about this phenomenal poet’s life, and made one of the highlights of their travel to Russia as well.
