Chekhov House-Museum in Moscow: exposition, address, excursions

"A house that looks like a chest of drawers" - that's what Anton called itPavlovich in one of his letters. Now in this house there is a memorial museum of the writer, the space and decoration of which was restored according to the memories and drawings of his brother and sister. It was here that more than 100 stories were written, as well as plays: "Leshiy", "Tragic willy-nilly", "Ivanov", "Tatiana Repina"; vaudeville: "Swan Song", "Proposal", "Bear", "Wedding". In this house came out from the pen of A. Chekhov: "Boring story", "Fires", "Steppe". About this amazing, historical and memorial house-museum of the writer and will be discussed in the article.

Memorial building

The first house-museum of Chekhov in Moscow (Chekhov's room) was created on the initiative of members of the writer's family in the library of the Rumyantsev Museum in April 1912.

In 1921, the exposition received the status of a museum,however, a separate building for it was not allocated. Since the 1920s, the collection of the museum continued to be replenished and scientifically studied, in 1934 most of which was transferred to the State Literary Museum.

One of the departments of Goslitmuzey in 1954 becameto bear the name "Chekhov's House-Museum", under the exposition of which was allocated a historical building in which the writer lived from 1886 to 1890. The building was built in 1874.

Many writers visited hereartists, artists, writers, critics, musicians: Gilyarovsky VA, Tchaikovsky PI, Levitan II, Nemirovich-Danchenko VI, Grigorovich DV, Suvorin AS, Pleshcheev A N., Shekhtel F.O., Sumbatov-Yuzhin AI, Korolenko V.G.

Collections and exposition of Chekhov's house-museum

At present, the State Literary Museum, the house of the museum of Anton Chekhov, has the second largest collection of works by the writer in the world, after the Chekhov Museum in Yalta.

The decoration of the house is restored by memories andsketches of his brother and sister Anton Pavlovich, from the first minutes it can be seen that the family had a poor way of life, its main income was the literary earnings of Chekhov.

In the three halls of the literary exposition, you canclearly see the literary growth of Chekhov from the writer of the "small press" in the world-famous author, in addition, his portraits by artists Chekhov NP and Serov VA, autographs of the writer, lifetime editions are presented here. There is a hall dedicated to the journey of Chekhov to the Far East and Sakhalin Island.

In the house museum of Chekhov in Moscow there are photographs of the writer, members of his family and his entourage, Chekhov's literary editions, theatrical posters, household items.

In the drawing-room there are a lot of artistic works of Brother Anton Pavlovich, Nikolai, who died very early.

In the office Chekhov restored the situation, suchAs in the life of the writer, here are presented: a writer's table, candlesticks in the form of dragons, an inkwell donated by a grateful patient, fishing accessories, a picture of Tchaikovsky with his autograph. In the office, he not only wrote his works, but also received patients.

All the rooms of the museum house are exactly as they were under Chekhov, they seem to be saturated with the atmosphere and its spirit.

Chekhov's House Museum in Moscow conducts scientificconferences, literary evenings devoted to the life and work of the writer, excursions and thematic lectures for visitors of all age groups. The museum works with schools, organizes and conducts festivals of children's creativity, dedicated to Chekhov's theme.

Excursions

The museum conducts extensive museum and scientific activities, one of which is excursion work. Excursions are organized: a review of the house-museum, a review in English, thematic.

In a sightseeing tour visitors can enjoyunique atmosphere of the house, learn about the writer's creative path, about his works and interesting facts from his biography. The same excursion is also conducted in English.

Thematic excursions in the museum are organized very muchmany, for example, "Chekhov AP. -doctor. I fly and write ... ", which tells about the university years of Anton Pavlovich, his attitude to the profession of a doctor, about his medical practice. In the thematic excursions on Chekhov's works "Boring Story" and "Vanka" we are talking about the history of creating these creations, which are written in the "house-chest", about the author's peculiar artistic style.

Classes

The museum hosts thematic classes forvisitors of all ages. For example, in the lesson "What is a museum?" A journey to the world of museums is carried out. We are talking about the first museums in the world, dating back to the times of Ancient Greece, about the largest and most famous world museums, the first museums in Russia, the most famous Russian museums. Visitors are taught to navigate in the museum exposition of Chekhov's house museum, everyone can be a museum worker. In the lesson "Kashtanka" children are introduced to the story creation story, they play a scene from it and watch a cartoon. There are also other thematic classes on the works of the great Russian writer.

Thematic lectures

For schoolchildren and adults, thematiclectures, for example, "The Creativity of the Writer of the 1890s" and "Ioanych", which dealt with Chekhov's work, about the life he describes, about the problems of that time. Lecture "Innovation" is devoted to the principles and original type of construction of plays that were not at first understood by contemporaries, but later called critics innovative. Lecture "The Journey of Chekhov to Sakhalin" is devoted to the eight-month travel of the writer to the Far East and Sakhalin Island, as a result of which he wrote a book dedicated to the island.

Theater at the house-museum

At the house-museum of Chekhov in Moscow in 2017 wasThe theater is organized, which presents only Chekhov's works to the audience. Performances were staged: "Wedding", "Out of the notes of a quick-tempered man", "Seagull". Prepared for the premiere: "Proposal", "Bear", "Ivanov", "Jubilee".

Mode of operation of the museum

The Chekhov House Museum is open daily from 11:00 to 18:00, on Wednesdays and Thursdays until 21:00. Closed on Monday. Every last Friday of the month the entrance to the museum is free.

How to get there?

The Memorial House Museum is located at: Moscow, Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street, 6.

You can get there by metro to the stations:

• "Smolenskaya" or "Mayakovskaya" by bus number 39 or trolleybus number 10 to the stop "Museum of Chekhov";
• "Barricade", from it 6 minutes on foot;
• Krasnopresnenskaya, from it by bus number 39, 64, 6 or trolleybus No.10, 5.
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