| Name: |
Akhmatova Memorial Museum |
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| Address: |
34 nab. reki Fontanki (metro
stations: Mayakovskaya and Nevsky Prospekt) |
| Phone: |
+7 (812) 311-2549 |
| Open: |
Open: 10.30am - 5.30pm
Closed: Mondays and the last Wednesday of every month |
| Description: |
The museum dedicated to the
life and work of Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) opened in the
Fountain House in 1989. The poetess lived the better part
of her life in the south garden wing of the palace, and even
signed many of her verses indicating the exact place of their
creation: Fountain House. Akhmatova moved to the apartment
of her husband Nikolai Punin, a well-known art historian,
in the mid-1920s and lived here until February 1952 (excluding
the war years).
The exhibits displayed in the six halls of the museum provide
a lively account of Akhmatova's life and work. Some of the
less well-known portraits and photographs of Akhmatova and
her contemporaries, books from her library, rare editions,
unique autographs of Silver Age poets and assorted memorabilia
are to be seen here. Punin's study and Akhmatova's room have
been recreated to look like they did during their owners'
lifetime.
On the first floor is a concert and exhibition hall where
literary and musical soirees are held along with temporary
exhibitions by contemporary Russian and foreign artists. On
the ground floor, a videoroom-cafe is used for the showing
of films about 20th-century Russian poets. |
