Alina Degtiaryova

MUSEUMS OF RUSSIA

Alina Degtiaryova
“Our common desire is to preserve everything <...>” – history of the Viktor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum

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Today the house of Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov is a memorial museum, a research department of the State Tretyakov Gallery. The history of its creation covers the period from the beginning of construction of the house in 1894 to the opening of the museum in it in 1953. To this day, the house retains its inimitable appearance conveying the atmosphere of one of the unique corners of old Moscow, and the history of the museum is intertwined with the fates of its creators - the wife and children of the artist.