Estates and museums of fairy-tale heroes. The best fairy tale museums for your children. Little Prince Museum, Japan
Sometimes the heroes of fairy tales become so real that they feel cramped between the bookshelves. They leave the pages of their favorite books, turn into monuments, walk the streets of cities and even make cozy homes for themselves. Then museums dedicated to fairy-tale characters appear all over the world, where children and adults flock as if on wings. After all, who doesn’t dream of being in a fairy tale at least for a moment?
“Fairy tales are like old friends, you need to visit them from time to time,”- American writer George Martin once said. Don't waste a minute!
Moominvalley, Finland
On the island of Kailo, off the coast of the Finnish city of Naantali, the magical Land of the Moomins lurks between the dense crowns of trees. The museum was opened in 2003, and since then it has been a favorite vacation spot for local children. You will also enjoy looking into the Moomin houses, climbing the tower, and running around on unusual bridges and stairs. There is a blue Moomin's house from the book, a yellow Hemulen house with a collection of butterflies, a witch's hut, and a bathhouse.
Friendly characters from popular books by writer Tove Janson walk around the museum's surroundings, delighting young visitors. You may meet Little My or Sniff, Moominpappa or Moominmama.
The summer theater regularly hosts performances and shows. The museum occupies the whole island and is connected to the old part of Naantali by a bridge. And you can get here by a special Moomin train.
Little Prince Museum, Japan
Surprisingly, the museum of a little hero with a big soul, created by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, is located not at all in Paris or Provence, where the writer is from, but in... the Japanese village of Hakone.
Cozy French houses and cafes will transport you to France even thousands of kilometers from the author’s homeland, and bright thematic paintings will immerse you in Magic world works.
In the museum you will see not only exhibits dedicated to the Little Prince, but also to his creator. Original photographs, letters and diaries will reveal new facts from the writer’s biography.
Baron Munchausen Museum, Latvia
Do you know, dear friend, that the most truthful storyteller in the world - Baron Munchausen - is not a fictional character, but a real person. He lived in the 18th century and even visited Ukraine.
The Baron Munchausen Museum is located in the Latvian manor Dunte. The owners of the estate claim that it was here that the best years of the life of the baron and his wife passed. Here he pulled himself out of the swamp, planted a cherry tree between the antlers of a deer and flew to the Moon riding on the cannonball. It was here that I found my soul mate - the daughter of the owner of the estate.
A five-kilometer path with bizarre wooden monuments leads from Munchausen’s house to the sea: a hare with eight legs, flying fish, etc. The atmosphere of his time is created in the baron’s museum. The house is filled with hunting trophies, and at the entrance guests are greeted by the owner of the house himself, however, in the form wax figure. But who knows, maybe she comes to life at night?
Harry Potter Museum, England
Miracles make your eyes widen. Fans of Harry Potter can spend hours wandering among the mysterious scenery of the film: stroll through Diagon Alley with a bunch of shops, sit at the dining tables Great Hall, see Mr. Weasley's flying car, and also learn how the portraits on the walls come to life in the frame.
The highlight of the museum is the Hogwarts school castle, or rather its model, 2.5 m high. Torches burn on the castle towers, and special lighting changes night to day every 4 minutes.
After walking through the halls of the film studio, you can have a snack in the “Sweet Kingdom” and buy a broom, a magic wand or a robe as a souvenir.
Mary Poppins Museum, Australia
If you love the work of Pamela Travers, visit the Australian city of Maryborough. It was there, in the writer’s homeland, that a house-museum dedicated to her work was opened. In front of the house you can see a monument to the author famous story about Mary Poppins. And not far from the estate is a coastal park, very similar to the one described in the books about the sorceress nanny.
If you arrive here on time summer holidays, be sure to visit the Mary Poppins Festival. During the holiday, races for local nannies are held here, steam locomotives are launched, and kite flying and asphalt drawing competitions are held. It will be fun!
Fairytale Map of Rus':
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https://vk.com/fairytalemapofrussiaBaba Yaga – Kukoboy
Baba Yaga was settled in the village of Kukoboi (2-3 hours drive from Yaroslavl) in 2004 and a Hut on chicken legs was built there. From ancient times, a Yaroslavl legend has come down about a mysterious, nameless old woman from the backyard. She lived in the depths of dense dense forests, rarely anyone managed to see her. By the way, the image of a dark character local residents Fixed a few things. In the process of “registration” of the famous old woman, serious problems arose: the fact is that the village of Kukoboi is famous for its many temples and churches, and the priests were categorically against settling the “devilishness”. But, despite this, everything was resolved successfully, and Baba Yaga reformed: now she helps those in need, although from time to time she continues to misbehave. If you decide to go to Baba Yaga’s residence, then do not be surprised that first you will be taken to the temple to buy holy water and candles. Only with such weapons can you safely enter the Izbushka. Also in the domain of Baba Yaga you will find tea with the famous Kukoboy pies, competitions and much more. On the last Saturday of July everyone is invited to Baba Yaga's birthday. http://babajaga76.ru/dostoprimachayelnosti/sedmaya-skazochnaya-versta
Tsar Berendey - Pereslavl-Zalessky
According to one of the legends, the Berendeys lived in the Pereslavl region - militant tribes in the service of the Russian princes. They were ruled by the just and kind Tsar Berendey. In Pereslavl-Zalessky Yaroslavl region the “Berendey House” was created - a Center for the preservation and development of folk traditions and folk arts and crafts. Those who wish can visit the chamber of Tsar Berendey, see his throne and hear from him a story about the ancient Berendeys. Behind the house there is a sunny meadow, where Tsar Berendey and his Berendeys hold cheerful folklore holidays.
Kikimora and Vasnetsov’s fairy tales – Kirov region
In Kirov, on Kikimorskaya Mountain, Kikimora's house was built. And now she invites all tourists to visit. IN theme park“Reserve of Fairy Tales” you can wander around the Museum of Fairy Tales, solve the riddles of the Brownie and play with other characters. Details - on the center's website active rest"Flying ship". http://korabl-kirov.ru/ #
And then you can go to the village of Ryabovo (about 2.5 hours by bus from Kirov) - a “magic trail” based on Vasnetsov’s fairy tales has opened there: with a hut on chicken legs, Kashchei’s labyrinth and, of course, Alyonushka.
Ivan Tsarevich in the Fairy Tale Reserve https://vk.com/album61571729_20459694
Goldfish – Bolshoye Boldino
The village of Bolshoye Boldino is recognized as the exact birthplace of the Golden Fish. Nizhny Novgorod region, where there are no rivers, but where Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin wrote the famous “Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish.” There he also wrote more than fifty famous works. To attract tourists in the Bolsheboldinsky district they are going to build the “City of Pushkin’s Fairy Tales” with a complex of attractions based on the works of the classic, a children’s theater and the “Golden Fish” water park.
However, the “Golden Fish Possession” is also located in the village of Lipin Bor Vologda region. This is due to the name of the district - Vashkinsky. The common fish in the area is “vashkalok”, which, translated from Vepsian, indicates the peculiar copper or gold color of the fish. The village has Children's park, located in a pine forest, near White Lake. Here live the mushroom Borovik, the mischievous Silver Fish - the girlfriends of the Golden Fish, the Old Man with his old woman, and of course, the Empress Fish herself. The program of stay includes a subscription “Visiting Grandma Fedora” at the regional museum of local lore. Here guests will be invited to light a coal samovar; take part in folk games and fun, swing on a traditional Russian swing and take part in a tea ceremony with delicious village pies. By visiting the district House of Crafts, you can purchase souvenirs, take part in a master class, and make a fish from birch bark with your own hands. There is also a House of Fish and Fisheries here. More details on the website of the Vashkinsky municipal district about http://www.lipinbor.vologda.ru/riba.htm
Kolobok – Novaya Bedenga village
At first, the Ulyanovsk region tried to “stake out” the name of Cheburashka on the fairy-tale map, citing as a basis a mention in Dahl’s dictionary, but the creator of the image of Cheburashka, Eduard Uspensky, strongly opposed it. In the meantime, most of the fairy-tale characters dismantled other cities, and only Kolobok remained in Ulyanovsk. Fortunately, the foundations here are more or less strong: local historian Sergei Petrov found the Simbirsk roots of the character in connection with the oscillator, the Simbirsk kolobok. According to Dahl's dictionary, bread made from leftover dough was called kolyabyatka in the Ulyanovsk province. This is the bun, the flour for which was scraped up along the bottom of the tree.
June 2, 2012 The official opening of the Koloboka estate took place in the village of Novaya Bedenga. The log house and yard of the fairy-tale hero were built according to all the canons of 19th century carpentry. There is a stove in the hut so that it is always warm and smells of pies. Kolobok's yard lands are located in a picturesque area. Nearby, on a pedestal, there is a sculpture of the owner of the house, next to it is wooden images all the heroes of the fairy tale - the Hare, the Bear, the Wolf and the Fox.
The estate will include a number of facilities: “Kolobok House”, “Kolobodrom”, a children’s playground, as well as the “Simbirsk Koloboks” production line. “Kolobok’s House” will be an interactive donut cafe (with halls for children and adults) with a souvenir shop and a “live” Kolobok, whose functions, naturally, will be performed by an animator.
Ivan Tsarevich at the Koloboka Estate https://vk.com/album61571729_204596943
Ivanushka the Fool – Kenozerye
Kenozero is one of the first places (along with Veliky Ustyug) to “book” the fairy-tale hero back in 2001, at the same time the first holiday, “The Kenozero Fool,” was held here. Every year there is an exhibition of children's drawings and letters to Ivanushka "Favorite Fairy-Tale Hero". Kenozerye is the birthplace of the famous scientist, writer, storyteller and folklorist Alexander Nechaev (1902-1986), who prepared and published about 60 books of folk tales and epics. On the day of Ivan Kupala, the residents of Kenozero invite everyone to the “Kenozero Fool” holiday.
Sadko – Gostsy
Residents of the village of Gostsy, Novgorod region, sincerely believe that Sadko is not just an invented fairy tale, but a very real person. A certain Sotko Sytinich is actually mentioned in the Novgorod chronicle of 1167 as the builder of the Church of Boris and Gleb in the Novgorod Detinets. “Various fairy-tale motifs are associated with the name of this person,” historians and linguists write today. One of the legends about Sadko, we recall, says that he decided to bet with the merchants that there was a fish with golden feathers in Lake Ilmen. The Water King helped him win the argument. After this, Sadko traded successfully and soon became rich. According to this belief, businessmen and entrepreneurs still come to Gostsy today for good luck.
Koschey the Immortal – Elder
The birthplace of Koshchei is now considered old City ok Staritsa, Tver region. In support of this version, the governor of the Tver region, Dmitry Zelenin, cites a legend about how an old man’s shoemaker once met a monster with glowing eyes in the local quarries. “This is exactly how Koschey the Immortal appears in Russian fairy tales,” explains Zelenin. In addition, the ancient coat of arms of Staritsa depicts a hunchbacked old woman with a stick. According to local historians, this is “the same Baba Yaga who helped Ivan Tsarevich defeat Koshchei.” In the city it is planned to equip Koshchei’s cave and even erect a monument to him. In the meantime, the main attraction of Staritsa is the Holy Dormition Monastery. In Staritsa, the youth John was born and raised - later Job, the first Patriarch of Moscow and All Rus'; This is where he died. And knowledgeable Orthodox Christians specially come to Staritsa to see his tomb.
Nightingale the Robber – Birch
IN Kursk region there is the village of Bereza, which is filled with legends and traditions. Why is this village the birthplace of the Nightingale the Robber? There is a legend that when the village itself was founded, a peasant planted three birch trees, about which the Nightingale the Robber talks a lot in the epic. Even the famous archaeologist Yuri Lipking confirmed Nightingale’s Kursk registration in his book “The Distant Past of the Nightingale Land.”
Rusalka - Pskov
Most recently on " Fairytale map Russia" the Pskov Little Mermaid appeared. The fact that it was she who became the fairy-tale symbol of the Pskov region is explained simply: in the Pskov region there is the A.S. Pushkin Museum-Reserve “Mikhailovskoe”, and at Pushkin’s in Lukomorye it is the mermaid who sits on the branches of a green oak tree. By the way, the mermaid’s residence will be located in the center countryside holiday"Lukomorye", so everything fits together perfectly.
Chicken Ryaba – Ermakovo
In August, in the village of Ermakovo, in the Yaroslavl region, a holiday dedicated to the magical Hen is held annually. In addition, there is also a museum of the Ryaba Hen, by visiting which you will not only see the fabulous laying hen in different guises, but also learn about the craft and life in Rus'.
Emelya and Pike – Rostov Veliky
In Rostov, holidays “At the command of the pike” are regularly held. The festival begins with a competition of bell ringers, continues with a ceremonial parade led, of course, by Emelya himself, riding, as he should, on a stove, and ends with mass dancing, games and pike ear treats. This fish is the main attraction of Rostov Lake Nero, because according to legend, this very magic pike lives here.
Vodyanoy – Poshekhonye
It’s not for nothing that Poshekhonye is called the Venice of Yaroslavl - after all, it stands on five rivers at once, there are ponds and, of course, the Rybinsk Reservoir. And so the Poshekhonians decided to settle a merman. His official residence located in the children's library. The merman's apartment is decorated with portraits of the owner, statues of cute frog girlfriends, an aquarium with small catfish, a water mill and other attributes water kingdom. The idea of assigning the place of residence of the ruler of rivers and lakes to Poshekhony was invented by library staff who collected rich history The owner of the rivers. In popular belief, Poshekhonya, a merman, is a strong, middle-aged man, with a beard and barefoot. He wears a red shirt and a straw hat. The main tourist holiday takes place here in early June and is called “The Master of the Poshekhon Rivers.” Interactive programs are held at Vodyanoy’s residence. The merman gives different tips, Kikimora sings songs and entertains the guests, and then everyone is treated to fish soup.
Buratino – Zelenogradsk
June 13, 1999 citizens of the resort city of Zelenogradsk Kaliningrad region gathered for central square city and by a special Act adopted “the hitherto homeless, passportless and homeless Pinocchio.” Residents of the city believe that the wooden boy was born to them. And they give an argument: in Zelenogradsk there is a Field of Miracles - the same one described in “The Golden Key”. Do money trees grow there? Come and see for yourself.
At the beginning of August, Zelenograd residents celebrate their City Day. At this holiday Pinocchio will find something fun and funny for every child. But if suddenly you don’t manage to get to Zelenogradsk for the holiday, don’t worry! Firstly, the sea, forest, sand and sun in Buratino’s homeland work around the clock. And secondly, in any weather, you will find yourself in Papa Carlo’s closet, where there is that same secret door behind the old canvas and a collection of golden keys (by the way, if you have an interesting key lying around somewhere that you don’t need, bring it as a gift!). You will be taken to memorial sites associated with the extraordinary adventures of Pinocchio. You will see with your own eyes the oak tree on which the night robbers hung Pinocchio upside down, the bridge over Tortilina Pond, the pine tree to which Karabas Barabas’s beard stuck, a copy of Malvina’s secluded house. And then you yourself will play in a scene from the play about Pinocchio or in several Pinocchio games. And then you order three crusts of bread at the Three Peskars Kharchevna. And then visit the Zelenograd Historical and Archaeological Museum, where unique exhibits about the past of this land are exhibited. This is very interesting!
Scarlet Flower – Ufa
Back in December 2010, a large forged Scarlet flower “bloomed” in one of the parks of Ufa, becoming a popular attraction among lovers. The basis for choosing the capital of Bashkiria as the birthplace of the Scarlet Flower was the well-known fact about the birthplace of the author of the fairy tale, Sergei Aksakov, on a family estate near Ufa. There, as a child, the writer heard this story from the housekeeper Pelageya, who told him fairy tales, and later the writer created a book about the story of Beauty and the Beast, which he called “The Scarlet Flower.”
Ilya Muromets – Murom
In the center of Murom, which is Vladimir region, a bronze monument to the hero was erected, and the local history museum has an exhibition dedicated to the hero. In the courtyard of the museum there is an oak tree that remembers Ilya of Muromets, and from the springs that appeared as a result of the blows of the hooves of the heroic horse, people still draw holy water today. https://vk.com/ilya_muromets33
Dobrynya Nikitich – Shilovo
Despite the fact that the popular epic hero has at least nine probable prototypes, residents of the village of Shilovo in Ryazan region We are sure that the best person for this role is the good fellow Dobrynya, who was sitting not far away on the island and was playfully throwing axes at Ilya Muromets on the other side. The Shilovites were always sure that Dobrynya was their fellow countryman. Back in the 19th century, the Ryazan press wrote about this as something taken for granted. The district's coat of arms depicts a sword and belt. The hymn mentions the “sacred sword of the Ryazan resident Dobrynya.” The Shilovsky Museum of Local Lore contains a piece of the hero’s combat equipment (an overlay for the belt), which was found during excavations of the mound before the war.
Alyosha Popovich – Rostov the Great
“We found a lot of facts indicating that the legendary hero of Russian epics Alyosha Popovich was born in Rostov in the 12th century in the family of a priest,” say the city administration. The program “Visiting Alyosha Popovich” has already started. Alyosha Popovich accompanies tourists along the entire route along Rostov soil. They not only learn about crafts, visit the museum-reserve, but also participate in a picnic on the shore of Lake Nero, in the rite of passage into heroes, and in games. There is a merchant estate in the city with a heroic courtyard, where performances based on Russian folk tales and comic battles are staged.
Lefty – Tula
Of all the attractions, only the monument to the savvy artisan is accessible to visitors.
Mouse-Norushka – Myshkin
According to legend, the city of Myshkin, Yaroslavl region, was built in the 13th century on the site where a mouse saved a Russian prince from death: she woke him up when a snake was approaching him. They say that the city was named in commemoration of this significant event. The city of Myshkin is the Russian record holder for the number of museums and exhibition halls. The main one, of course, is the Mouse Museum - the only one in the world. It contains mice of all possible sizes: drawn, turned, sculpted, glued and sewn from all imaginable and inconceivable materials and collected not only from the cities and villages of their native country, but also sent in large numbers from abroad. The mouse brand is used as widely as imagination allows: the Myshkiny Palata complex operates with entertainment for tourists, the Myshkino Podvorie hotel welcomes guests, the Mousetrap restaurant operates, where visitors are served a cheese plate in addition to the paid menu - in accordance with the spirit and letter English proverb about free cheese, which, as you know, only comes in a mousetrap. And in the summer there is an annual Mouse Festival. And as a souvenir of the city, you should definitely buy a wallet mouse - it lives in wallets and makes sure that the money in them does not run out.
Father Frost - Veliky Ustyug
The birthplace of Father Frost was Veliky Ustyug, located in the northern latitudes, surrounded by the winter splendor of nature, a city of skilled wood and silversmiths who carefully preserve the ancient traditions of their ancestors. An office of Father Frost has been opened in Veliky Ustyug, which includes a throne room, a museum, workshops, a post office and a souvenir shop. Here you can talk and take a photo with Santa Claus in the throne room, send holiday cards and letters to family and friends with the seal and autograph of Santa Claus, canceled with a special stamp, purchase original souvenirs or make your own crafts in the workshop. 12 km from Veliky Ustyug in a pine forest on the banks of the Sukhoi River is located Entertainment Center“The Estate of Father Frost,” which includes a range of services: accommodation, meals, rental of masquerade and sports equipment, horseback riding, snowmobiling, skiing, skating, sleighing in winter, as well as pleasure boats and pedalos in summer.
Official website of the project "Veliky Ustyug - the birthplace of Father Frost" www.dom-dm.ru
Website “Votchina of Father Frost” - http://www.votchina-dm.ru/sys/map
Snegurochka – Kostroma
The Snow Maiden's Tower is located in Kostroma. Together with her, Domovoi, Domovikha and the scientist Kot Bayun live in it. Both in winter and summer, here you can freeze in the Ice Hall, watch a puppet show, take part in game programs and chat with the Snow Maiden herself. Terem website http://teremsnegurochki.ru
Skazov Bazhov Park
"Park Skazov" - the first in the Urals theme park, dedicated to Bazhov’s tales, Russian fairy tales and traditional Ural folk culture. The park is located near Yekaterinburg in the Aramilsky City District. The distance from Yekaterinburg is 23 km, travel time is about an hour.
Amazing and fabulous place It is necessary to visit every parent who comes to the capital with their child. And if you are a resident of Moscow and have not yet visited the Buratino-Pinocchio Museum, then this is completely unforgivable. Here you can immerse yourself in the amazing, fantastic world of this well-known story.
Visiting Buratino
When you come to the Pinocchio-Pinocchio Museum, you can wander through the amazing world in which these heroes lived, or book excursions. They are themed here, for every taste - “Papa Carlo and his dolls”, “Pinocchio and Malvina meet friends”.
With the help of the museum staff, you will actually visit the country of Buratinia. Few people will refuse such an offer. You can stroll along the narrow Italian street where the now famous carpenter Papa Carlo lives in his closet. Be sure to visit him. Or try to find the treasured golden key on your own in the pond where Tortilla the turtle lives.
The children will be told in detail about Pinocchio, the ancestor of Pinocchio, who was invented by the Italian storyteller Carlo Collodi in 1883. And also about its Russian counterpart Buratino, which Alexei Tolstoy wrote about in 1936.
It is surprising for both children and adults that it was not only in Russia that storytellers imitated Collodi. There are similar plots, for example, in German fairy-tale literature - this is Otto Bierbaum's Zepfel Kern. You can learn this and much more about your favorite childhood heroes if you come to the Pinocchio-Pinocchio Museum.
Pinocchio and his friends
Together with your friends main character fairy tales is ready to conduct various excursions for visitors.
IN new program At the museum, children will be able to meet the beautiful Malvina, who will teach the restless Pinocchio and all the children who come to visit him the basic rules of etiquette. For example, how to behave at the table, in the theater, at a party, how to politely communicate with each other. So this excursion will be not only interesting, but also educational.
The main thing that is advised to everyone who decides to visit the Buratino-Pinocchio House Museum is to carefully read the fairy tale again in advance. Then it will be even more interesting and fun.
How to get there?
The Buratino-Pinocchio Museum is located in Moscow. To get there, the easiest way is to take the metro, the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya line. You will need to get off at Izmailovskaya station. This is between "Pervomaiskaya" and "Partizanskaya".
It’s not difficult to find the Buratino-Pinocchio Museum. 2nd Parkovaya Street, building 18. If you are coming from the center, then it is best to get off from the last car. This way you will immediately find yourself on 2nd Parkovaya Street. You can walk to the museum from the metro. It will take no more than 5-7 minutes walking.
The museum is open every day, seven days a week. Opens at 10 am and is open until half past five in the evening. Visits must be made by appointment, so be sure to notify us in advance of your visit. Also, one more nuance - you need to have replacement shoes to visit the Pinocchio-Pinocchio Museum. After all, you will go directly to visit fairy-tale characters, and when visiting, it is customary to take off your shoes. Well, or wear clean shoes.
The ticket price will be 600 rubles. If the visit is collective, for example, a whole class, starting from 15 people, came to visit Malvina, then they will be given a 10 percent discount.
Also, children from large families will pay 100 rubles less, even if they come for an individual excursion.
There is good news for organizers of visiting children from boarding schools. They won't have to pay for the ticket at all.
What unites Doctor Faustus, Baron Munchausen, Mr. Sherlock Holmes, Uncle Tom, Popeye the sailor and the little prince? The point is that all these characters have their own museums. This is a great honor for a fictional creature and for its creator. Because the character museum - highest proof its authenticity and a sign of unconditional nationwide worship of the author.
World museum practice includes several dozen museums of literary, folklore and film characters. Idol-worshippers and curious people from all over the world flock to some museums, while others still bear the burden of “municipal” glory.
Every year, the number of these unusual museums is replenished by Russian apartments, houses, estates and even entire villages dedicated to the lives and adventures of heroes, in whose existence we unconditionally believe throughout the country.
Our country's first museum of a fictional hero was opened in October 1972, 45 years ago, in the village of Vyra near Leningrad. For reasons of literary political correctness, the proud right of the first swallow was given to the character born under Pushkin’s quill pen with nut ink - Samson Vyrin.
The place was not chosen by chance - having covered 70 versts, the messengers stopped for the night or changed horses at the third station of the Belorussian Highway - Vyra. Based on archival documents and descriptions from the story “The Station Warden,” the house has carefully recreated the atmosphere of a road station from the era of Nicholas I. In every object, in every little thing, the soul of a fictional hero lurks - here is an unfinished sundress, here is a laced book, the table is set for tea - it seems An elderly father and daughter went out and are about to return to continue unraveling and unraveling their eternal sad plot.
No. 2. Museum of Literary Heroes "Belkin's Tales"
The village of Lvovka, located in the Bolsheboldinsky district of the Nizhny Novgorod region, has been the patrimony of the Pushkins since the 17th century and was named after the poet’s grandfather, Lev Alexandrovich. In 2005, a museum of the heroes of “Belkin’s Tales” was opened in the manor’s estate behind the Luchinnik grove.
Ivan Petrovich Belkin's room One of the rooms of the mansion is dedicated to Ivan Petrovich Belkin - a fictional author of stories - his portrait hangs here, there is a bent chair, reclining on which the narrator snored in his sleep - try not to believe in the reality of this character! The remaining rooms are ideal settings for the five stories in the series. In Liza Muromskaya’s room, a peasant dress hangs carelessly on a chair; further we find the assembled chest of Marya Gavrilovna; then we go into the room where Silvio left a shot-through red cap on the table an inch from his forehead...
The house itself, with its charming old provincialism, and its entire landscape surroundings are perceived as genuine illustrations of the Belkin cycle. Everything here is genuine, honest, real.
No. 3. Museum of the poem "Anna Snegina"
Kashina's estate. Photo: ny.rzn.info In 1995, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Yesenin’s birth, the Anna Snegina Museum was opened in Konstantinov. The last Konstantinovskaya landowner Lydia Kashina, who was friends with the poet for many years, became the prototype of the main character - a young noblewoman, the youthful love of the protagonist Sergushi. It was in the Kashina estate that the museum’s exposition was located.
Thanks to many photographs and authentic items that once belonged to Kashina-Snegina, and dozens of letters written by her legendary fellow villager, reality here is so intertwined with fiction that it is no longer possible to separate real story from a beautiful essay.
No. 4. Museum of "Two Captains"
Museum of V. A. Kaverin Remember, “Fight and seek, find and do not give up”? IN hometown Veniamin Kaverina - A museum of the novel “Two Captains” has been operating in Pskov since 2002. In the very center of the museum, a flag with the famous motto flies on a mast, and the exhibits tell about the prototypes of the main characters, about the concept of the novel and, of course, about the development of the Far North.
“Two Captains” is a work of difficult fate. The book, which embodied the dream of all post-war boys, and served as the basis for one of the best adventure Soviet films, is inextricably linked in our memory with terrible tragedy the end of the twentieth century - the musical Nord-Ost. Therefore, the Museum of “Two Captains” is also a place of memory.
The routes of Brusilov, Sedov, Tatarinov are laid out on huge maps of the North. Young visitors, who adore museums where you are allowed to touch everything, will travel legendary routes on magnetic ships using a real ship’s compass. Here in this unusual museum, the spirit of heroic adventure is in the air. It’s worth going here to follow your childhood dreams and to have something to dream about.
No. 5. "Bad apartment"
The Bulgakov State Museum on Sadovaya-Spasskaya, 10 in Moscow today is better known as Woland’s apartment or “Bad Apartment.” According to the text of the legendary novel, Woland, having sent Styopa Likhodeev to Yalta, settled here, in apartment No. 50, in a real communal hell. In fact, the writer himself lived in this apartment from 1921 to 1924. By the way, according to legend, a certain Anna Goryacheva, the same Annushka, lived in this same place.
Bad apartment No. 50 is located on the fifth floor of a five-story building. From the window there is a view of the opposite wing of the house and another “bad apartment” associated with “The Master and Margarita” - apartment No. 34, which also served as a prototype for a place with bad energy.
Interesting fact – in St. Petersburg there is also a “bad apartment”. Only not Bulgakovskaya, but Tolstoy. Its number is 60 and it is located on the sixth floor of a six-story building on the embankment of the Fontanka River.
No. 6. Ostap Bender Museum
Museum of Ostap Bender Kozmodemyansk. Photo: kvartirka.com Warmly beloved by housewives, widows, and even a female dental technician, the romantic adventurer Mr. O. Bender was awarded two museums - in St. Petersburg and Kozmodemyansk.
Once a year, during the Benderiada festival, Kozmodemyansk is renamed New Vasyuki and turns into a carnival of humor. Fans of Ilf and Petrov come here for an “interplanetary” chess tournament and an auction where you can buy a chair with diamonds. When the city takes a break from the holiday, Benderomaniacs can visit the museum - an old merchant mansion, designated as the place of military glory of the legendary literary hero.
In 1995, the Bender Museum opened in St. Petersburg. Following the inimitable style of the protagonist, the museum was closed several times. However, he always received a new birth, the last of which occurred quite recently - in the summer of 2016.
The museum's exhibition features authentic items, copies of those that appear in the novel - the famous tea strainer, Kisa Vorobyaninov's pince-nez, a table from the "Horns and Hooves" office and, of course, a weight that you can even try to saw through. To the perplexed question “Why, suddenly, St. Petersburg?”, the creators of the museum answer this way: according to one version, the prototype of Bender was Osip Shor - a bright, adventurous gentleman who lived here during his student days. Subsequently, Osip Shor was noticed as an imaginary promising groom, a great chess player and a great artist... A recognizable character, in a word.
No. 7. Snow Maiden Museum
The Snow Maiden's Tower in Kostroma, photo: intel-tour.ru The museum of this literary character was opened in 2008 in Kostroma. It was here in 1873 that Ostrovsky, inspired by Afanasyev’s fairy tales, composed a play about a pale, fair-haired girl, the daughter (!) of Father Frost and Spring-Red. The play remained unnoticed by the public for almost ten years, until he wrote an opera of the same name based on it.
In addition to the Snow Maiden, other representatives of folklore “live” in the museum, from brownies to the cat Bayun. In the museum you can see the sleigh on which the Snow Maiden and Father Frost deliver gifts to children, visit the Ice Room and even try a snow cocktail.
No. 8. Cheburashka Museum
A museum in a school is all right, but a museum in kindergarten– is this conceivable?! It turns out yes. In Moscow, not far from the Vykhino metro station, in kindergarten and school No. 2031 there are two exhibition sites dedicated to Cheburashka. In front of the entrance there is a telephone booth in which the beloved children's hero lived, inside there is the story of the creation of a touching and strange creature and many of its incarnations - “Cheburashka” crafts.
By the way, the initiator of the creation of the museum was himself; he spent a long time looking for like-minded people in publishing houses, but found them only... in kindergarten. Today, according to Uspensky, Cheburashka has surpassed the author himself in popularity.
No. 9. Village of Prostokvashino
– a master of embodying literary heroes. The heroes of tales from the life of Prostokvashino, just like Cheburashka, should soon acquire an address and a museum. In the Tonkin district of the Nizhny Novgorod region there is the village of Prostokvashino. It has 17 houses and 10 inhabitants.