The main building of museun is a a former manor of A.A. Bakhrushin. It built for the project of an architect К.К. Gippius шт 1896. The outward decoration has keep. But the luxurious interior has lots of losses. Vestibule has ever keep its first look, which visitors saw more than 110 years ago.

The Bakhrushin office. There are his personal things and lots of pictures and portraits. For example, a portrait with his wife and son.

If you want to learn more about theatre of 18 century, let’s go to next room. There are portraits of actors and actresses, some costumes. Also you can see the letter granted of Ekaterina II to the nobility to actors Grigory and Fedor Volckov.

After that there are rooms of 19-20 centuries. You can some custumes, books about the art, playbills and sketchs of theatre set there.

Luzhnetskaya room is an exhibit room.

Let’s go to next room. There is Shalyapin room is an exhibit room too. It has been lots of exhibitions about Shalyapin. Today museum has opened some exhibitions about important last and future events in the theatre.

Have an online-tour of this museum! :)