A small literary museum in Borisoglebsky Lane dedicated to Marina Tsvetaeva’s life and Moscow years. The historic house, personal story and intimate exhibition rooms create a very different experience from the city’s large state museums.
Official websiteCheck current opening hours and visitor rules on the official website before you go.
Come here for Silver Age literature and the atmosphere of old Arbat lanes rather than for a quick checklist stop. Continue afterwards towards Arbat and Povarskaya Street.
Nearest metro stations: Arbatskaya and Smolenskaya.
A few more Moscow attractions with a similar kind of visit.
One of Moscow’s key avant-garde landmarks, architect Konstantin Melnikov’s cylindrical home stands in Krivoarbatsky Lane. Its compact form is radically different from the surrounding city and vividly demonstrates the experimentation of 1920s Moscow architecture.
District: Arbat
The ancient monastery contains one of Moscow’s oldest surviving stone churches, while the Andrei Rublev Museum focuses on medieval Russian icons and religious art. It is an important stop for anyone interested in Moscow before the imperial and Soviet periods.
District: Tagansky
Located in the famous building on Bolshaya Sadovaya, the museum is closely connected with Mikhail Bulgakov’s life in Moscow and the atmosphere that entered his writing. For fans of The Master and Margarita it is one of the city’s essential literary stops.
District: Tverskoy