Moscow museums · Literature
The Pushkin State Museum?Why this museumThere is no memorial Pushkin house in Moscow — he did not live here. The value is not authentic walls but a complete age: objects, books and portraits from which the Pushkin era can be reconstructed whole. For relics go to the Moika in Petersburg; for the era, here.
original name: Государственный музей А. С. Пушкина
Literature · since 1957
our rating
significant6+With childrenFor “Pushkin’s Fairy Tales” — from 6; younger children will not manage the main display.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — partly. An early 19th-century mansion: a platform lift at the entrance, level between the enfilade rooms but not everywhere.
Getting there — partly. Kropotkinskaya has no lift. The approach along Prechistenka is level. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.1.5–2 hours
Getting there — partly. Kropotkinskaya has no lift. The approach along Prechistenka is level. Moscow metro stations almost never have lifts to the platform, except on the Big Circle line and the MCC. A wheelchair user is better served by the surface buses, which are low-floor across the centre.1.5–2 hours
checked 15 Aug 2026 · открытые источники · № 2
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Reference
One of the country’s largest literary museums, founded in 1957: material on Pushkin’s life and work, and books and art of his age.
The building. The Khrushchev–Seleznev town estate, 1814–1817: Moscow Empire style, probably by Afanasy Grigoriev.
Good to know. The museum has several branches, among them Pushkin’s flat on Arbat 53. Free on the third Sunday of the month.
What to see
The permanent displays Pushkin and His Age (fifteen rooms of the manor house) and Pushkin’s Fairy Tales; first editions, portraits of his circle, everyday objects of the early 19th century.
Minimum route — 1.5–2 hours for the essentials
The enfilade of the main house — Pushkin and His Age. End with Pushkin’s Fairy Tales if you have children with you.
Getting in
Address
Prechistenka 12/2 (on the map)
How to get there
Metro Kropotkinskaya
Opening times
opens today at 10:00
| Mon | closed |
| Tue, Wed, Fri–Sun | 10:00–18:00 |
| Thu | 13:00–21:00 |
Box office closes half an hour early. Closed Mondays and the last Friday of the month.
Tickets
The museum changes prices by season and the figure was not confirmed at the check of 15 August 2026. Tickets are sold in half-hour slots on the museum site and at bilet.mos.ru.
tickets online timed entry
When to go
Quiet almost always. Thursday runs until 21:00 and is emptiest.
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