The Leo Tolstoy State Museum. Literary display?Why this museumThe largest manuscript fund of any single writer in the world. The value is scholarly: you see how the text was made — Tolstoy rewrote a sentence ten times, and you can watch it happen. For the house he lived in, go to Khamovniki.
House museums · с 1911 года
our rating
значительный
10+With childrenManuscripts and editions are for those who have read Tolstoy. From 10, and even then with reservations.wheelchairStep-free accessThe museum — no. A mansion with steps at the entrance and no platform lift.
Getting there — partly. Kropotkinskaya has no lift. 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 hours
The main building of the Tolstoy Museum and Estate: about half a million items, the largest Tolstoy collection in the world. The museum has been in this house since 1920.
The building. A monument of Moscow Empire style of the first quarter of the 19th century, by Afanasy Grigoriev (1782–1868).
Good to know. For the house where Tolstoy actually lived, go to the estate in Khamovniki (Lva Tolstogo 21); come here for the manuscripts.
What to see
Manuscripts in Tolstoy’s hand, first editions, portraits and photographs of the writer and his family. The display follows the books, from Childhood to Resurrection.
Minimum route — 1.5 hours на самое важное
The display is arranged by book. Look at the manuscripts with corrections: you can see Tolstoy rewriting one sentence ten times.
