Astrakhan Museum of Culture

The Museum of Culture of Astrakhan, a branch of the Astrakhan State United Historical and Architectural Museum-Reserve, was opened in 1978 as the Literary Museum of N.G. Chernyshevsky. The museum is located in a historical building, built in the late XVIII century, and is an architectural monument of federal significance.

In 2000, with the expansion of the exposition and the introduction of materials related to the cultural life of the region, it received a new name, becoming the Museum of Culture of Astrakhan. The museum presents the musical, theatrical, book culture of the region of the XVIII-XX centuries, there are materials about outstanding personalities whose life paths crossed with Astrakhan: V. Trediakovsky, N. Chernyshevsky, N. Papayan, F. Chaliapin, M. Maksakova, V. Barsova. There are interiors of the writer’s office and a musical living room with authentic objects of the XIX century – furniture, paintings, documents, photographs, household items, as well as theatrical sketches and models.

On the second floor of the museum, in two small rooms, a new exhibition “Atelier of the Photographer” was opened for Astrakhan residents and guests of the city. One of the rooms is an old interior of the reception photographer of the end of XIX — nach. XX century. The second room is equipped for the salon of "light painting" - so they used to call the process of photography, where the studio of a provincial photographer of the late XIX - nach is recreated in the old interiors. XX century.