Belgorod Literary Museum

In 1999, the Belgorod Literary Museum was opened in one of the oldest buildings of the city - "Selivanov House". Initially, it was a branch of the Belgorod State Museum of Local History. The museum began its work with the exhibition "There is a heart in the world where I live..." dedicated to the 200th anniversary of the birth of A. S. Pushkin and timed also to the 35th anniversary of the Belgorod branch of the Union of Writers of Russia and to the Days of Russian Literature in the region. This is the only surviving residential house in the city of the second half of the XVIII century, a vivid example of the classicism era.

In 2012, the museum received the status of an independent cultural institution. The permanent exhibition of the Literary Museum was established in 2006. It introduces visitors to the history of the development of literature and culture in the region, the work of writers, natives of Belgorod region. Belgorod land is the birthplace of actor M.S. Shchepkin, critic and philosopher N.N. Strakhov, writer-Pushkinist A.I. Hessen.

The museum offers visitors to get acquainted with the architecture of the “Selivanov House”, the exposition of the museum and make excursions: “Selivanov merchants and their estate”, “Features of the literary process in Belgorod region”. XVIII-XXI centuries, visit exhibitions dedicated to important events of the cultural life of the region, Belgorod writers and journalists, as well as literary evenings, presentations of new books, museum living rooms.

The museum funds number more than 12 thousand museum items – manuscripts, letters, literary works, memorable items, materials from the family archives of poets and writers of Belgorod region. The museum consists of several halls: literature of different centuries, and a hall of modern literature. One of the halls is dedicated to folk culture and oral folk art of the Belgorod region, the exposition of the other hall introduces the pages of the history of journalism. There are manuscripts of famous writers, for example, Pushkin, ancient books, old furniture.