House-Museum of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak

Dmitry Narkisovich Mamin-Sibiryak (1852-1912) was a writer whose life and work are inextricably linked with the Urals and Yekaterinburg. He was born in the village of Visimo-Shaitan factory (now Visim village) in the family of a priest. He studied at the Ekaterinburg Theological School (1866-1868), the Perm Theological Seminary (1868-1872) and at two St. Petersburg universities: the Medical and Surgical Academy and the University.

In 1877, D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak returned to the Urals. He moved to Yekaterinburg for permanent residence in March 1878. House on the street. Pushkin, 27 writer bought in 1884 on a fee for his "most Yekaterinburg" novel "Privalov millions". In 1891, the writer moved to St. Petersburg. In the house remained members of his family: mother – Anna Semyonovna, brothers – Nikolai and Vladimir, sister – Lisa. According to the will of D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak, the house on the street Cathedral passed into the possession of his daughter Alenushka. She, in turn, bequeathed the house to Yekaterinburg with the hope that it would be a museum of her father.

The museum was opened on May 1, 1946.

The exposition presents memorial collections of the writer, books from his collection, furniture items, etc. In the exhibition hall and in the gallery there are thematic shift exhibitions dedicated to D.N. Mamin-Sibiryak and writers from his literary environment; thematic exhibitions of paintings by Ural artists, private collections. Literary evenings, quests, theatrical holidays and mornings based on the writer’s works are held.