Bolshoi Theatre Museum

Realizing the importance of preserving the historical memory of the Bolshoi Theatre - outstanding performances and famous artists, musicians, artists, already in the first half of the XIX century, the Moscow office of the Imperial Theatres began to collect archival materials, including repertoire posters and performance programs.

The decision to create a special theater museum in order to systematically collect and store not only documentary, but also artistic and material monuments was made in 1918 on the initiative of the Directorate and the Department of State Academic Theaters. Since that time, systematic scientific acquisition of its funds and the study of everything related to the history of the theater, the creative activity of the team, the construction and reconstruction of the building on the Theatre Square begins. In parallel, educational work is carried out among fans of opera and ballet art. In 1921, in the halls of the Belfloor of the Bolshoi Theatre, the first exposition of the museum was opened, which, as the sign read at the entrance, "daily during intermissions" could visit the audience who came to the play. One of the founders of the museum can rightfully be considered Fyodor Fedorovsky, who for many years held the post of chief artist of the theater.