Museum of the Operetta Theatre

Almost simultaneously with the birth of the operetta theater, in 1927, its museum was founded, located on Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street, 6. Its collections consist of unique photographs of performances, rehearsal records, minutes of meetings of the Art Council of the 1950s-1960s, reviews, sketches of costumes and scenery. In the section dedicated to the work of the theater during the Great Patriotic War, photographs and archives of those years, responses of frontline viewers are stored. The museum of the theater has many photographs depicting the activities of composers I. Dunaevsky, Yu. Milyutin, T. Khrennikov, D. Shostakovich, D. Kabalevsky. There are also documents reflecting the process of creating the best premieres, unique posters of the 1930s, slides, negatives and photos of the first performances. The entire 95-year history of the theater in the form of programs of performances, photographs, posters, reviews, layouts of scenery and costume sketches is carefully stored in the theater museum. Its collection is indispensable in preparation for thematic exhibitions, in writing materials, designing anniversary posters.