State Literary and Memorial Museum of N.A. Dobrolyubov

The State Literary and Memorial Museum of N.A. Dobrolyubov is the only museum in Russia and in the world dedicated to the life and work of the literary critic, poet, journalist, teacher Nikolai Alexandrovich Dobrolyubov (1836 – 1861).

The museum is located in two buildings that make up the ensemble of the Dobrolyubov estate. The houses were built in 1838 according to the project of the famous architect G.I. Kiesewetter and are monuments of history and culture of federal and regional significance.

The house-museum of N.A. Dobrolyubov was opened on September 13, 1971, on the 750th anniversary of Nizhny Novgorod, in the wing of the Dobrolyubov estate, where N.A. Dobrolyubov spent his childhood and youth. In January 1986, on the 150th anniversary of the birth of N.A. Dobrolyubov, a historical and literary exposition was opened in the former apartment house of the estate, now the main building of the museum.

The memorial exposition of the Museum of N.A. Dobrolyubov tells about the life of the family of the provincial priest Dobrolyubov. Unique books and children's toys, dishes and clothes introduce to the world of everyday life and interests of Nikolenka Dobrolyubov, whose childhood and youth passed in Nizhny Novgorod.