Penza Literary Museum

The Literary Museum in Penza was opened in 1989 and is located in a small mansion built in the XVIII century. Previously, there was a male gymnasium here. In different years, the students of this gymnasium were future celebrities - V.G. Belinsky, M.M. Speransky, V.A. Zhukovsky, N.I. Lobachevsky.

The extensive exposition of the museum tells visitors about the time that many famous poets and writers spent on the Penza land. The exhibits are devoted to their life and work, and the list of famous surnames is so large that it literally amazes the imagination. The museum collection is based on lifetime publications and autographs of writers, personal belongings, household items, handwritten texts of works, graphic materials. Part of the exposition is fragments of the gymnasium library, from which about a hundred 100 volumes have been preserved.