Art Nouveau Museum. Mansion A.P. Kurlina

The mansion of the merchant of the first guild AG Kurlin and his wife A.P. Kurlina was built in 1903. It became one of the first buildings of Samara in the Art Nouveau style. The Art Nouveau Museum on the territory of the Kurlin Manor is a holistic architectural and historical environment, a cultural model of the Art Nouveau era of the late XIX - early XX century, the time of the highest heyday of merchant Samara.

The estate is considered to be the best Art Nouveau building in the city, it embodied all the talent and experience of the architect Alexander Zelenko. The main exposition is located on the first floor of the mansion, where the interiors in the Art Nouveau style are recreated: boudoir, study, dining room. Here are unique things, including those created by the masters of the famous “School of Nancy” – an artistic creative association that existed in France in the early twentieth century. On the second floor and in the basement of the mansion, temporary import exhibitions, exhibitions from the funds of the P.V. Alabin Museum are held.

In addition to the main excursion activities, the museum regularly hosts a large number of events for various target audiences. The museum organizes lectures, concerts, walking and cycling tours around Samara, exhibitions of current artists, festivals.