Top 7 estate museums you need to visit in summer
Estate museums
Museum-Estate of N.K. Roerich
The father of the artist Nicholas Roerich purchased the estate in 1872.
Izvara for Nikolai Konstantinovich is a “native,” a happy world of childhood and youth. Thousands of memories that permeate the artist’s “diary sheets” make Izvara an invaluable monument of Russian culture. The museum complex includes 9 manor buildings from the 18th to early 20th centuries, an ancient park, and spring lakes. The exposition and thematic exhibitions introduce visitors to the life and work of N.K.
Roerich, help to feel the special atmosphere of a Russian estate. The museum regularly hosts memorable evenings, meetings, and archaeological research. Place: Izvara village, Volosovsky district, Leningrad region
Museum-estate of I. E. Repin “Penates”
Repin lived in “Penates” for the last 30 years, where he wished to be buried.
The estate became one of the first memorial museums under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Arts. In the estate you will find ponds, a gate with a wicket and a gazebo based on Repin’s sketches, a large wooden house. Nearby is the famous artesian well “Poseidon”, from which Repin treated guests to water. The museum displays the artist’s personal belongings, his paintings and drawings; the house preserves the appearance of the rooms, which bear the imprint of the owner’s tastes and habits.
Location: Primorskoye Highway, 411
Priyutino Estate Museum
An architectural monument of the early 19th century.
The estate belonged to Alexei Nikolaevich Olenin, the first director of the Public Library, president of the Academy of Arts. In “Priyutino” there was a special spiritualized way of life, which was later called “estate culture.” Famous creative personalities spent their evenings here talking about culture and art: I. Krylov, K. Bryullov, M. Glinka, K. N. Batyushkov, P. A. Vyazemsky, A. S. Griboyedov, V. A. Zhukovsky and many other. Place: Vsevolozhsk, Priyutinskaya st.
1 Derzhavin Museum-Estate
Museum-Estate of G.R.
Derzhavina is a complex of buildings, including a greenhouse, a garden and a front yard. From 1791 to 1816, the poet's mansion was the center of cultural life in St. Petersburg. The creative elite gathered here. Since 1811, monthly meetings of the literary society “Conversation of Lovers of the Russian Word” were held in the main hall of the mansion, at which issues of the development of the Russian language and literature were discussed. The museum's exposition is deployed in 16 interior halls, where furniture, objects of decorative and applied art, paintings, graphics of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, books and manuscripts of writers of that era, authentic portraits of Derzhavin by V. Borovikovsky, A. Vasilievsky are presented.
Behind the massive house, a canal with bridges, gazebos and a summer theater are hidden from prying eyes. Location: emb.
Fontanka River, 118 Rozhdestveno Estate Museum
The Rozhdestveno estate was built at the end of the 18th century.
The museum exposition tells about the past of the village of Rozhdestveno and its surroundings, the Nabokov and Rukavishnikov families, the events of the life and work of the emigrant writer Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. On the territory of the estate there are red-colored caves. The caves are distinguished by their crimson color due to the Devonian sandstone. Inside there is a spring with healing water. Location: Gatchina district, Rozhdestveno village
Museum-Estate “Suyda”
“Arap of Peter the Great” acquired the village in 1759 and set up the main estate of his vast possessions here.
Pushkin’s mother was born and married here, and the poet’s nanny, Yakovleva Arina Rodionovna, was there, from whom Alexander Sergeevich learned about Lukomorye and the legendary oak. The museum in Suida is located within the walls of an authentic stone building from Hannibal's time - a former guest outbuilding. Other buildings from those times have also been preserved: the manager’s house, stables, servants’ quarters, blacksmith shop, and barnyard. The most famous attraction of the estate is a stone sofa, carved into a huge glacial boulder by the old Arab serfs. Location: Leningrad region, Gatchina district, Suyda village, Central street, building 1
Museum-estate of P.E.
Shcherbova House of cartoonist P.E.
Shcherbova is made in the style of northern modernism. The museum's exposition consists of two sections: local history and memorial. The local history section tells the history of Gatchina and local architecture. The memorial section contains works by Shcherbov, telling about the life and work of the artist and his friends F. I. Chaliapin, A. I. Kuprin, M. Nesterov, K. K. Pervukhin. The museum hosts temporary exhibitions and concerts. Place: Gatchina, st.
Chekhova, 4
The father of the artist Nicholas Roerich purchased the estate in 1872.
Izvara for Nikolai Konstantinovich is a “native,” a happy world of childhood and youth. Thousands of memories that permeate the artist’s “diary sheets” make Izvara an invaluable monument of Russian culture. The museum complex includes 9 manor buildings from the 18th to early 20th centuries, an ancient park, and spring lakes. The exposition and thematic exhibitions introduce visitors to the life and work of N.K.
Roerich, help to feel the special atmosphere of a Russian estate. The museum regularly hosts memorable evenings, meetings, and archaeological research. Place: Izvara village, Volosovsky district, Leningrad region
Museum-estate of I. E. Repin “Penates”
Repin lived in “Penates” for the last 30 years, where he wished to be buried.
The estate became one of the first memorial museums under the auspices of the Russian Academy of Arts. In the estate you will find ponds, a gate with a wicket and a gazebo based on Repin’s sketches, a large wooden house. Nearby is the famous artesian well “Poseidon”, from which Repin treated guests to water. The museum displays the artist’s personal belongings, his paintings and drawings; the house preserves the appearance of the rooms, which bear the imprint of the owner’s tastes and habits.
Location: Primorskoye Highway, 411
Priyutino Estate Museum
An architectural monument of the early 19th century.
The estate belonged to Alexei Nikolaevich Olenin, the first director of the Public Library, president of the Academy of Arts. In “Priyutino” there was a special spiritualized way of life, which was later called “estate culture.” Famous creative personalities spent their evenings here talking about culture and art: I. Krylov, K. Bryullov, M. Glinka, K. N. Batyushkov, P. A. Vyazemsky, A. S. Griboyedov, V. A. Zhukovsky and many other. Place: Vsevolozhsk, Priyutinskaya st.
1 Derzhavin Museum-Estate
Museum-Estate of G.R.
Derzhavina is a complex of buildings, including a greenhouse, a garden and a front yard. From 1791 to 1816, the poet's mansion was the center of cultural life in St. Petersburg. The creative elite gathered here. Since 1811, monthly meetings of the literary society “Conversation of Lovers of the Russian Word” were held in the main hall of the mansion, at which issues of the development of the Russian language and literature were discussed. The museum's exposition is deployed in 16 interior halls, where furniture, objects of decorative and applied art, paintings, graphics of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, books and manuscripts of writers of that era, authentic portraits of Derzhavin by V. Borovikovsky, A. Vasilievsky are presented.
Behind the massive house, a canal with bridges, gazebos and a summer theater are hidden from prying eyes. Location: emb.
Fontanka River, 118 Rozhdestveno Estate Museum
The Rozhdestveno estate was built at the end of the 18th century.
The museum exposition tells about the past of the village of Rozhdestveno and its surroundings, the Nabokov and Rukavishnikov families, the events of the life and work of the emigrant writer Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. On the territory of the estate there are red-colored caves. The caves are distinguished by their crimson color due to the Devonian sandstone. Inside there is a spring with healing water. Location: Gatchina district, Rozhdestveno village
Museum-Estate “Suyda”
“Arap of Peter the Great” acquired the village in 1759 and set up the main estate of his vast possessions here.
Pushkin’s mother was born and married here, and the poet’s nanny, Yakovleva Arina Rodionovna, was there, from whom Alexander Sergeevich learned about Lukomorye and the legendary oak. The museum in Suida is located within the walls of an authentic stone building from Hannibal's time - a former guest outbuilding. Other buildings from those times have also been preserved: the manager’s house, stables, servants’ quarters, blacksmith shop, and barnyard. The most famous attraction of the estate is a stone sofa, carved into a huge glacial boulder by the old Arab serfs. Location: Leningrad region, Gatchina district, Suyda village, Central street, building 1
Museum-estate of P.E.
Shcherbova House of cartoonist P.E.
Shcherbova is made in the style of northern modernism. The museum's exposition consists of two sections: local history and memorial. The local history section tells the history of Gatchina and local architecture. The memorial section contains works by Shcherbov, telling about the life and work of the artist and his friends F. I. Chaliapin, A. I. Kuprin, M. Nesterov, K. K. Pervukhin. The museum hosts temporary exhibitions and concerts. Place: Gatchina, st.
Chekhova, 4