Paustovsky House Museum in Kuzminki: photo and reviews of tourists

Konstantin Paustovsky is a classic of Russian literature, his descriptions of nature are familiar from the school bench and leave no one indifferent. His main profession was journalism, and his vocation was philosophy and literature.

History of occurrence

The Paustovsky Museum in Kuzminki was founded thanks to the people's initiative in 1975. A group of three people created the public museum of K. G. Paustovsky. The first exposition was located in the Sputnik-2 club on Yasnaya Polyana street in Moscow. Exhibits for the exhibition gathered in expeditions to the writer's places of life, the main workers in this field were students of the Moscow school No. 456, participants in the literary and drama studio. The exposition lasted eleven years (1975-1986).

In 1984 the Paustovsky Museum was given the title of People's. He was a living organism, literary readings were held here, evenings of creativity, where writers such as V. Paustovsky, B. Okudzhava, M. Aliger and others were invited. In 1987, the People's Museum moved to the "House of the Gardener", which is located on the territory of the former estate of the princes Golitsyn.

In 1991, the institution was replaced by founders and adopted a charter, according to which the institution became known as the literary museum-center of G. G. Paustovsky. After a while, thanks to the collective appeal of cultural workers to the government of Moscow, the museum was placed under the jurisdiction of the Moscow authorities, having received the status of a state institution.

Museum funds

The house-museum of Paustovsky in Kuzminki has a large collection of materials related to the life and work of the writer. The funds contain more than 17 thousand exhibits, documents, evidences and memories. The collection is presented in the sections:

• Paustovsky's personal belongings, family values, a collection of items from the period of two world wars, revolutions, civil confrontation in Russia.
• Documentation. In this section are collected diaries, manuscripts of the writer and family members. The same section includes materials of scholars who have studied the work of Paustovsky.
• Archive, which includes published works in the form of books, newspaper and magazine publications in Russian and translations into foreign languages, a rare book fund.
• Fine fund. The content of the section is illustrated by works of the writer, works of art belonging to family members (wife, son), works of artists of the period of 20-40 years, modern works.
• Section of film, photo, and phonographic documents. The materials contain the records of Paustovsky's voice, the archive of photographs with his participation, the screen version of the works. Also in the fund there are materials related to the family, the close environment.
• The scientific archive contains documents and materials on the activities of the museum from the moment of establishment to the present stage.
• Library, which holds literary, local history literature. Here is a large fund of works by Paustovsky (books, periodicals, magazines, textbooks, etc.).

Ecos of Paustovsky

In 2013 the Paustovsky Museum in Kuzminki opened an exposition located on the first floor of the building. Thematic exhibition is devoted to the creative life of the writer, her uniqueness is the active participation of visitors in the space of exhibits, theatricalization of the excursion. The connecting plot of the exposition is the creative search for his true home, or "eco", in the work and destiny of Paustovsky. Five sections lead the visitor along the creative and philosophical path:

• "City". The place where the soul originated. It is filled with revolutions, troubles, wars and internal problems of choice, the search for your space for life, harmony and realization.
• "Sea". The changing space, filled with joy, the sun, but sometimes lead clouds are moving in it, the stormy element carries to the chips of the boat. Space is associated with love, transforming into a creative beginning.
• "Forest". A creative environment filled with life, both explicit and hidden. In it, they learn laws and a quivering attitude to everything that lives.
• "Peace". The composition is associated with the life of the writer at the zenith of glory, a creative upsurge, where there is room for lectures, speeches, participation in activities, the education of students, disputes with ill-wishers.
• "House". This "ecos" is the ideal world of the writer, where all the previous hypostases are harmoniously combined. He found a refuge in Tarusa, on the banks of the Oka, where his family, creativity and inspiration became his constant companions.

Excursions

The Museum of Paustovsky in Kuzminki offers for children and adults to visit excursions and lectures that tell not only the writer's life and work, but also those devoted to local history and history:

• Sightseeing tour for junior schoolchildren "Journey through the country of Paustovsky".
• The sightseeing tour "Our life is history with geography", is aimed at schoolchildren of 6-8 grades.
• Senior students and adults will significantly supplement knowledge about Paustovsky and his work, visiting the excursion "Literature - fate, duty, life ...".
• "Paustovsky is a schoolboy." The lesson on which the museum staff talk about the first academic years of the writer in the Kiev gymnasium, about the differences between the modern school and the pre-revolutionary education system, what the schedule was and what was taught. Participants of the lecture can try their hand at writing, where they will learn to write with pen and ink.
• Lecture "Moscow Paustovsky" - a story about the Moscow places where the writer visited, photos and video documents are demonstrated.
• Interactive lesson "The Fairy Tale Will Live Forever" tells about the writer's childhood and his fairy tales.
• "Secrets of the museum profession." In interactive form, children learn the subtleties of the museum employee's work, the functioning of the museum, study the concepts of "collection", "storage funds", etc.
• Master class "A caring flower". During the lesson, children learn how to create herbariums, they make a postcard with natural materials.
• "Secrets of the old suitcase." During the thematic lesson, the museum staff together with the children discover the secrets of Paustovsky's "Residents of the Old House" and go in search of antiques. The crowning point of the lesson is the collective viewing of the animated film based on the work.
• "Travel to Tarusa". It is a small city where representatives of creative professions - artists, poets, writers, directors liked to settle at one time. For many years, the appearance of Tarusa has not changed much, and now it is an object of cultural heritage, there is also the house of Paustovsky. Excursions are held only in the warm season, in winter (except for school holidays) the house is closed.

In addition to these events, the museum plan also offers a large number of fascinating, informative excursions, lectures, meetings that make the Paustovsky Museum in Kuzminki the center of culture. Photos of reports from events demonstrate the saturation of programs and their popularity.

Other activities of the museum

Since 1992, the Paustovsky Museum in Kuzminki has been publishing, publishing the magazine "The World of Paustovsky." A lot of scientific work is conducted on the study, systematization of collections of funds, archives. Employees initiated and conducted scientific conferences in the cities where the writer visited, much attention is paid to the Moscow period of creativity and life of Paustovsky.

One of the important tasks and purpose of the museum is popularization of literary works of the writer, preservation of memory about him in Russia and abroad. The educational program, oriented to the children's and adult audience, is constantly being supplemented and expanded, designed to deepen knowledge of Russian literature and about Paustovsky's place in it. Within the framework of the museum, literary, musical evenings, meetings with cultural figures, writers are held.

Reviews

The house-museum of Paustovsky's creativity is interesting both for adults and for children. Visitors made an exceptionally positive opinion of him. Many celebrate the unusuality of the museum's exposition, enthusiastically talk about the opportunity to hear the writer's voice, see his manuscripts and touch creativity. Visitors note that after the museum tour they again began to read the writer's works.

Also, most of the people who came on the tour express their gratitude to the staff of the institution for the responsiveness, completeness of the stories, originality of the exposition that the Paustovsky Museum in Kuzminki differs from. Description of the life and work of the writer here is interspersed with the documents of the era in which he lived and worked. A great positive response was caused by the possibility of attending film shows, on which films based on the writer's works are shown.

There are no negative reviews about the museum, but some visitors noted that it's not very convenient to get public transport.

Helpful information

The schedule of the museum: from April to November - from 11:00 to 18:00, from November to March - from 10:00 to 17:00.

Every Thursday the action "Evening in the Museum" (in the program - lectures, excursions, film screenings, meetings) is held, these days the work schedule changes and the museum is open from 13:00 to 21:00. To attend the evenings, you must register. Every Tuesday in the museum - a day off, the last Friday of the month - a sanitary day.

Have you decided to visit the Paustovsky Museum in Kuzminki? How to get here, we'll tell you now:

• From the metro station "Ryazansky Prospekt" go by bus (No. 29) to the stop "Museum Paustovsky" or by bus route 725 to the stop "Veterinary Academy", from it to walk along the park avenue to the museum building.
• From the metro station "Kuzminki" go to the stop "Cinema" Height "» take the trolleybus routes No 27 or 38 to the stop "Veterinary Academy", from which you go along the park avenue to the museum.

The cost of tickets for adults - from 200 rubles, for children and privileged categories of citizens, the cost of tickets - from 100 rubles. On the third Sunday of every month, access to the museum is free for all visitors.

Museum Paustovsky in Kuzminki, the address has the following: Moscow, Kuzminskaya street, building 8.