The house-museum of Aleksandr Ivanovich Gertsen is a museum dedicated to the activities of the writer Alexander Herzen . Located in Moscow at 27 Sivtsev Vrazhek Lane, it is a branch of the State Literary Museum . The exposition is located in a wooden mansion in the Empire style , built in the 1820s, where Herzen lived from 1843 to 1847. The museum opened in 1976 at the initiative of the writer's relatives. As of 2018, the collection includes more than five hundred exhibits: lifetime editions, photographs and personal belongings of the writer [1] .
| House-Museum of Alexander Ivanovich Herzen | |||
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 House-Museum of Alexander Herzen
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| Established | 1968 | ||
| opening date | 1976 | ||
| Reorganized | 2012 | ||
| Address | Russia , Moscow , Lane Sivtsev Vrazhek , 27 | ||
| Director | Dmitry Bak | ||
| Site | home museum page on the official website of the State Literary Museum | ||
History
Building
The museum is located in a one-story wooden mansion with a mezzanine , erected in 1820 and acquired by General Sergei Tuchkov immediately after its construction. Alexander Herzen received the land from his father Ivan Yakovlev, who bought the mansion in 1839. Herzen lived in the mansion from 1843 to 1847 and wrote the novels “The Thief Magpie ” and “ Doctor Krupov ”, the novel “ Who is to Blame?” "," Letters on the study of nature " [1] . Visiting him were Vasily Botkin , Vissarion Belinsky , Nikolai Nekrasov , Ivan Turgenev , Mikhail Schepkin [2] [3] . In 1892, the building was rebuilt and lost decorative elements in the Empire style [4] .
In 2008-2012, a major restoration was carried out in the mansion: the walls were re-trimmed, the supporting structures were replaced and the interiors were restored. The opening of the museum after the repair was timed to coincide with the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Herzen. At the new exhibition “Things that were a shrine for us”, documents and household items were handed over to the museum by the writer's relatives [4] [5] . In 2016, it became known about the theft of funds allocated by the Ministry of Culture for the restoration of the museum [6] [7] .
Museum Foundation
In 1934, a temporary literary exhibition dedicated to the life of the writer opened in the Herzen mansion. It presented photographs and portraits of the family, as well as lifetime editions of works [8] . The museum was founded in 1968 by order of the Executive Committee of the Moscow Soviet [4] as a branch of the State Literary Museum . The opening of the permanent exhibition took place in 1976 [5] at the initiative of the great-grandchildren of the writer - Natalia Herzen and Leonard Rista. From 1972 to 1982, they transported more than three hundred exhibits to the museum: autographed books by Herzen, rare manuscripts , household items, and personal items [8] .
Since 1987, the museum has been actively cooperating with the family, foreign colleagues and friends of the writer. At the beginning of 2018, the collected materials and rarities related to Herzen's life accounted for most of the memorial exposition [8] .
The museum includes a manor, a courtyard and an annex, in which there are two conference rooms for exhibition projects [9] . After restoration in the annex, a multimedia exhibition was opened dedicated to the life of Herzen in exile [3] .
Exposition
The funds contain more than five hundred exhibits: photographs, letters, family portraits, lifetime editions of books, items belonging to the writer's family [9] .
The museum exposition consists of two parts: in the building of the mansion there is a permanent exhibition "Herzen in Russia ", in the annex - the multimedia hall "Herzen in the West" [9] . The main building of the museum has completely restored the living environment of the house [10] . The children's glove of the son who died in a shipwreck, the dying image of the wife of Natalia Herzen , a portrait of Alexander Herzen by the artist Witbert in 1836, drawings of the daughter of Natalia Alexandrovna are stored here. On the wall hangs the family tree of the Herzenich family, donated by the great-grandson of the writer Michael Herzen [3] . The exhibits also include: a children's glass of the writer with the inscription “Shushka” - the children's nickname of the writer, the first literary composition published in 1836, objects of the first wife of Natalia, a portrait of Herzen with his son Alexander, candelabra , the painting “Apotheosis of the Polar Star ” and The bells . In the bookcases exhibited literature of the XVIII century, including the works of Montesquieu , Rousseau , Montaigne [3] .
The annex contains documents and materials from the life of Herzen in Paris . Here is a fragment of the interior of the bookstore of the publisher Nikolai Trybner in London , in the store of which the writer's works were sold. Immediately there is a bust of Herzen by Philip Grass of 1858-1859 [4] [10] .
On December 14, 2012, in memory of the Decembrist uprising , a permanent exhibition was opened: ““ I served for the benefit of Russia in word and deed ... “Life and fate of Alexander Herzen” [11] . To visualize the information, the museum installed sensory kiosks and sound installations . New halls include the Student Room of the 1830s, the Trybner Bench, and the Foreign City [11] .
Events
The museum carries out active scientific and exhibition activities. Herzen’s house provides guided tours for schoolchildren, lectures on history and literature, as well as musical evenings and scientific conferences [5] . In April 2016, the exhibition “Herzen-Museum-Herzen. Forty years later ”, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the opening. The event was attended by researchers of the institution and relatives of the writer [12] .
In January 2017, an exhibition of the book collection of Tatyana and Sergey Barkhin opened , at which unique children's publications and works by the Gemini family publishing house were presented [13] .
In addition, museum managers arrange weekly excursions along the neighboring streets, in which other branches of the State Literary Museum are located [14] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Museum of A.I. Herzen . The official website of the Mayor of Moscow. Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Herzen House-Museum in Moscow . Traveling with Maria Anashina. Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Elena Doni. House Museum A.I. Herzen (August 5, 2013).
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 A.I. Herzen . State Literary Museum. Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 House-Museum of A.I. Herzen . Herzen Alexander Ivanovich. Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Alexander Shvarev. The former deputy minister of culture will be interrogated about the missing 12 million (September 13, 2013). Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Evgenia Twardovskaya. State of emergency under the contract (March 21, 2016). Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Zhelvakova, 2012 , p. 3.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Khmelevskaya, 2016 , p. 113.
- ↑ 1 2 Herzen House Museum . Theories and practices. Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ 1 2 Exhibition "I served for the benefit of Russia in word and deed ..." The Life and Fate of Alexander Herzen " . culture.rf. Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Exhibition "Herzen - Museum - Herzen. Forty years later ” (April 1, 2016). Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Exhibition "Twins" . The official website of the Mayor of Moscow (January 12, 2017). Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
- ↑ Walks in Moscow (together with the Committee on Tourism and Hotel Management of Moscow) (August 9, 2014). Date of appeal March 30, 2018.
Literature
- Zhelvakova I. Fragments of the past // Our Heritage. - Moscow, 2012. - Issue. 101 .
- Khmelevskaya N. Herzen-Museum-Herzen. A look from the XXI century // Culture and time. - Moscow, 2016. - Issue. 3 . - S. 110-126 .
Links
- The Herzen House Museum page on the official website of the State Literary Museum