Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment is located beside the embankment built by the River Moika in Saint Petersburg. The museum lies very near to the Nevsky Prospekt and the Palace Square.
The museum has been set up at the memorial house of Pushkin, one of the notable poets of Russia. The museum is housed at 12, Naberezhnaya Reki Moyki, Saint Petersburg – 191186.
Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment in Saint Petersburg remains closed only on the last Friday of every month and on Tuesdays. Local people and tourists in Saint Petersburg can visit this museum from 10.40 am to 5 pm from Wednesday to Monday.
Alexander Pushkin lived in the apartment during 1836 to 37 which later was transformed to the Alexander Pushkin Museum after he succumbed to his fatal
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wounds from a duel. This apartment initially belonged to the Volkonskies. In 1720 this building was constructed and it was renovated in later years.
This museum of Saint Petersburg has been set up in the memory of Pushkin. The Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment has become one of the places of attraction in Saint Petersburg in Russia. He penned down Peter the Great Chronicles, Captain's Daughter and a poem which is supposed to be the last one written by him.
In this museum, several exhibitions are also arranged for the visitors. The life and work of Pushkin can be known by visiting Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment. Many of the belongings of Pushkin like his armchair, desk, waist coat and pen have been preserved in the Alexander Pushkin Museum and Memorial Apartment.
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