House of the Commercial Assembly (Marfin House)

About museum

The mansion in the center of Arkhangelsk, built in the second half of the 19th century, is a federal heritage monument. Before the Revolution, members of the city's elite met here to discuss commercial matters and affairs of state importance. In 1918 Soviet power was proclaimed in the North. After that the mansion housed the Theatre for Young Spectators, the Officers' House, and the "Khronika" cinema. In 1983 the building was moved to Chumbarova-Luchinskogo Avenue, which gave rise to the creation of a preserved street of the old town. From 1987 it housed a branch of the All-Russian Society for the Protection of Historical and Cultural Monuments, chaired by M. I. Menshikova. In her honor the house was named "Marfin House." In 2013 the monument was transferred to the "Malye Korely" museum. It houses the "Pskovsky Prospekt" department as well as the museum's visitor center; cultural, educational and business events, exhibitions, concerts and balls are held here. Visitors can visit the drawing room, furnished in the style of the turn of the 19th–20th centuries.