Exhibition at the K. S. Stanislavsky House-Museum

About exhibition

The K. S. Stanislavsky House-Museum is an old mansion built in 1645. Over the course of its history it has repeatedly changed its appearance. In the mid-18th century a second floor was added above the white-stone chambers. In the 19th century the ceilings were decorated with tempera paintings executed by serf artists whose names remain unknown. Here K. S. Stanislavsky worked on the Russian edition of the book 'My Life in Art' and also wrote 'An Actor Prepares' (originally 'The Actor's Work on Himself'). These works are known worldwide today. Friends and pupils—actors of the Moscow Art Theatre—used to visit the great teacher. This house and its famous creaky staircase are described in Mikhail Bulgakov's theatrical novel. The memorial exhibition includes the living rooms of Stanislavsky and his wife M. P. Lilina, the 'Onegin Hall', the 'Blue Foyer' (which housed the Bolshoi Theatre's opera studio), the 17th-century white-stone chambers, and rooms that were converted into dormitories after the 1917 Revolution. Today the House-Museum hosts exhibitions, evenings, concerts, lectures, master classes, directors' readings and other events of interest to a wide audience. You can attend one of the events or simply stroll through the old mansion, whose walls preserve objects of cultural and historical value.