Exhibitions of the S. M. Kirov Museum

About exhibition

The building housing the museum was erected in 1911–1914 to a design by L. N. Benois with the participation of A. N. Benois, Y. Y. Benois and engineer A. N. Gunst, which is why this place is called the House of the Three Benois. Over the years well-known party figures lived here, including the first secretary of the Leningrad regional party committee, S. M. Kirov. A ticket to the museum entitles the holder to visit the following exhibitions: "S. M. Kirov's Memorial Apartment." You will be immersed in the everyday life of a party leader of the 1920s–1930s. The exhibition includes five living rooms (study, library, dining room, bedroom, sitting room), two entrance halls, a kitchen, toilet and bathroom, and the former maid's room. Interiors have been recreated, and personal belongings of S. M. Kirov and gifts (rapports) are on display. "S. M. Kirov's Office in Smolny." In one of the museum halls on the fourth floor a reconstruction of the first secretary's office is presented. "For Our Happy Childhood." You will be able to choose new revolutionary names, become "scouts of good deeds," watch the first Soviet cartoon, and learn about the history of the scouting movement, the creation of the Pioneer organization in Petrograd, and measures to combat child homelessness. "Take What They Give." The interactive exhibition is devoted to Leningrad's supply and the ration-card system of 1929–1935. The experimental exhibition "The Soviet Person — an Emotional Person" invites visitors to explore the period of fundamental changes in Soviet society: the 1920s–1930s.