Exhibitions of the Rumyantsev Mansion

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The mansion is named after Nikolai Petrovich Rumyantsev, an outstanding statesman, educator and philanthropist, Chancellor of the Russian Empire, who bequeathed his house — filled with unique collections of antiquities and, at that time, the largest book collection in the country — 'for the good of enlightenment'. In 1831 the first private public museum in Russia was opened here. From 1880 to 1916 the mansion belonged to the Dukes of Leuchtenberg — descendants of the ruling dynasties of Russia and France. After the October Revolution the building was occupied by various organizations and residential apartments. In 1938 the Museum of the History and Development of Leningrad was established in the mansion. The ticket entitles the holder to visit the following exhibitions: the mansion's ceremonial halls, where historical interiors recreated in the 1880s by architect A. A. Stepanov are displayed; 'Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War' — one of the largest exhibitions devoted to the siege of the city, occupying 11 halls and including more than 2,000 items — original documents and photographs, banners, weapons and uniforms, objects of everyday siege life, personal belongings of participants, works of painting and graphic art, dioramas, maps and diagrams, models and mock-ups, including a copy of Tanya Savicheva's diary (the original is kept in the museum's collections); 'NEP: The Image of the City and Its People'; 'From Everyday Life to Festivities: Studies from the 1930s'; 'Communal Paradise, or Close Against One's Will'; the D. S. Likhachev Information and Exhibition Center; and temporary exhibitions. For information call: +7 (812) 571-75-44.