- nab. r. Pryazhki, 4-6
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59.926799966306, 30.280164853284 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Courtyard of the “And the Muses Were Not Silent" museum Entrance into the gates from the embankment
- Signature of an official
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Signature of an official
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Historical background
The School Folk Museum And the Muses Were Not Silent... is dedicated to the culture and art of Leningrad during World War II. The Museum was created by teachers and pupils of Shostakovich School No. 235 with advanced study of artistic and aesthetic subjects, and was opened on 16 March 1968. It is well known throughout the world for its collection of historical documents on the topic: “Art and War” (about 20,000 originals). Exhibits of the unique Museum include musical instruments and theatre costumes, paintings and sketches of artists, propaganda and satirical posters, playbills (including, handwritten ones) of concert programmes and performances, exhibition catalogues, theatre and invitation tickets. There are documents of renowned composers: D. Shostakovich, V. Solovjev-Sedoy; paintings and drawings by famous artists: B. Prorokov, S. Boim, V. Galba, B. Pilshchikov, L. Simonov; satirical and propaganda posters of Okna TASS and Batiysky Prozhektor, rare Siege editions of Leningrad and Zvezda magazines, leaflets and books. The literature room contains personal items, manuscripts and documents of writers: a table and autographs of O. Berggolts, stubs of her bread tickets for December 1941, The Siege Book by A. Adamovich and D. Granin, with Granin’s review of the museum, his typewriter, and so on. The ground floor combines several exposition spaces: a lobby with many sculptures representing the survivors of the Siege in different emotional states; a stage with theatrical decorations, a piano and a conductor’s stand from the Musical Comedy Theatre, a street loudspeaker on the house wall; a hall of temporary exhibitions, and two halls with memorial rooms: of “Е. Linda and his co-founders of the Museum”, and of writer T. Staleva with heroes of her books about the Siege”. The spaces of the 1rst and 2nd floors are interactive and integrated. A platform stage with a concert piano, nooks and niches with interiors to make you feel at ease: relax, work, or play music. Here you can sit at the table of Olga Berggolts or touch the piano whose keys remember the hands of Dmitry Shostakovich. Currently, the Museum collection has over 22 thousand items and documents. It is open daily to residents and schoolchildren of the city, and to its guests. Annually, the museum is visited by 7,000–10,000 people, and about 800 tours are held here.
Present in routes of categories Lion & Unicorn