The very first museums in Nizhny Novgorod opened at the end of the 19th century and therefore can be classified as one of the oldest in Russia. Most of the museum collections are housed in old buildings that have the status of historical and architectural monuments. These are former merchant houses, estates and even defensive fortifications - the perfectly preserved Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
Art Museum
The Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum is located in the building of the former Governor's Palace
One of the oldest museums in the city has such a rich collection that it exhibits it in two places at once. In the Kremlin, in the building of the former Governor's Palace, visitors will find a large collection of works by Russian artists of the XIV-XX centuries. At the beginning of the last century, individual painters and the Russian Academy of Arts donated many paintings and graphic works to the Nizhny Novgorod museum.
In the building on the Verkhnevolzhskaya embankment, one can get acquainted with the works of Western European artists who worked in the 15th-20th centuries. This collection began to take shape in the 1920s, thanks to private donations. In addition, the museum funds were significantly replenished after the nationalization of private galleries, which were previously located in the noble estates. Before the start of the Great Patriotic War, several paintings to Nizhny Novgorod were donated by the country's largest art museums - the Museum of Arts named after V.I. Pushkin in Moscow and the Hermitage. In addition to paintings, the halls display engravings, majolica, sculptures and bronze works.
How does it work
All days, except Thursday, from 11.00 to 18.00, on Thursdays from 12.00 to 20.00. The day off is Tuesday.
Where is located
In two buildings - Verkhnevolzhskaya embankment, 3, as well as in building 3 on the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin.
Russian Museum of Photography
Permanent exhibition of the Russian Museum of Photography
In the house in which the museum is located today, the founders of Russian art and journalistic photography Maxim Dmitriev and Andrei Karelin worked in the 19th century. Fyodor Chaliapin, Maxim Gorky, Pavel Melnikov-Pechersky and Vladimir Korolenko visited this photo studio, or, as they called it, “phototypes” at that time. In the museum you can see a large selection of historical photographs of Nizhny Novgorod from a century ago, as well as old cameras and other photography devices that were used at the beginning of the last century. On the second floor, changing exhibitions are usually held.
How does it work
Monday to Wednesday from 11.00 to 19.00, Thursday from 12.00 to 20.00, Saturday and Sunday from 11.00 to 17.00.
Where is located
From the south of the Nizhny Novgorod Kremlin, st. Piskunov (former Osypnaya), 9A.
Museum of N.A. Dobrolyubova
View of the State Literary and Memorial Museum of N.A. Dobrolyubov from Lykova Damba street
Today Nizhny Novgorod is the only city in the country where a memorial exposition dedicated to the life and literary work of Dobrolyubov has been collected. The museum occupies two buildings that were built in the 1830s and today have the status of historical and architectural monuments. The objects and furnishings exhibited here tell about the life of the Dobrolyubov family, as well as how the thinking of the future writer and his attitude to education were formed in his youth. In addition, this museum hosts interesting exhibitions and performances.
How does it work
All days, except Thursday, from 9.00 to 17.00, on Thursdays from 9.00 to 19.00. Tuesday is a day off.
Where is located
In two buildings - Lykovaya dam, 2 and 2A.
The Rukavishnikovs' estate
The Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum is located in the building of the former Governor's Palace
The luxurious manor complex in the Italian style was built in the 1870s and belonged to the wealthy Nizhny Novgorod salt industrialist Sergei Rukavishnikov. The interior premises of the estate amaze with their splendor. Rooms and halls are richly decorated with stucco and expensive art parquet. Nowadays, rich historical and local history collections are located here, telling about the peoples who inhabited the Nizhny Novgorod lands in former times. In the halls of the museum you can see old coins, archaeological finds, ethnographic exhibits, documents and photographs.
How does it work
Tuesday to Thursday from 10.00 to 17.00, from Friday to Sunday from 12.00 to 19.00. The day off is Monday.
Where is located
Verkhnevolzhskaya embankment, 7.
Kashirin's house
View of the Museum of Childhood A.M. Gorky's House of Kashirin
The museum dedicated to the childhood of the writer Maxim Gorky is located in the house of his grandfather, Vasily Vasilyevich Kashirin. This one-storey wooden house is a typical building from the late 19th century. It was him that Gorky described in the story "Childhood". The memorial exposition was created in the pre-war period. The museum has restored the atmosphere in which the Kashirins' bourgeois lived. Visitors can examine the kitchen and living rooms, see clothes, dishes and household items that are usual for the Nizhny Novgorod burghers of the 19th century.
How does it work
Daily from 9.00 to 17.00. Wednesday is a day off.
Where is located
Postal passage, 21, 0.5 km from the museum of N.A. Dobrolyubova.
Museum-apartment of A.M. Gorky
View of the museum-apartment of A.M. Gorky from Semashko street
The museum collection is housed in a three-storey building where the writer and his family lived before leaving the city (1902-1904). At this time, many celebrities visited him, including the great Russian singer Fyodor Chaliapin. Therefore, the Shalyapin room has been preserved in the house. An old wooden staircase leads to the beginning of the exhibition on the second floor. More than 1,500 exhibits are displayed in several memorial halls - in the study where the writer worked, in the nursery, in the bedroom, in the large dining room, in the pantry, in the study of Gorky's wife, E.P. Peshkova and her mother's room, M.A. Volzhina.
How does it work
Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9.00 to 17.00, with a break from 12.00 to 13.00.
Where is located
Semashko Street, 19.
Museum-apartment of A.D. Sakharova
View of the house where the A.D. Sakharova
A memorial exposition dedicated to Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov is located in the apartment where the scientist was in political exile (1980-1987). Here you can see materials related to Sakharov's work at the Sarov nuclear center, learn about the scientist's struggle for the political rights of citizens, and also get acquainted with the Sakharov Memorandum on the Preservation of Life on Earth.
How does it work
Daily from 9.00 to 17.00, except Friday.
Where is located
Gagarin Avenue, 214.
Nizhny Novgorod radio laboratory
The main entrance to the building of the Nizhny Novgorod radio laboratory
The Technical Museum is dedicated to the history of the development of radio engineering and outstanding inventions of Russian scientists. In the halls of the museum, there is a large collection of televisions, starting from the very first models, the screen of which was the size of the palm of your hand. Here you can see models of old radios and radio stations, as well as find out what the light music looked like. In the hall of entertaining science, visitors can try some devices and technical installations in action.
How does it work
From Monday to Friday from 10.00 to 17.00, Saturday and Sunday are days off.
Where is located
Verkhnevolzhskaya embankment, 5.
River Fleet Museum
Exhibition Hall of the Museum of the River Fleet
People come to this museum to learn about the history of the Volga shipping and learn about the traditions of burglary. Museum guests can see models of ships that roamed the Volga expanses from the 9th to the 18th centuries, as well as modern high-speed boats and tourist liners. The halls display things and photographs of barge haulers, drawings of a navigable vessel, compiled by I.P. Kulibin, models of old steam engines that were used on steamboats in the 19th century, and models of diesel installations on modern river technology.
How does it work
Monday to Friday from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Where is located
In the building of the Volga Academy of Water Transport, st. Minin, 7, 4th floor.
Tram and Trolleybus Museum
On the territory of the tram and trolleybus museum
The unusual museum is located on the territory of tram depot No. 1, on a specially laid out section of tram tracks. Here you can see samples of cars that were used to travel around the city at the beginning of the last century. In particular, in this museum there is a famous horse tram, that is, a tram that moved with the help of horses. In addition, a wide variety of trolleybus models are on display in the open air. "Exhibits" can be viewed not only outside, but also inside.
How does it work
Tuesday to Thursday from 8.00 to 12.00 and from 12.30 to 16.30.
Where is located
Not far from the city center, on General Ivliev street, 1.
Nizhny Novgorod Railway Museum
On the territory of the Nizhny Novgorod Railway Museum
The open area, where the samples of railway equipment are presented, is often called simply - the museum of steam locomotives. On it you can see one and a half dozen steam locomotives produced by tsarist Russia, the USSR, as well as in Sweden and Germany. Exhibits are allowed not only to be viewed. All locomotives can be touched by hands and even climbed.
How does it work
Monday to Friday from 9.00 to 18.00. Saturday and Sunday are days off.
Where is located
200 m from the station "Nizhny Novgorod - Sortirovochny", st. Gorokhovetskaya, 1A.
