Dostoevsky Museum Offers Free Admission on Day of Remembrance
The Dostoevsky Museum in St. Petersburg, located at the corner of Kuznechny Lane and Dostoevsky Street, will be open to visitors from 11:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Monday, February 9, 2026. Admission is free.
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Visitors will be admitted in timed sessions, every 30 minutes from 11:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Free tickets for a session can be obtained at the museum’s ticket office. On this day, volunteer student guides will lead tours of the writer’s memorial apartment. Visitors will also have the opportunity to view the literary exhibition “F.M. Dostoevsky. Life and Work: Pro et Contra,” as well as the exhibitions “The Adolescent”: From Idea to Ideal. To the 150th Anniversary of the First Publication of the Novel” and “Vladimirskaya Square and its Surroundings. Photographs by Vladimir Urzhumtsev.”
Olga Tikhomirova, curator of graphic arts at the Dostoevsky Museum, told Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti that the museum acquired a new series of 20 color illustrations for the novel “Crime and Punishment” by renowned St. Petersburg artist Mikhail Bychkov last year. This series is distinct from the artist’s previous illustrations, which were included in a 2024 edition of the novel. An exhibition of the new illustrations is planned.
The museum’s collection was also enriched by a series of five medals “Dedicated to Dostoevsky” by Georgy Postnikov and three drawings by artist Ekaterina Posecelskaya depicting views of Dostoevsky’s St. Petersburg.
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This material was published in the newspaper “Sankt-Peterburgskie Vedomosti” No. 21 (8086) dated February 9, 2026, under the headline “The Most Petersburg of Writers.”
