Book Museum

The museum conducts unique work on the design, production, printing and release of handmade books in order to preserve the cultural heritage of Russia. Books that are made by hand in the walls of the museum are works of contemporary book art, which have no analogues in the world modern practice. The dignity of these subjects has been repeatedly confirmed by numerous awards and prizes of the Russian and international book community. A special place in the museum is occupied by a magnificent collection of cursive books of the 19th – 20th centuries and everything related to the culture of writing in Russia. The largest collection of metal fountain pen in Russia has been collected and described - more than 14 thousand samples. The entire chronicle of the country's culture is reflected in the history of the manufacture of Russian fountain pens. Thus, “portrait” feathers were made: “John of Kronstadt”, “Pushkin”, “Tolstoy”, “Turgenev”, “Skobelev”, “Alexander II”, “Admiral Makarov”, a fountain pen dedicated to the miraculous rescue of the imperial family at Borki station 1888, a memorable pen on the proclamation of the Franco-Russian Union Emperor Nicholas II and French President F. Faure, as well as other monuments of fountain pen art from around the world. The museum conducts scientific and historical work and is not intended for mass excursions.