Biographical museums

Alexander Suvorov Museum in Kobrin

Belarus gave birth to many outstanding personalities renowned in Europe and worldwide. Among them are politicians, public figures, talented artists, composers, musicians, and writers.

Today many museums in Belarus have expositions celebrating the life and work of famous people. However, the most valuable and interesting collections can be found at biographical museums. Memorial houses and estates whose history is closely linked with names of remarkable persons play a special role in preserving their memory. The list of biographical museums includes:

• Marc Chagall Museum House in Vitebsk
• Ilya Repin Zdravnevo Museum Estate
• Wankowicz House in Minsk
• Napoleon Orda Museum in Vorotsevichi
• Chaim Soutine Museum in Smilovichi
• Vitold Byalynitsky-Birulya State Museum in Mogilev
• Zair Azgur Museum in Minsk
• Simeon of Polotsk Museum-Library
• Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Novogrudok
• Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Zaosye
• Yanka Kupala State Literary Museum
• Yakub Kolas State Literary-Commemorative Museum
• Maxim Bogdanovich Literary Museum in Minsk
• Maxim Bogdanovich Museum in Grodno
• Petrus Brovka Literary Museum
• Vasil Bykov Museum-Dacha (Minsk District)
• Vasil Bykov Museum in the village of Bychki (Ushachi District)
• Vladimir Korotkevich Museum in Orsha
• Ivan Melezh Memorial Museum
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky Museum in Ivanovo District
• Oginski Family Estate in Zalesye
• Tadeusz  Kosciuszko Museum Estate
• Alexander Suvorov Museum in Kobrin
• Dzerzhinovo Museum Estate

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