The Crimean Literary and Art Museum is looking forward to visiting you during the New Year and Christmas holidays

All museums will be open on January 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 from 10:00 to 18:00. Entry will be by ticket. Days off during the New Year and Christmas holidays are December 31, January 1 and 7, and from January 10 the museum complex will operate as usual with days off on Monday and Tuesday.

In the House-Museum of A.P. Chekhov in Yalta on January 4 at 16:00 you can see a cartoon based on Nikolai Gogol’s story “The Night Before Christmas” (6+), 1951, completely free of charge. Together with Blacksmith Vakula, go in search of beautiful shoes for the capricious beauty Oksana. And on January 5 at 16:00 there will be a festive concert “Christmas Meetings” with the participation of the Laureate of International Competitions, member of the Union of Concert Artists of the Russian Federation Oksana Senchina and virtuoso guitarist Dmitry Starov. Participants in the “Winter Yalta” Art Song Festival in memory of mountain rescuer Arthur Grigoryan will perform their compositions on January 6 at 14:00. Admission to the concerts is free.

In January, visitors will also be treated to temporary thematic exhibitions, the display of which has been extended due to great public interest. At the Belaya Dacha there is an exhibition “There is no better place on earth than our garden…”, dedicated to the 120th anniversary of the creation of the play “The Cherry Orchard” and the 125th anniversary of the founding of the Moscow Art Theater. Also in the Yalta Museum of the writer, the exhibition “Cool Lady of M.P. Chekhov” continues to work, where you can see Maria Pavlovna’s pioneer tie, writing instruments, numerous awards and thanks, as well as unique photographs and much more. In addition, guests will be able to take part in the “Congratulations from Chekhov” event — in a special box, museum staff have collected original excerpts from the classic’s New Year’s and Christmas correspondence, and everyone will be able to randomly draw out their “Chekhov’s” wish.

The “Chekhov and Crimea” department will surprise you with unique photographs and personal belongings of Anton Chekhov, as well as archival documents and rare publications. These and many other items can be seen in January at the exhibition “Admiring them is a sign of good taste.”

At the Dacha of A.P. Chekhov and O.L. Knipper in Gurzuf, guests will be able to learn about the life of Olga Knipper-Chekhova and her immediate circle in a Gurzuf house in the 30s of the 20th century. And, as before, everyone will enjoy fascinating excursions dedicated to the life and work of the great playwright, Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.