STATE CULTURAL CENTER AND MUSEUM OF VLADIMIR VYSOTSKY
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Address:
Nizhne-Tagansky Tupik, 3 |
The idea of Vysotsky Museum foundation appeared in
1980, just after the poet's death in 1980. The Taganka Theater, where
Vysotsky had worked as an actor, was overflowed with letters from ordinary
people who offered the establishment of the exposition dedicated to
the life and creativity of the outstanding poet and bard (a singer who
wrote songs outside the Soviet establishment). At the same time the
initiative group consisting mainly of those who worked with Vysotsky
and admired his talent was formed.
In 1987 the special bank account for the Museum's
foundation was opened. The honorariums of the concerts dedicated to
the memory of Vysotsky as well as private donations were transferred
to the account from all over the country. Finally, in June, 1992 the
State Cultural Center and Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky was opened. Since
1996 the poet's son Nikita Vysotsky has headed the Museum.
Today the Museum of Vladimir Vysotsky that in the
course of over a decade has grown into quite a large scientific, research
and cultural center comprises a permanent exhibition devoted to the
life and creativity of Vysotsky and a gallery for temporary thematic
exhibitions representing the whole epoch the poet lived in.
The permanent exhibition occupies two floors. Among
the exhibits there are unique documents, pages of scripts, pictures,
playbills, as well as Vysotsky's manuscripts that bear witness of how
thoroughly the poet polished and perfected each line. Those who are
interested in Vysotsky's life and work are sure to find information
on the poet's family, houses where he lived, his friends, wives and
beloved, his concerts and trips abroad, his creative plans, which were
not fulfilled.
The Museum's exposition is organized so that a visitor
can do without the help of a guide. People that come to this Museum
often say that they feel themselves not like the visitors of a museum
but like the guests at Vysotsky's house. And although the poet had never
happened to live in the house in Nizhne-Tagansky Tupik, the Museum's
workers tell that not so long ago a photo was found where Vysotsky points
at the entrance of that very building where now the Museum is housed.
So it has turned out that the bard has himself chosen a house where
he would live after his death.
