# Nabokov Museum
**Source**: https://english.spbu.ru/about/st-petersburg-state-university-exhibitions-and-museum-collections/nabokov-museum
**Parent**: https://english.spbu.ru/about/st-petersburg-state-university-exhibitions-and-museum-collections
Nabokov Museum is located in the house where the writer was born and raised. Among the exhibits are household items and personal belongings of Nabokov.
Address
47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St Petersburg
Telephone
+7 (812) 315–47–13
E-mail
[a.abramova@spbu.ru](mailto:a.abramova@spbu.ru)
VK
<https://vk.com/public185089444>
Telephones for booking excursions
+7 (931) 007–79–01
+7 (921) 908-06-27
E-mail
[excursions@spbu.ru](mailto:excursions@spbu.ru)
Sessions
The reception of visitors is organised by sessions in groups of no more than 10 people
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 10am, 12 noon, 2pm, 4pm Wednesday, Friday: 10am, 12 noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm Saturday: 12 noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm
Opening hours
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday: 10am - 5pm Wednesday, Friday: 10am - 8pm Saturday: 12 noon - 8pm
The last Thursday of each month is a cleaning day.
Telephone for booking admission
+7 (812) 315-47-13
Admission tickets
Adults – 200 roubles, reduced – 100 roubles, group – 4,000 roubles, reduced group – 2,000 roubles.
Payment methods
You can pay with cash via Sberbank ATM at 7/9 Universitetskaya Embankment, Mendeleevskaya Line entrance (the ATM might charge an additional fee)
St. Petersburg State University payment system <https://pay.spbu.ru>
If you cannot pay either via the payment terminal or via payment system, you can pay with a credit card and cash in the ticket office of St Petersburg University at the Faculty of Philology at 3 Philologichesky lane (open 10am – 1pm and 2pm – 4.30 pm)
Audio guide
<https://spbu.ru/audiogid-po-muzeyu-v-v-nabokova-spbgu>
The Museum on the portal of the Ministry of Culture Artefact
<https://artefact.culture.ru/ru/museum/muzey-vv-nabokova-sankt-peterburg>
Since 1898, the Museum has occupied the ground floor of a three storey mansion in the early modern style that belonged to the Nabokovs. On the ground floor of the house the interiors of the dining room and the library in Louis XV style survived. The exquisite interiors of the green drawing room are currently being restored.
The Museum on 47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street is the only museum in the world dedicated to the life and works of Vladimir Nabokov.
A large part of the collection are: personal belongings of the writer; items connected with the history of the mansion and the Nabokovs; the first publications of the works of Nabokov; and a large academic library.
A unique collection of the writer’s butterflies is on display in the Museum. This collection is unmatched in the world today.
The Museum regularly holds various events (seminars, readings, panel discussions, presentations of books, meetings) as well as literary and art exhibitions.
### [News and Events](https://english.spbu.ru/topics/para_22778)
[20 February – 11 April 2026:
#### Feeling through skin](https://english.spbu.ru/news-events/calendar/feeling-through-skin)
St. Petersburg State University will host the grand opening of the exhibition ‘Feeling through Skin’ by the artist Aleksandra Belle.
20 February – 11 April 2026
18:00
47 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, St. Petersburg
[Exhibition](https://english.spbu.ru/topics/91)
[Throughout the month:
#### Petrography Museum Tour](https://english.spbu.ru/news-events/calendar/petrography-museum-tour)
Throughout the month
7-9 Universitetskaya Embankment / 2 Mendeleevskaya Line
[Guided tour](https://english.spbu.ru/topics/3904)
[Throughout the month:
#### Paleontological Museum Tour](https://english.spbu.ru/news-events/calendar/paleontological-museum-tour)
Throughout the month
7-9 Universitetskaya Embankment / 2 Mendeleevskaya Line
[Guided tour](https://english.spbu.ru/topics/3904)
[Все материалы](https://english.spbu.ru/topics/para_22778)
### Administration
Director
Andrei Astvatsaturov
Deputy Head of the Department – Chief Curator
Sophia Rotenberg
E-mail
[s.rotenberg@spbu.ru](mailto:s.rotenberg@spbu.ru)
Telephone
+7 (812) 315–47–13
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