United Museum of Ural Writers, Yekaterinburg

The United Museum of Ural Writers is a museum complex devoted to regional literature and the writers connected with the Ural region. Founded in 1980, it brings together several memorial houses and exhibition spaces linked to authors whose works reflect local history, social change, and everyday life. The museum presents literature as part of a broader cultural environment shaped by industry, folklore, and personal experience, rather than as isolated texts.

The complex includes preserved homes of writers, where original interiors help convey the conditions in which they lived and worked. Furniture, manuscripts, photographs, and personal items are displayed alongside clear explanatory texts. Special attention is given to figures such as Pavel Bazhov, whose stories are based on Ural folklore, and Dmitry Mamin-Sibiryak, known for realistic portrayals of industrial towns and rural communities. These spaces allow visitors to connect literary themes with real domestic settings.

Along with its permanent exhibitions, the museum also organizes temporary displays. These focus on literary history, book culture, and how literature connects with other forms of art. Visitors can see letters, early editions of books, and illustrations from archives, which are changed regularly. The museum also holds lectures, public readings, and educational programs. These activities show that the museum is an active cultural space, not just an exhibition site. The preserved buildings and simple interiors help keep attention on the writers’ ideas, their texts, and the time in which they worked.