The Pushkin Museum was founded in 1953 using materials from the 1937 National Pushkin Gallery held in Moscow. The museum first opened in the Alexander Palace and then moved to the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg and moved in 1999 to its current location in the author's former residence. Pushkin was a playwright, novelist, and poet of the Romantic era; Today, the museum houses more than 200,000 objects including memorabilia, paintings, sculptures, drawings and applied arts; When you are in Saint Petersburg, do not miss a visit to this museum.