Ayn Rand's museum-apartment was opened in St. Petersburg
09.02.2026
On February 2, a private museum was opened in an apartment on Nevsky Prospekt in St. Petersburg, where writer Ain Rand - Alisa Zinovievna Rosenbaum lived at the beginning of the last century. The ceremony was held on the 121st anniversary of her birth. The exposition presents photographs, archival documents and biographical materials related to the life and work of the writer.
As "Fontanka" notes, "the future creator of the philosophy of objectivism" lived in this house "before emigrating to the United States in 1926, where she gained worldwide fame", thanks to the novels "The Source" (1943) and "Atlante straightened his shoulders" (1957).
The creator of the museum, entrepreneur and deputy of the St. Petersburg Assembly Dmitry Pavlov said that Mikhail Kravtsov, president of the Ayn Rand Foundation, told him about the history of the premises.
"We met 6 years ago, when he called and said through mutual acquaintances that they had made a historical reference and found where Ain Rand lived the most in St. Petersburg - it's Nevsky, 120, this apartment. And, by the way, the stove has been preserved since those times, in some photos it even appears somewhere in the background," Pavlov said.