Anna Akhmatova Literary and Memorial Museum

The museum is located in the South wing (No. 53) of Fountain House at Fontanka River Embankment. The Fountain House was built in the 18th century as a palace for the noble Sheremetev family, while the South wing in the garden was added in 1845, designed by Ieronim Corsini. Now the main building is occupied by Saint Petersburg Museum of Music (one of the largest branches of St.Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music), and the wing is dedicated to the museum of the poet. ==Museum==

The Akhmatova Museum was opened in 1989 as a branch of the Dostoevsky Literary and Memorial Museum. In 2003 the exposition was separated into memorial (with restored apartment of Akhmatova and Punin) and literary parts. As of 2009, the museum's collection held about 50,000 items, including autographed editions of Akhmatova's works, photographs, and manuscripts by Akhmatova and her contemporaries. ==Other museums of Akhmatova==

In Saint Petersburg, there is museum dedicated to the poet, her circle and her times. It is called "Anna Akhmatova. The Silver Age" and is located on the ground floor of an ordinary apartment building in the vicinity of Avtovo. In little village in Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine, there is a . ==References==