Published on: 2026-09-10
Source: Moscow Government – Правительства Москвы –
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On September 17, Muscovites and tourists can spend a day with Konstantin Paustovsky. The program of the same name has become part of Moscow Museum Week. Guests will get acquainted with the writer’s creative world, learn curious facts from his biography, as well as his lifestyle, traditions, and daily routine.
In the old building with a mezzanine on Kuzminskaya Street (house 8), where is located K. G. Paustovsky Museum, from 11:00 to 20:00 there will be an interactive program. Its participants will live a day following the writer’s work schedule.
The morning will begin at 11:30 with a walk that Konstantin Paustovsky took at any time of the year. The classic author loved most of all to walk in the forest or in his garden in Tarusa, often taking binoculars or a magnifying glass with him, studying the landscape, examining plants. Guests will be transported to the realm of nature through a play-mediation. “The Art of Seeing the World”.
Its participants will visit the interactive exhibition “Journey through Russia with Paustovsky. Meshchera,” take a walk through the Kuzminki-Lyublino natural-historical park, complete tasks, and get acquainted with works dedicated to the amazing properties of plants. The program will conclude with an exciting quiz.
After his morning walk, Konstantin Paustovsky would sit down at his writing desk and work for at least five hours. You will be able to learn how works are created and feel like a writer in the mediation game. “Writer’s Creative Laboratory” hall. Guests will learn about the creative method of the classic, how his ideas were born, get acquainted with unique working manuscripts, delve into the secrets of creating works, and try their hand as co-authors with Konstantin Paustovsky.
At 3:00 PM, it will be time for the family lunch in the garden. Literary Picnic The event with games will take place in a picturesque old park near the museum. Guests can expect outdoor exhibitions, creative contests and workshops, literary quizzes, and quests.
After lunch at 4:00 PM, there will be a meeting with readers. Konstantin Paustovsky taught for many years at the A.M. Gorky Literary Institute and often hosted students and young writers seeking advice from the master. In addition, numerous admirers of his talent would visit the house.
On the excursion-discussion “Heart, Imagination and Reason, or Where Culture is Born” guests will get acquainted with the main exhibition of the museum, learn about the most important pages of Paustovsky’s biography, his social activities and main works, engage in an imaginary dialogue with the writer and ask him questions about creativity and literature.
The day will conclude with an evening walk through Paustovsky’s Moscow. A tour “Muscovite by birth” will start at 5:00 PM and 7:00 PM. Exploring the main exhibition of the museum will take place in an interactive format of an imaginary walk through the capital and a dialogue with visitors about the mission of Konstantin Paustovsky, whose life and work were inextricably linked with Moscow.
You can purchase museum tickets without surcharges and commission on the city platform Mosbilet.
“Mosbilet” — the official service on the mos.ru portal, through which you can purchase tickets to theaters, museums, concert halls, and other institutions under the jurisdiction of the capital’s Department of Culture, without commission and markups. The service page features announcements of the most anticipated events, season premieres, activities within city festivals, exhibitions, performances, and concerts that will take place in the upcoming weekend.
You can purchase a ticket directly in the service. For events where personal data is required to buy a ticket, you do not need to enter the visitor’s surname, first name, patronymic, and information: if the user has a standard or full account, it is enough to leave the default document selection value — Mos ID. Mandatory fields must be filled in manually if the account is simplified. When issuing tickets for young guests through the service, all data must be entered only by the accompanying adult. For children under 14 years old, you can specify only the surname, first name, patronymic, and date of birth; showing the child’s document when attending cultural events is not required.
In addition, authorized users will be able to open QR codes in the mobile applications “My Moscow,” “My ID,” and “Moscow State Services.”
Moscow poster, cultural events, and other leisure options — in the “Mosbilet” channels on “Max” and “Telegram”.
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