The Museum of Yakub Kolas

Address: Minsk, Akademicheskaya str.5

The Museum of Yakub Kolas is a leading cultural center where the history of life and creativity of one of founders of the Belarusian language and literature is preserved. The museum is situated in the house where Jakub Kolas from 1945 to 1956 lived. The status of the only memorial estate in Minsk defines its uniqueness among other literary museums of the capital. The museum, which fixed assets consists of 32240 units (2012), keeps personal belongings of the poet and his family, the book, the manuscript, documents, artworks which immortalize an image of the national poet and characters of his works. The museum was established on August 16, 1956. It was opened for visit on December 4, 1959.