Museum in Zavrazhye, Regional cultural heritage museum in Zavrazhye, Russia

The Museum in Zavrazhye occupies the restored wooden upper floor of a pre-revolutionary house once owned by the local factory owner Kudryashov. Its two exhibition halls are devoted to film director Andrei Tarkovsky, born in this house on 4 April 1932, and to the philosopher and priest Pavel Florensky, whose ancestors served as priests in the local Prechistensky parish. The Tarkovsky hall was designed by Rashid Safiullin, set designer of the film Stalker.

The museum was established in 2004 and is housed in a building reflecting rural architecture of Kostroma Oblast. It documents the development of this region since the 20th century and its role as a countryside community.

The museum bears the name of the village where Tarkovsky was born on 4 April 1932, on the dining table of his grandmother's rented flat. His father Arseny, a poet, and mother Maria had come from Moscow; the ice drift on the river prevented Maria from reaching a hospital. Tarkovsky later recreated the episode in his film Mirror.

The museum is located in a village and is easiest to visit by traveling through local roads or exploring the surrounding area. Guided tours are offered and help you understand the collections and their local significance better.

The upper log floor of the building was dismantled and moved uphill in the mid-1950s, when the Gorky Reservoir flooded much of Zavrazhye during construction of the Gorky Hydroelectric Station. By 1980 the dilapidated structure was again slated for demolition but survived as a school garage.