Apartment Museum of Joseph Brodsky, Literary apartment museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia

The Apartment Museum of Joseph Brodsky occupies four of the five rooms in the communal flat where the poet lived with his parents in the Muruzi House, at Liteyny Prospekt 24. The museum opened in 2020 under the name "Polutorа komnaty" (One and a Half Rooms), with a design by architect Alexander Brodsky and a permanent exhibition curated by Anna Narinskaya. The rooms retain their residential character, and the museum displays files, books, photographs and autographs related to Brodsky.

The poet lived in this apartment with his parents until his forced departure from the Soviet Union in 1972. The space preserves a crucial period in the life of a future Nobel Prize laureate and his family.

The museum's name, "Polutorа komnaty" (One and a Half Rooms), comes from Brodsky's essay about the shared apartment where his family occupied one room plus part of another. Since 2017 the foundation has run a lecture series called "Chast rechi" (Part of Speech) here, with talks on literature, philosophy and art by figures such as Yakov Gordin, Konstantin Azadovsky and Andrei Aryev.

Visits must be arranged in advance through the museum's booking system, with groups limited to a maximum of 5 people per session. It is wise to reserve early since spaces fill up quickly.

The museum is named "Polutorа komnaty" (One and a Half Rooms) after Brodsky's essay about the apartment he shared with his parents. It opened to visitors on 25 January 2020; the interior was designed by architect Alexander Brodsky, and the permanent exhibition was curated by Anna Narinskaya.