St Petersburg's only museum dedicated to a composer is housed in the flat where Rimsky-Korsakov lived towards the end of his life and wrote 11 of his 15 operas. Three rooms have been restored to what they would have looked like in Rimsky-Korsakov’s day, and contain personal artefacts including the composer’s writing table and his piano (which some fortunate visitors are allowed to play). There are also some original manuscripts and other objects with connections to either Rimsky-Korsakov or other members of his exalted circle. The museum also runs a programme of regular concerts.
