They held the International Forum of Literary Museums back in April, but this is the first I heard of it, via Ukrainian publications which have now all noticed that Kyiv museum of Bulgakov entered the top twenty best museums in the world literature, as one of the things they apparently did at the forum was select the twenty best (лучших) literary museums in the world (though that list turns out to be suspiciously Russian-heavy ...).
The материалы первого форума литературных музеев ('Materials of the First Forum on Literary Museums') is available online (in not exactly the most user-friendly form, but it was the best I could find), with more (Russian) details about the selected twenty, but for your convenience here's the list, with links to the official sites:
The материалы первого форума литературных музеев ('Materials of the First Forum on Literary Museums') is available online (in not exactly the most user-friendly form, but it was the best I could find), with more (Russian) details about the selected twenty, but for your convenience here's the list, with links to the official sites:
- Музей Анны Ахматовой (Anna Akhmatova Museum)
- Buddenbrookhaus: Heinrich-und- Thomas-Mann-Zentrum
- Литературно-мемориальный музей Михаила Булгакова (Literary Memorial Museum of Mikhail Bulgakov)
- The Robert Burns Birthplace Museum
- The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre
- Deutsche Literaturarchiv Marbach (German Literary Archive - Marbach)
- Fondation Martin Bodmer
- Государственный литературный музей ((Russian) State Literary Museum)
- The James Joyce Centre
- Junibacken (Museum of Children's Literature)
- Klassik Stiftung Weimar
- Мелихово (The Melikhovo - Literary and Memorial Museum-Reserve of A.P. Chekhov)
- Masumiyet Müzesi (Orhan Pamuk's 'The Museum of Innocence')
- Государственный музей В.В.Маяковского (State Vladimir Mayakovsky Museum)
- Nibelungenmuseum
- Государственный музей Александра Пушкина (Pushkin Museum)
- Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
- Yasnaya Polyana: The State Memorial and Natural Preserve Museum-Estate of Leo Tolstoy
- Mark Twain Boyhood Home and Museum
- Musée Jules Verne