# Marc Chagall House Museum, Vitebsk > The Marc Chagall House Museum is the small brick house at Pokrovskaya 11 that the painter's father built in the early 1900s — Chagall spent his youth here. Inside are the family rooms with period furniture and copies of documents and works. Allow 40–60 minutes. Adults pay 5 BYN, students 2.50 BYN. Open 11:00–19:00 (last entry 18:30), closed Mondays. Web page: https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/chagall-house-museum - City: [Vitebsk](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk), Belarus - YesGo score: 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) - Time on site: 1 h - With kids: Better without small kids - Adult ticket: 5 BYN - Students and schoolchildren: 2.50 BYN - Opening hours: 11:00–19:00, ticket desk until 18:30 - Closed: Mondays - Winter: Some guides say also closed Tuesdays, October to March — not on the museum site; call first - Tour in English or French: 50 BYN per group up to 25, pre-booked only; tickets extra - Short commentary in English: 10 BYN per group up to 10 - Chagall Art Centre: Separate ticket: 7 BYN, students 3.50 BYN — Putna 2 - Address: Pokrovskaya St 11, Vitebsk - Ticket desk phone: +375 212 66 34 68 - Photos inside: Sources disagree — ask at the desk - Paying: BYN only; foreign Visa and Mastercard often fail — bring cash - Time needed: 40–60 minutes - Coordinates: 55.20052, 30.19057 - Facts checked: 30.10.2026 ## Key facts - **Early 1900s** — Chagall's father built the house; the painter grew up here (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; English and Russian Wikipedia) - **1997** — the house opened as a memorial museum (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; English Wikipedia) - **2 buildings** — make up Vitebsk's Chagall museum: this house and the Art Centre (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; English Wikipedia) - **Pokrovskaya 11** — on the left bank of the Western Dvina, near the railway station (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; my-places.by) - **1992** — the Chagall Art Centre opened — it shows his original prints (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; English Wikipedia) - **My Life** — Chagall's memoir, which describes his youth in this house (source: English and Russian Wikipedia) - **Copies** — of documents and works — there are no Chagall originals in the house (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; Russian Wikipedia) - **c. 1900** — the period of the everyday objects in the rooms (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; Russian Wikipedia) - **Valery Moguchy** — sculpted the Chagall monument in the courtyard (source: Russian Wikipedia; Lepel district government site) - **1923–1925** — Chagall's Dead Souls etchings — the core of the Art Centre's collection (source: Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site; English Wikipedia) ## Chagall House Museum tickets and opening hours The museum's price list (valid from 1 January 2026) puts an adult ticket at **5 BYN** and students and schoolchildren at **2.50 BYN** — there is no separate foreigners' rate. Opening hours are **11:00–19:00, Tuesday to Sunday**, with the ticket desk closing at 18:30. **Mondays are closed.** A guided tour in English or French costs 50 BYN per group and must be booked in advance; entry tickets are on top. If you just want the stories behind the objects, a short commentary in English is 10 BYN for up to ten people — the better deal for a couple or a small group. Several travel guides say the house also closes on Tuesdays from October to March. The official site lists only Mondays, so in winter phone the house's ticket desk on +375 212 66 34 68 before you go. > **No original paintings here — they're at the Art Centre** The house tells the story of the family: rooms, furniture, crockery, copies of documents and reproductions. Chagall's original prints are shown at the Marc Chagall Art Centre, Putna 2, in the town centre. It is the same museum but a separate 7 BYN ticket — plan both if you want the real thing. ## How to get to the Chagall House Museum 1. From the Town Hall, walk down to the Kirov Bridge — about 5 minutes. 2. Cross the Western Dvina; the left bank is the old Zadvinye district. 3. Follow your map app to Pokrovskaya 11 — another 10–15 minutes, about 20 minutes in all. 4. Arriving by train? The house is about a 10-minute walk from Vitebsk railway station — the easiest first stop in town. 5. Prefer to ride? Any bus or trolleybus along Kirova Street to the railway station stop, then walk; taxis wait at the station too. ## Is the Chagall House Museum worth visiting? Yes, if Chagall is part of why you came to Vitebsk. The house makes sense of his paintings: the low roofs, wooden fences and quiet street you see in them are right outside. It is cheap, short and close to the station, so it fits neatly into an arrival or departure hour. Come with the right expectations, though. This is a recreated family home, not a gallery, and every artwork inside is a copy. Without a guide or the short commentary it can feel like an old flat with nice furniture. If you only have time for one Chagall site, go to the Art Centre for the originals; if you have two hours, do both. ## The house and its story Chagall's father built this house on Pokrovskaya Street in the early 1900s, and the future painter spent his teenage years here, in the working-class Zadvinye district across the river from the old centre. He later wrote about the house and its neighbourhood in his memoir, My Life, and the same streets keep turning up in his work. The memorial museum opened in 1997. The interiors were reassembled with everyday objects from around 1900, copies of archival documents and reproductions that tell the story of the Chagall family in Vitebsk. In the courtyard stands a monument to the artist by sculptor Valery Moguchy; in summer the yard hosts museum evenings. ## What to see - The family rooms with low ceilings, period furniture and crockery — a Jewish household in Vitebsk around 1900. - Copies of family photos and papers: Chagall's parents, brothers and sisters. - Reproductions where you'll recognise the fences, roofs and lanes of Zadvinye. - The courtyard and Valery Moguchy's Chagall monument — the best photo spot. - Pokrovskaya Street itself, with its low houses and paving that still feel like old Vitebsk. > **Paying in Belarus** Everything is priced and paid in Belarusian rubles (BYN). Foreign Visa and Mastercard cards often fail in Belarus, and small ticket desks may not take cards at all — this is unofficial. Withdraw BYN at an ATM or change cash at a bank before you come; 15 BYN covers both Chagall sites. ## Before you go: checklist - [ ] It's not Monday (and in winter, I've called about Tuesday) - [ ] I'll reach the desk before 18:30 - [ ] BYN cash in my pocket - [ ] Student card, if I have one - [ ] Decided whether to add the Art Centre on Putna - [ ] English tour booked in advance, if I want one ## House Museum vs Art Centre | | House Museum | Art Centre | Zdravnevo | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | What it is | Chagall's family home | Exhibitions of Chagall's prints | Ilya Repin's country estate | | Originals | No, copies | Yes, prints | Memorial estate | | Where | Pokrovskaya 11, left bank | Putna 2, centre | Outside the city | | Adult ticket | 5 BYN | 7 BYN | Own ticket | | Time needed | 40–60 min | ≈ 1 h | Half a day with travel | One day in Vitebsk? Do both Chagall sites — the house for the story, the Art Centre for the work. [Zdravnevo](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/zdravnevo) suits a second day. ## Vitebsk history sights compared Vitebsk's historic sights rated by YesGo. - [Assumption Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-assumption-cathedral) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free - [Suvorov Street](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-suvorov-street) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free - [Governor's Palace](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-governors-palace) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 15 min · Free (exterior only) - [Church of the Annunciation](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-annunciation-church) — YesGo score 44/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free - [Victors' Park](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-victors-park) — YesGo score 43/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 45 min · Free - [St Barbara's Church](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-st-barbara-church) — YesGo score 43/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 20 min · Free - [Vitebsk Town Hall](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-town-hall) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Halls 20 BYN, tower climb 8 BYN - [Marc Chagall House Museum](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/chagall-house-museum) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 5 BYN, students 2.50 BYN - [Zdravnevo, Ilya Repin's Estate](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/zdravnevo) — YesGo score 22/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h 30 min · 8 BYN; students and pupils 4 BYN ## Chagall's Vitebsk in half a day His family home on the left bank, the bridge over the Dvina, the Town Hall, Suvorov Street and Assumption Hill. Add them to your route — YesGo fits in the timing and walks. 1. [Marc Chagall House Museum](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/chagall-house-museum) — YesGo score 37/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · 5 BYN, students 2.50 BYN 2. [Vitebsk Town Hall](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-town-hall) — YesGo score 39/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 1 h · Halls 20 BYN, tower climb 8 BYN 3. [Suvorov Street](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-suvorov-street) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free 4. [Assumption Cathedral](https://yesgo.io/belarus/vitebsk/vitebsk-assumption-cathedral) — YesGo score 45/100 (Yes, if nearby) · 30 min · Free ## Good to know Locals call both the house on Pokrovskaya and the Art Centre on Putna “the Chagall museum” — they are two buildings of one institution. The Chagall National Museum with his large Bible paintings is in Nice, France, not here. The city's name is also spelled Viciebsk or Vitsyebsk. ## Tips - Coming by train? Start here — the house is about ten minutes on foot from the station. - Pay the 10 BYN for the English commentary: the stories turn ordinary objects into Chagall's childhood. - Pair the house with the Art Centre on Putna the same day — background first, originals second. - After the visit, wander the side lanes of Zadvinye: these are the views from his paintings. - In winter, don't trust the website alone — ring the desk and ask about Tuesday. - Carry BYN cash; don't count on a foreign card at a small museum desk. ## Questions ### How much is the Marc Chagall House Museum ticket? 5 BYN for adults and 2.50 BYN for students and schoolchildren. There's no separate price for foreign visitors. ### What are the Chagall House Museum opening hours? Tuesday to Sunday, 11:00–19:00; the ticket desk closes at 18:30. Closed on Mondays. Some guides report Tuesday closures in winter, so call ahead from October to March. ### Where is the Chagall House Museum in Vitebsk? At Pokrovskaya Street 11, on the left bank of the Western Dvina, about 10 minutes' walk from the railway station and 20 minutes from the Town Hall. ### How do I get there from Vitebsk railway station? Walk — it's about 10 minutes. From the Town Hall, cross the Kirov Bridge on foot (about 20 minutes) or take a bus or trolleybus along Kirova Street to the station. ### Is the Chagall House Museum worth it? Yes for Chagall fans: it's cheap, short and explains his paintings. Expect a family home with copies, not a gallery — the originals are at the Art Centre. ### Are there original Chagall works in the house? No. You'll see period objects, copies of documents and reproductions. Original prints are exhibited at the Chagall Art Centre, Putna 2. ### Can I get a tour in English? Yes, but only pre-booked: 50 BYN per group plus tickets. A short English commentary costs 10 BYN for up to ten people. ### How long do I need? 40–60 minutes for the house and courtyard; about 2.5 hours if you add the Art Centre and the walk between them. ### Can I use a card to pay? Plan on cash. Prices are in BYN, and foreign Visa and Mastercard cards often don't work in Belarus — unofficial, but common enough to bring rubles. ## How we checked Prices, hours, the closing day and the desk phone come from the museum's official site on the Museums of Belarus portal (price list valid from 1 January 2026). Other facts are checked against at least two sources. Travel guides give different hours — closing at 18:30 and an extra Tuesday closure from October to March — while the official site lists Mondays only, so we show both and mark Tuesday as verifying. Sources contradict each other on photography inside, so we make no claim. The exact year the house was built and the years Chagall lived in it vary between sources, so we say “early 1900s”. Card payment notes are unofficial. Walking times are estimated from the coordinates of the house, the Town Hall and the station. ## Sources - Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, official site on the Museums of Belarus portal: price list from 01.01.2026, opening hours, ticket desk phones, 30.10.2026 - Museums of Belarus (museum.by): Marc Chagall House Museum — address and description - English Wikipedia: Marc Chagall Museum; Russian Wikipedia: Музей Марка Шагала (Витебск); Wikidata Q1995542 - my-places.by: Vitebsk. House-Museum of Marc Chagall - Lepel district government site: virtual tour of the Chagall House Museum - Wikivoyage: Vitebsk — getting around - Travel money guides (atmfeesaver.com, travelwithhello.com) — cards and cash in Belarus --- This is the Markdown version of a YesGo page for AI assistants. Quote the web page link above, not this file.