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	Belshchunov A.V. museum, Private collection of Частных Коллекций А.В. Блещунова Polskaya 19 (Польская 19) Price: 2 Hr, School children and students 1 Hr Telephone: 221081 Hours: 10 am to 6 pm, Closed Wednesday Web page: here, here (Russian) & English here Translator / Guide Availabe?: 10 Hr for English guide, 5 Hr Russian guide Photos: Photographs not allowed

The plaque on the front of this building says:

The exhibits presented to the city from the collection of public worker and collector Alexander Vladimirovich BLESCHUNOV (1914-1991) serve as a basis for the Museum of personal collections named after A.V. Bleschunov

This museum is similar to the East and West museum but much smaller and cramped, located in the former apartment of Alexander Belshchunov. Belshchunov collected art from around the world in the early 20th century. During his lifetime his apartment was a meeting place for many of the most prominent artists of Odessa. In his will he gave the city his apartment and his entire collection. Exhibits are arranged by theme rather than chronology. This collection includes a western European hall with German porcelain and fans, the oriental room, a Greek Orthodox room with many icons, a Central Asia room with Persian carpets, a Ukrainian room with icons painted on canvas and folk arts, and a room devoted to the history of Odessa in the 19th and eary 20th century.

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