The left part of Naryshkin's Palace (also known as Shuvalov's Palace) was constructed for Countess Vorontsova in the 1790s. It is unknown who designed this building. Within two years, in 1821-1822, the palace was enlarged for the new owner, Count Naryshkin. At that time, an additional part of the building was constructed. Unfortunately, the name of the architect who designed it is not known either. The new part of the building housed the Ball Room (the Column Room) and the premises where the owner's collections of the works of art were kept. The Ball Room, the most beautiful room of the palace, was decorated with Corinthian columns covered with artificial marble. Between the columns, in the upper third of the walls, there are sculptural panels showing scenes of the Trojan War. The painting of the ceiling belongs to the brush Giovanni Scotti.

In 1844-1846, when the palace already belonged to Countess Shuvalova, the architect Bernard Simon reconstructed the main building and the adjoining buildings. The façade was decorated in the Renaissance style by the architect Nikolai Yefimov. The official rooms of the palace were redecorated by Simon.

After the October revolution, the Museum of Everyday Life was opened in the palace. Seventeen rooms of the museum were opened for visitors on September 1, 1919 . A rich collection of the works of Western European painting and the collections of old porcelain, china, glass and carved ivory items were exhibited there. In 1925, the collections kept in Shuvalov's Palace were given to the Hermitage and other museums.

In 1965, the palace was reconstructed under the supervision of Mikhail Plotnikov. The palace premises were transformed into cafés, offices, an exhibition hall, etc. For a long time, this building was called The House of Friendship and Peace with the Peoples of Foreign Countries.

Now it houses the St. Petersburg Association for International Cooperation.

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