The apartment of the Russian poet Alexander Blok (1880-1921) was opened as a museum in 1980. The apartment is in an apartment building located on the corner of the Pryazhka Embankment and the former Ofitserskaya Street. These are apartments number 21 and 23 where Blok and his family lived for various periods of time from 1912. It was here that he wrote the poetry books Terrible World , Carmen and Motherland , the poems Revenge and The Twelve Men . It was here that he returned from the front line in the spring of 1917. It was here that he died on August 7, 1921.

In apartment No. 21 which is on the fourth floor, the poet's study, the dining-room, Blok's bedroom and the drawing-room of his wife, Lyubov Mendeleyeva-Blok, have been reconstructed. On the second floor, in the former apartment of the poet's mother, there is a display of exhibits connected with literature and the works of Blok.

Many exhibits of the museum are the poet's personal belongings kept after his death in the Literary Museum of "Pushkin's House" (the Research Institute of Literature). The literary exhibits include autographs of Blok and his contemporaries, old photographs, first editions of the poet's books, illustrations to his poems and plays. The last room to be visited in this museum is the Memorial Room – the room where the poet died. His death mask, the obituary and the drawing Blok on his Deathbed by the artist Lev Bruni are kept here.

Literary events, concerts and annual research conferences on life and works of Alexander Blok are held here. There is a lecture room at the museum.

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