In the historical part of Nizhny Novgorod, in close proximity to the River Station is a house-museum of the merchant NA Bugrov, built in 1889. The two-story building is a prime example of the architecture of the late nineteenth century in eclectic style. The author of the project was the architect of the manor wing ND Grigoriev.

The owner of the mansion was the first guild merchant Nikolai Bugrov, one of the biggest industrialists and financiers of the Nizhny Novgorod province of the late nineteenth century. In addition to social activities (vowel City Duma) Bugrov was a generous philanthropist and patron of the arts, have invested a significant portion of their capital in urban construction and development of Nizhny Novgorod.

Formation of the manor NA Bugrov, is the complex of residential, office and warehouse buildings, the construction of a two-story began with a wing main front which overlooks the Lower Volga embankment. Brick building with elaborate decorative elements of the main facade is almost original appearance. Most of the rooms are also preserved historic interiors and engineering design. Interior two floors richly decorated with stucco and staterooms chandeliers of the early twentieth century. On the floors staircases partially preserved metlahskoy tiles and in the rooms - oak parquet. It is best to keep the interior is richly decorated with stucco ceiling in the entrance hall. Big interfloor box decorated with magnificent stained glass windows.

Since 1987, in the building of a children's art school. The interior corridors are lined study old photographs of Nizhniy Novgorod. The spacious rooms, studios, where children are involved, recreates the atmosphere of merchant life and the situation of the late nineteenth - early twentieth century.

Today, the house-museum of the merchant NA Bugrov is an object of cultural heritage (regional level), a monument of architecture and historical sights of Nizhny Novgorod.