State Memorial House Museum N. Rimsky-Korsakov is located in the town of Tikhvin, in the street of Rimsky-Korsakov, 12.

Family of the future outstanding composer settled in Tikhvin in 1836. The father of the composer, Andrei Petrovich Rimsky-Korsakov was a man of unusually honest, good and progressive. Arriving in Tikhvin, he gave freedom to all your yard. Nicholas was born March 6, 1844 in Tikhvin, and lived here for 12 years. The boy showed musical abilities since the age of two. At 6 years old, a neighbor EA Unkovsky taught him music. About two years later he became his mentor OF Feil, notice in Nicholas remarkable musical ability. Then he enrolled in St. Petersburg Marine Corps and up to 18 years old came to his home for the holidays.

Tikhvin period of life Rimsky-Korsakov was brief, but the impact of his large. Tikhvinskye motives are reflected in his work. It - Russian folk songs that are part of the collection of Russian folk songs; Overture "Easter Festival" with local chimes of bells; fragments of the opera "The Tsar's Bride," "The Snow Maiden", "The Maid of Pskov", "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" and others.

After the death of his father boarded building stood until 1872, and then for some time belonged to private individuals. In 1914, local residents have expressed a desire to establish a memorial plaque on the house in honor of the 70th anniversary of the composer. But it appeared there only in 1923. During World War II the house was severely damaged and require reconstruction.

House Museum NA Rimsky-Korsakov was opened on July 23, 1944 by the decision of the Government to the 100th anniversary of the composer. The museum is a historical and cultural monument of federal significance. The main fund of the museum has more than 10 000 items.

House of Rimsky-Korsakov was built in the early XIX century, the grandfather of the composer. The building - a wooden, single-storey with mezzanine, on the main facade runs a suite of rooms. The house remained the front door, plaster cornices, floors, stoves. In organizing and decorating a large part of the museum took the children and grandchildren Nicholas A. are transferred to the museum's collection of more than 200 memorial items. It is adjacent to the museum Manor park, with an area of ​​1 hectare

In 1980-1984, the restoration was carried out, which resulted in the restoration of the interiors of six memorial rooms: the front, her father's study, dining room, two living rooms, a room mother. It was also created additional exposure, which was devoted to the history of the genus Rimsky-Korsakov and his elder brother Nicholas A. Rear Admiral Soldier Andreyevich.

In the house are family heirlooms: a woolen vest, baptismal shirt, ribbon with marks of growth, children's kid gloves. The second living room is kept authentic piano NA Rimsky-Korsakov (the company "Becker"), which he served for more than three decades. At the piano playing Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Liadov, Glazunov, Stravinsky, Scriabin, Taneyev. This piano music played Fyodor Chaliapin.

Each year, in Tikhvin, in the native land of the composer, organizes music competitions named after NA Rimsky-Korsakov, Children's Art Festival "The Golden Cockerel" and "Tikhvin Lel" Orthodox culture "Holiday Bells' music collections and subscriptions, events City Philharmonic.