Literary Museum of the city of Zhitomir is located in an old two-storey building on the street of Kiev, 45. The main focus of activities in Zhytomyr Literary Museum is a scientific acquisition, aimed at the preservation of movable monuments of literary and artistic life.

Regional Literary Museum of Zhitomir was founded in December 1990 through the initiative of the public. Its current location of the museum received in 2001, this elegant building in the style of "modern" was built in the early twentieth century. popular opera singer K. Brun.

The exposition consists of three literary museum exhibitions. On the first floor is an exhibition of works I.Shevchenko Zhitomir theater artist, who is the Honored Artist of Ukraine. Twenty-five sketches for exhibitions give an idea of ​​the artistic heritage of the artist.

On the second floor there is an exhibition dedicated to the life, literary and artistic activities of the famous poet and translator Boris Tena (N. Homichevskogo). This exhibition introduces visitors to the difficult life by Boris Tena, which highlights a number of numerous documents, photographs and memorial items.

The third exhibition, which is also located on the second floor of the house is dedicated to staying in Zhitomir famous Ukrainian composer M. Skorulsky. On display are personal items and furniture from the former home of the composer, as well as documents and photographs.

The structure of the literary museum also includes a separate department located - Literary-Memorial Museum of Honore de Balzac, located in c. Verkhovnya Ruzhin district.

To date, the museum contains more than 5 thousand. Pieces of museum value. Among them are particularly important library and archival materials poet and translator Boris Tena, autographs Ukrainian writers of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Sketches for exhibitions Zhytomyr theater memorabilia Ukrainian writers and artists.