The Great Soviet Encyclopedia describes the A.A. Bakhrushin State Central Theatre Museum as the largest theatre museum in the world. Devoted entirely to the theatre, it suits visitors with a particular interest in the stage. On signs it appears as Государственный Центральный Театральный Музей им. А.А.Бахрушина, often shortened to ГЦТМ.
The Russian merchant and philanthropist Alexey Alexandrovich Bakhrushin founded the museum in 1894, and it still carries his name. It was later known as the Literary-Theatrical Museum of the Imperial Academy of Sciences. The museum is listed as an architectural landmark and protected as a federal cultural heritage site in Russia.
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