The Museum «Catherine building»
The museum presents a collection of domestic furniture from poplar, Karelian birch and mahogany, made according to sketches by K. I. Rossi, A. N. Voronikhin, V. P. Stasov, L. Ruska. The furniture of typical empire forms is presented: a bed-boat, an armchair-trough, a sofa with legs in the form of sphinxes, which became a popular element of the decor after Napoleon's Egyptian campaigns.