The artist Viktor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov (1848, 1926) lived with his family in a house on Troitsky Lane, which now bears his name, from 1894 to 1926. The house was built in 1894 according to his own sketches and drawings. This building features a log extension in the form of a terem, adorned with a barrel-shaped roof. The windows are decorated with plaster moldings in the shape of kokoshniks and melon-shaped columns. Colorful glazed tiles with floral patterns embellish the facade of the house and the stoves inside, symbolizing the connection between the world created by God and the world born from human imagination.

The interiors of Vasnetsov's house are typical of Moscow homes from the second half of the 19th century. On the first floor are the family's personal rooms, a dining room, and a living room. The furniture for these spaces was custom-made according to Vasnetsov's designs in the Abramtsevo and Stroganov workshops, as well as by his brother A.M. Vasnetsov in Vyatka.

The living room of the house hosted the famous "Wednesdays" of Vasnetsov, which gathered the artistic intelligentsia of Moscow. Among the participants were I.E. Repin, V.A. Serov, V.D. Polenov, V.I. Surikov, F.I. Shalyapin, as well as the families of patrons Tretyakov and Mamontov.

The main place in the house was occupied by the artist's studio on the second floor, where Vasnetsov completed his famous paintings "Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible" (1897) and "The Bogatyrs" (1881, 1898).