On February 7, 2010, the first museum dedicated to Alexander Leonidovich Chizhevsky, an outstanding Soviet biophysicist, founder of aeroionization, heliobiology, and electric hematology, as well as a poet and artist, opened in Kaluga.

The museum is located in the house where the Chizhevsky family lived from 1913 to 1929.

This two-story stone house with a mezzanine at Ivanovskaya Street, 10 (now Moscow Street, 62) was purchased in 1913 by Alexander's father, L.V. Chizhevsky. The family lived on the second floor, while the first was rented out to a parish school.

In Kaluga, Chizhevsky began his scientific research, studying the effects of ionized air on living organisms and solar-earth connections. During this period, he wrote numerous poems, scientific works, and articles, as well as the literary treatise "Academy of Poetry" in 1918.

In Kaluga, Alexander met K.E. Tsiolkovsky, who supported his endeavors. Tsiolkovsky often visited the Chizhevsky home.

For a long time, various organizations were located in this building.

In 2000, the first hall with the exhibition "Chizhevsky. Pages of Life" was opened. After the building was transferred in 2001 to the State Museum of the History of Cosmonautics named after K.E. Tsiolkovsky, the Scientific-Memorial and Cultural Center of A.L. Chizhevsky began operating here, offering exhibitions, lectures, and musical-poetic programs.

In 2008, the building underwent major repairs and restoration.

In 2009, work was underway on a new exhibition created by L.T. Engelhardt and A.V. Manakin, as well as T.P. Polyakov and A.A. Tavrizov.

The museum's exhibition tells about Chizhevsky's life and scientific activities, his artistic and poetic creativity, recreates the atmosphere of his memorial rooms, and introduces the "Chizhevsky Chandelier" and its modern versions.

In the museum's observatory, visitors can observe the Sun and the starry sky using a telescope.

Tours are accompanied by screenings of documentary and popular science films, as well as musical compositions.