The estate "Chudovskaya Luka" was acquired by Nikolai Alekseevich in 1871. From 1871 to 1876, N.A. Nekrasov visited his hunting lodge multiple times. The last time he visited was in the summer of 1876, when he was already seriously ill but continued to work on the fourth chapter of the poem "Who Can Live Well in Russia." In July of that same year, Nekrasov went to Crimea and never returned to his Chudovo estate.

The first museum exhibition in the poet's hunting lodge was opened in December 1971. In 1983, the first re-exposition of the museum took place. In December 2002, the N.A. Nekrasov House Museum was closed for restoration and re-exposition. During the work, the foundation was strengthened, the lower crowns of the house were replaced, the facades were updated according to samples from that time, the original layout of the building was restored, and the staircase between the floors was rebuilt.

The house museum is a branch of the Novgorod Museum-Reserve in Chudovo.