The house-museum of sculptor Alexander Vasilyevich Chirkina is part of the Kasli Historical and Art Museum. In 1989, with the support of the Main Department of Culture and Arts of the Chelyabinsk Region, the house where Chirkina lived from 1973 to 1989 was acquired from his heirs.

Alexander Chirkina was born on July 23, 1930, in Kasli. At 14, he began working at the Kasli Foundry, where he was an apprentice molder and simultaneously studied at the city art studio under P. S. Anikin and M. O. Glukhov. In 1949, as a talented student, he entered the preparatory school at the Academy of Arts in Leningrad, where he studied under the famous sculptor Mikhail Pavlovich Kramsky.

In 1952, Chirkina graduated from the Ural College of Applied Arts in Nizhny Tagil, and the following year, from the preparatory school at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, where he studied under V. N. Kitaygorodskaya. Since 1947, he engaged in independent creative work, creating easel sculptures and small form sculptures, and also proved himself as a talented draftsman and painter. Chirkina participated in many art exhibitions.

His works were often reproduced in Kasli cast iron: portrait busts of famous personalities, figurines, and sculptural groups. In 1965, he became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR and worked in the Chelyabinsk branch of the Artistic Fund of the USSR. From 1970 until his death, Chirkina was the leading sculptor at the Kasli Metallurgical Plant. He passed away in 1989.

The museum opened on January 1, 1995. It has preserved the authentic setting with furniture from the late 19th and mid-20th centuries, as well as a library. The exhibition features over 100 sculptural works, paintings and graphic works, personal belongings of the sculptor and his parents, documents, and photographs. The museum also includes Chirkina's sculptural workshop, which was transferred to the museum by the artist during his lifetime.

The museum employs four staff members and three researchers. The collection includes over 4090 items, which are displayed in the exhibition and are part of the museum's main funds.

The memorial funds recreate the environment in which the sculptor lived. The exhibition includes the house, workshop, summer kitchen, outbuildings, garden, and vegetable patch. Items of everyday life and furniture from the late 19th century, belonging to the sculptor's parents, Old Believers, are of particular interest. The archival funds complement the understanding of Chirkina's life and work. The exhibition allows visitors to touch the life and creativity of the sculptor, visit his workshop, and see sculptures at various stages of creation.

During museum activities and folk festivals, visitors immerse themselves in the atmosphere of an ancient Ural estate, learn about the significance of symbols in everyday objects, and become participants in theatrical events.