The house on Upper-Dvoryanskaya Street, now known as Gogolevskaya Street, belonged to the family of the famous Tula doctor Vikenty Ignatievich Smidovich and was well-known in Tula in the 19th century. It was here that Vitya Smidovich was born on January 4, 1867, who later became the renowned writer V. V. Veresaev. His childhood and youth were spent in Tula and Tula Province. He visited here during vacations in 1867 and 1884, and lived here during his exile from St. Petersburg in 1884 and 1894. Veresaev returned to Tula multiple times in the following years.

Over time, the house became inhabited by other people, as all of Veresaev's relatives left Tula before 1917. The question of organizing a museum dedicated to V. V. Veresaev in Tula arose as early as 1939, when the house was recognized as a monument of history and culture. In 1964, the writer's niece Valeria Mikhailovna Nolde transferred the furnishings of his Moscow study, books, portraits, and photographs to Tula. However, a museum could not be established at that time. The house needed restoration, which required it to be vacated. From 1986 to 1988, residents were relocated, and restoration work began. A scientific concept and thematic-exposition plan for the museum were developed. The authors of the museum exhibition were the museum director Lyubov Ivanovna Kuznetsova and senior researcher Valentina Olegovna Starostina. The artistic design was done by Boris Efimovich Beyder and Igor Vyacheslavovich Misailov. The V. V. Veresaev House Museum, the first literary-memorial museum in Tula, opened on January 15, 1992, in house No. 82 on Gogolevskaya Street, marking the 125th anniversary of the writer's birth.

The exhibition area of the museum is 230 square meters and reflects the life and work of the writer. It includes nine structural elements: the writer's childhood and adolescence, the memorial room of Vitya Smidovich, studies in St. Petersburg and Dorpat, Veresaev's work in the pre-revolutionary and Soviet periods, Pushkiniana, Veresaev as a translator, the writer's Moscow study, and his contemporaneity.

The exhibition features a unique collection of items donated to the museum by the writer's niece and personal secretary Valeria Mikhailovna Nolde in 1964 and 1986. It houses books from the writer's personal library, many with autographs from notable figures, watercolor drawings by artists V. Polenov and M. Voloshin, with whom Veresaev was acquainted. Also presented are his first published poem, manuscripts, letters, and drafts.

The interior of the writer's Moscow working study has been recreated based on photographs and memories of his relatives. Here, one can see the writing desk where Veresaev worked, an inkwell, a library, furniture, and personal belongings of the writer.

Museum visitors can explore the exhibition independently or book a guided tour. The museum also offers thematic tours dedicated to Veresaev's life and work, his childhood years, the Smidovich family, and the role of medicine in his life and creativity.

The museum hosts performances by Tula writers and presentations of literary novelties, organized into a series of events called "Literary Wednesdays." The House Museum also organizes scientific conferences "Veresaev Readings," featuring literary scholars and museum workers from Moscow, Tula, Yasnaya Polyana, as well as relatives of the writer. Museum staff publish articles about the V. V. Veresaev House Museum in various publications.