The memorial museum-apartment of Vasily Belov is the only museum in the world dedicated to Vasily Ivanovich Belov, a renowned Russian writer and representative of "village prose".

Visitors to the museum can immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the second half of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, learning about the life and work of the writer whose works have become part of modern domestic literature. The museum opened on October 21, 2015, in Vologda, in the house where Vasily Belov lived with his family since 1987. The opening took place in the Year of Literature in Russia and was timed to coincide with the writer's birthday.

In the apartment, one can see Belov's and his family's personal belongings. The exhibition includes about one and a half thousand items. The museum's setting helps to better understand and appreciate the writer's creativity. Vasily Ivanovich's study has been preserved in its original form, including his writing desk and personal library with more than four thousand volumes. Belov was passionate about painting, which is reflected in the art collection, including his own works. The rooms of his wife, Olga Sergeevna, and daughter, Anna, are of particular interest. Many exhibits are gifts from the writer's admirers.

The apartment was the center of the city's social and cultural life, where writers, artists, composers, politicians, and clergy gathered. Here, literature and the fate of the country were discussed. Among the guests were such notable figures as Rasputin, Krupin, Lichutin, and Likhonosov. Romances were sung by Shtokolov, and Savva Yamshchikov performed here.

Every item in the apartment is connected to the past, to the time when Vasily Belov lived and created here. It was here that he wrote the novels "The Year of the Great Breakthrough," "The Sixth Hour," the stories "The Vologda Buhtins" and "A Tale of One Village," the autobiographical story "The Irretrievable Years," and memories of Vasily Shukshin "The Weight of the Cross" and of Valery Gavrilin "The Voice Born Under Vologda." Numerous short stories were also created here, including "The Soul is Immortal," essays, articles, and poems.