The memory of the great Russian poet Pushkin is carefully preserved in various corners of Russia, including the Pskov region, which is closely associated with his name. In 1742, Empress Elizabeth Petrovna awarded the commander Abram Hannibal with an estate in the village of Ustye for his faithful service. Although the general was a wealthy man, he paid little attention to this estate. It was only when the village passed to Osip Abramovich Hannibal that the construction of a new estate with a large house and park began, which was named Mikhailovskoye.

Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin first visited Mikhailovskoye in 1817 when he was 18 years old. The following year, the estate passed into the possession of his mother, and since then the poet often visited, spending two years in exile there. He last visited Mikhailovskoye a year before his death, coming for his mother's funeral. After the estate became his property, Pushkin did not have time to make significant changes to its history, as he soon tragically perished. In the following decades, Mikhailovskoye preserved a large library of the poet.

Until the end of the 19th century, the estate belonged to Pushkin's children, but they did not pay proper attention to its condition, and it fell into disrepair. In 1899, the state purchased it to house the local nobility assembly, but soon the estate suffered from a fire, and much was lost. In 1909, Mikhailovskoye was restored under the guidance of architect Vladimir Alexeyevich Shchuko and was soon transferred for the residence of disabled individuals. After the arrival of the Bolsheviks, the estate was almost completely destroyed, with only the cottage of Arina Rodionovna remaining. All modern buildings were restored in the second half of the last century, and only then did a full-fledged museum emerge, which operates to this day.