This article is devoted to the collection of the monuments of Russian antiquity, founded by Yury Ozarowsky, the Director of the Aleksandrinsky theatre. In 1914 he opened the “Old little house” historical museum, based on his own collection, in Saint-Petersburg. The author of this article publishes unknown facts and materials about the collection and also reveals Ozarowsky’s activities in the sphere of preservation and popularization of the historical artifacts of 18-19th centuries.
