Moscow's Mayakovsky Museum opened in January 1974, creating a new way of paying tribute to an artist's legacy. Both anarchic and accessible, the building is worth visiting even if you have never heard of the great man's works.
Numerous corridors, stairways and paths are decorated with the poetry, prose and propaganda of one of the leaders of Russian Futurism. Brash, humorous and beautiful, the collection of exhibits in Mayakovsky's honour are reflective of his revolutionary approach to artistic production. The museum simply has to be seen to be believed.
Mayakovsky's best known works include the poems A Cloud in Trousers and Brooklyn Bridge and the play The Bedbug, a satire on life in Soviet Russia. Inside the museum is the room where Mayakovsky committed suicide, in suspicious circumstances, in 1930.