The first museum on every itinerary should be the excellent Chagall Museum, which was established in 1992 and displays collections of Chagall lithographs (his illustrations for the Bible; 1956–60), designs to accompany Gogol's Dead Souls (1923–25) and graphic representations of the 12 tribes of Israel (1960). Sadly there aren't more Chagall paintings in Belarus because his work was banned by the Soviet government, which even rejected a priceless cache of paintings bequeathed to it by the artist himself.
Downstairs is a space for temporary exhibits.
