It specialises in the daily life and scientific activities of outstanding Soviet chemists: academicians Aleksandr Ermingeldovich and Boris Alexandrovich Arbuzovs.

[1] During this period, the apartment was visited by many outstanding scientists and chemists of the time: Nikolay Zelinsky, Alexey Favorsky, Sergey Reformatsky, Alexei Chichibabin, Vyacheslav Tishchenko, Nikolai Kurnakov and others.

[2] In 1911, Arbuzov won an all-Russian competition for the position of Professor Extraordinary at the Imperial Kazan University[3][4][2][5] and from then on became Head of the Department of Organic Chemistry.

[4][4][6] In 1915 he presented his doctoral thesis On the phenomena of catalysis in the field of transformations of some phosphorus compounds[7][8][9][10] and was confirmed as an ordinariate professor of that university.

[17] The academician's friend and biographer, Candidate of Chemical Sciences Nikolai Grechkin wrote that Aleksandr Arbuzov's holidays were active.

He did not sit around doing nothing: he was engaged in literary work, listened to the news on the radio and then shared it with family members, thought... Vera Zoroastrova, candidate of chemical sciences, who knew the academician well and often visited his home, said:The furniture of the apartment was simple, even austere.

In the living room, which was also used as a study, there was a large antique desk, a big piano, a bookcase, a shelf with books, notes, folders.

[18] The authors of the guide to the house museum noted that the family atmosphere of the Arbuzovs was characterised by warmth, "modesty, dignity and high personal culture".

[15][16] Fazilya Valitova, an employee of the Institute of Physics and Technology of the Kazan Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences, recalled: "Aleksandr Ermingeldovich loved flowers, admired their beauty, called them wonders of nature.

[19] Aleksandr Arbuzov's eldest son, Boris, also took care of the garden, but according to chemical scientist Lyalya Yuldasheva, he preferred rose hips and jasmine.

[23][24] The illustrated catalogue Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Tatarstan, published in 2020, describes the building as an example of late Art Nouveau and an imitation of half-timbered architecture.

[27] During its existence, the museum has been visited by guests from Poland, Germany, France, Italy, Great Britain, the United States and Japan.

[38] The exposition of the museum begins in the room that acquaints the visitors with the biography and the main stages of scientific activity of Aleksandr and Boris Arbuzov.

The following sections reflect different aspects of the academician's activity: Research (e.g. presented glass apparatuses designed and made by Arbuzov himself),[40][Notes 3][41][42][43][44][45][46] pedagogical, state (until 1967 Arbuzov was elected five times as a deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and in 1958 even opened its session as the oldest among the participating deputies,[46] he is a Hero of Socialist Labour, was awarded five Orders of Lenin and the Order of the Red Banner of Labour)[47][48] and public (his public lectures, which attracted significant audiences and were accompanied by demonstrations of experiments in front of workers and students of various universities in Kazan).

[49] A separate section of the exhibition is entitled Kazan is the Cradle of Russian Organic Chemistry, demonstrating the continuity of traditions from Nikolay Zinin to the present day.

[23] The modern biographical section of the exposition was created in 2003 for the 100th anniversary of Boris Arbuzov's birth, funded by the Museum Council of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

[30][23] It was created by a team of authors consisting of E. I. Kartashyova, G. A. Volodina, N. M. Gaidukova, N. S. Koreyeva, who were responsible for the concept and content of the exposition; A. S. Ugarov, O. R. Gasimov, A.

[35] The illustrated catalogue Objects of the Cultural Heritage of the Republic of Tatarstan did not include the entrance hall among the rooms that have preserved the memorial interior.

(1963) about the problem of the correlation between science and passion for art in the life of a scientist, Arbuzov wrote:[51]... for the successful performance and maintenance of the tone of the main activity of this or that specialist, as physiology teaches, it is necessary, at least for a short period, to have some change of activity and impressions, whether it be a walk, i.e. staying in the air, sport or, as I said, a moderate and reasonable passion for various kinds of art.

[55] Doctor of Chemistry Nina Polezhaeva recalled that at the Arbuzovs' New Year celebrations, the eldest of the academician's sons always played Ded Moroz, who gave presents to all the guests.

On it are a lamp with a silk lampshade, a writing utensil, a paperweight, a telephone and photographs of loved ones, as well as a sculpture of Venus that belonged to the scientist.

[35] The interior of the room also includes a sofa, armchairs, a coffee table, a desk of Aleksandr Arbuzov's wife Ekaterina Petrovna, an antique chandelier and lamps.

[67] Arbuzov's archive contains correspondence in which he acts as an expert for the nomination of the Bolshoi Theatre's musical instrument workshop for the USSR State Prize.

Aleksandr Arbuzov himself, however, claimed that this quartet (professional violinist Zhilonsky, Arbuzov and his two students) was formed much earlier, even before the revolution, when he was working at the New Alexandria Agricultural Institute, and that another was organised in Kazan, in which he and two of his students participated, with the cello part played by Professor Vladimir Burgsdorf of Kazan University.

[72] During the Second World War, Arbuzov organised concerts in military units and hospitals in the city,[16] and founded an amateur symphony orchestra.

When the academician could no longer play the violin due to his age, he gave introductory speeches at concerts held at the Kazan branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences.

[53] Aleksandr Arbuzov possessed an article on Borodin's life and work, published in 1958 in the newspaper Young Stalinist, "which would do honour to any professional musicologist".

[66] From the dining room, the exhibition leads to the summer porch, where there is a table, wicker cottage furniture, a sofa and a carpentry workbench on which Aleksandr Arbuzov worked.

The exposition presents his personal belongings: a desk, a bookcase, landscape photo sketches made by Boris Alexandrovich (he was fond of photography), in the showcase you can see his commemorative medals and awards.

Its interior is completely preserved: two modest beds, a folding screen, wardrobes, a marble washbasin, a commode, a table on which stands a typewriter.