Marc Chagall Museum

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The Marc Chagall Museum in Vitebsk, Belarus, is a museum dedicated to the painter Marc Chagall. It was founded in 1991 by a decision of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee. The museum covers about 294 square meters and has five exhibition halls in two buildings: the Marc Chagall Art Center and the Marc Chagall House-Museum.

Marc Chagall Art Center
- Location: 2 Putna Street
- Opened in 1992
- Shows graphic works by Chagall, including woodcuts, etchings, aquatints, and items like Gogol illustrations, Bible-themed lithographs, and The 12 Tribes of Israel.
- Also houses prints by European avant-garde artists such as Miró, Picasso, and Léger.
- Includes a scientific library with more than 3,500 volumes.

Marc Chagall House-Museum
- Location: 11 Pokrovskaya Street
- Opened in 1997 in the house built by Chagall’s father
- Displays 19th- and 20th-century household items, archival documents, and materials about Chagall and his family in Vitebsk
- Relates to Chagall’s youth; he wrote about this period in My Life
- Nearby Great Lubavitch Synagogue has been discussed as a site for restoration by investors (as of 2021)

Books
- The museum and Chagall’s life are the subject of many scholarly works, especially in Russian and Belarusian sources.