The objects, typical for the interior decoration of the St. Petersburg houses in XIX – early XX centuries, which reflect the tastes of different segments of the population form the bulk of the collection.
The gifts to the city from foreign delegations of about twenty countries worldwide form a separate group, illustrating the wide foreign relations of Leningrad. The gifts to the 70th anniversary of I.V.Stalin were received from Communist organizations and individuals and given to the Museum after the disbandment of the Exhibition of gifts to Stalin, held in the Museum of the Revolution and the State Museum of the History of Art.
