This museum is dedicated to the work of the famous sculptor who was born in 1874 in the Smolensk Governorate and later won both the Lenin and Stalin Prizes. Konyokov died in 1971 and this museum was opened in his memory two years later. Upon its opening works from his Moscow workshop were transferred here and put on display. Many of his sculptures are made out of wood including some examples incorporating scrap pieces of wood. The museum is run as part of the Smolensk State Museum-Reserve.