The museum was opened on May 28, 1976. It occupies an annex (mid.19th century) next to the big two-story house which belonged to the Stoletovs merchant family. The cozy one-story wooden annex houses the museum and stands in an old street next to the ancient ramparts in the very centre of Vladimir. The street has been named after the Stoletovs brothers. The plan of the house has been reconstructed in accordance with the 19th-century drawing.

The museum recreates the atmosphere of the old days and the way of life of a merchant family from which the famous natives of Vladimir - Nikolai and Alexander Stoletovs - came.

Alexander Stoletov was a professor of the Moscow University, a world-famous physicist known for his researches in the field of electrical engineering.

Nikolai Stoletov, the elder brother, was a military leader, infantry general. He is known as a national hero of Bulgaria, the organizer and the leader of the Bulgarian people's volunteer corps in the war for the liberation from the Turks (1877-1878).

Two sitting-rooms of the house have been reconstructed with love and care. In the other rooms of the memorial museum one can see unique instruments from the very first Russian physics laboratory organized by A. Stoletov at the Moscow University, letters to Stoletov from the world-famous scientists of the 19th century, manuscripts, documents telling about the Stoletovs, the way of life of the family, their interests, their military, scientific and diplomatic activities.

The museum is interesting both for ordinary visitors and specialists, for everybody who is interested in the history of Russia, who wants to learn about the life and activities of the true patriots of the Motherland.