Chagall Museum

One of the most important names in 20th-century art, visionary Marc Chagall (1887-1985), often grouped with surrealists, was born in Vitsebsk on 7 July 1887. Nestled in a pretty park, Chagall Museum has two floors filled with 300 original, colourful lithographs (all donations), as well as reproductions of some of his famous paintings, including the infamous murals he did for the Moscow Jewish Theatre, considered so mesmerising that they were banned from the stage for distracting the audience.

There would be more originals at the museum had Soviet authorities accepted Chagall's offer to donate some to the city of his birth; they didn't think much of his art and declined. To get to the museum from Vitsebsk's Regional Museum, head north along vul Suvorava to vul Uritsoho, make a left and walk to the end; the museum will be on your right.