The museum exposition consists of 9 halls and a lecture and concert hall: "Tsarskoye Selo", "Slepnevo", "Stray Dog (Petersburg 1)", "N. Gumilyov's Journey", "Petersburg 2", "Requiem", "Komarovo", "Poem without a Hero", "Memory Room".

Each of the halls includes materials telling about the life and creative path of the great Russian poets Anna Akhmatova, Nikolai Gumilyov, figures of the Silver Age, as well as our time. Among them are such brilliant names as: B. Pasternak, M. Tsvetaeva, O. Mandelstam, V. Shileiko, F. Ranevskaya, T. Vecheslova, I. Brodsky and many others.

The museum has an excellent chronological development of three great lives: A.A. Akhmatova, N.S. Gumilyov, L.N. Gumilev.

In fact, the museum's materials allow us to recreate a picture of the most interesting era in the history of Russia and the world through the personality of A.A. Akhmatova.

Numerous excursions held in the museum, which visitors have called the Temple for a reason, do not repeat the extensive information in the museum halls. For the first time, not only is it told about "Anna of All Rus'", but also for the first time in the country an exposition has been created on N.S. Gumilev, L.N. Gumilev, M.I. Tsvetaeva, O.E. Mandelstam, B.L. Pasternak. Most of the exposition is dedicated to the Silver Age and A. Akhmatova's circle. The museum has a unique library, including rare books collected by Valentina Andreevna Bilichenko, personal belongings, unique paintings and graphics.

Beautiful sculptures by academicians V.G. Stamov, V.A. Rybalko and G.D. Yastrebenetsky; honored artists of Russia E.N. Rotanov and A.A. Polevoy; sculptors V.V. Zaiko, A.N. Korobov, B.T. Turdaliyev, and others worthily decorate the museum, in addition, the museum has valuable paintings and graphic works, including A.Z. Davydov, V.I. Alekseev, V.I. Korovin, S.M. Yakovlev, E.Kh. Nasibulin, N. Voitinskaya.

The museum has rare furniture, a clock, the chimes of which A.A. Akhmatova listened to, and a unique grand piano from the House of M.L. Lozinsky.

The museum carries out a huge cultural and educational work: excursions, lectures, literary and musical evenings, creative meetings, exhibitions, charity events with social centers and annual scientific and practical conferences from the series "Fates of Poets".

The museum's profile is literary and artistic. In accordance with this, the museum carries out collection, bibliographic, scientific and research work:

- Storage of museum items and museum collections;
- Identification and collection of museum items and museum collections;
- Implementation of educational and outreach activities:
- Scientific acquisition of unique items of material and spiritual culture of historical, scientific, artistic or other value;
- Promotion of Russian culture and Russian art;
- Scientific processing of funds;
- Scientific research work;
- Scientific development of expositions, individual exhibitions;
- Cultural and educational work: conducting excursions, lectures, scientific and practical conferences, seminars and master classes, open lessons and teachers' councils;
- Cultural and mass work: holding thematic events, literary and musical evenings, concerts, creative meetings with figures of science and culture, competitions for schoolchildren;
- Methodological work: organizing and holding literary readings, providing methodological assistance to school museums and individuals;
- Social and cultural activities: organizing work to involve war and labor veterans, residents of besieged Leningrad, children from orphanages and boarding schools in cultural and educational events.

The museum provides a number of services accessible to disabled people and other low-mobility groups: excursions, concerts, exhibitions. At the moment, the museum does not have the capacity to accommodate wheelchair users.

Participants of the Great Patriotic War, residents of the besieged city, disabled people of all groups, children under 7, large families, military personnel, employees of Russian museums (independent tour of the museum) - free of charge.