The estate-Museum of M. A. Sholokhov in stanitsa Vyoshenskaya is the only in Russia Museum of the writer, is the property of the state. The Museum was founded in 1984 and is located in a building where at one time the family lived Sholokhov. The uniqueness of the Museum is that the exhibits remained intact, and allow you to plunge into the atmosphere, which worked Sholokhov, to imagine how he lived from young to Mature years.

The building of the estate was built in the postwar period and is a two-story house. On the ground floor there is a guest room, a reception office, refectory, where, at dinner time the whole family. On the second floor – living room with large Windows and a balcony, a special room to prepare for the hunting opportunities and the working writer's room where he worked on the texts of his novels and short stories.

Near the farmstead there is a large garden which also hosted family cemetery. Here lies Sholokhov and his wife. On the estate there is a garage for cars, where was opened the exhibition of cars, which at one time used the heat. There is a utility room, and extension of the Russian stove.

Every year, in late spring, the Museum is full of visitors from different regions of Russia and other countries who come to the festival dedicated to M. A. Sholokhov. After all, the works of Sholokhov relevant today.