Museums in Ukraine. Rich Collections and Varied Themes
In Ukraine there are about 5 thousand museums of the most varied themes. The Ministry of Culture and Tourism owns about half a thousand museums, but far more of them exist under various departments, educational institutions and at enterprises. A great many private museum displays have been opened by collectors and at tourist locations. The map of Ukraine's museums is being replenished with new unique sites where millions of rare exhibits are kept. The largest area is occupied by the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life in Pyrohiv.
Pyrohiv. The National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. The Church of the Resurrection. Kysorychi, Rivne region, 18th century.
275 examples of architecture and items of clothing and daily life are presented by the regions of our country. Let us get acquainted with some of them, and while in the towns and villages listed, let us spend our leisure usefully, visiting the galleries, exhibitions, skansens, salons and workshops where priceless cultural and historical treasures are on display.
Opishnia. Poltava region. The Museum of the Krychevsky Family of Artists
The Poltava Local History Museum named after Vasyl Krychevsky — is one of the most famous and oldest museums in Ukraine. It is housed in a beautiful building constructed in 1908 for the provincial zemstvo to Vasyl Krychevsky's design in the Ukrainian Art Nouveau style. The facade is decorated with ceramics and majolica inlays depicting the coats of arms of the towns of the Poltava governorate. This palace-museum holds about 300 thousand rare exhibits.
The Poltava Local History Museum named after Vasyl Krychevsky
Poltava is rich in museums, and tourists will find it interesting to visit the Museum of the History of the Battle of Poltava, the Museum of Cosmonautics, the literary memorial museum of I. P. Kotliarevsky
Poltava. The Museum of the History of the Battle of Poltava
Poltava. The Museum of Cosmonautics
Poltava. The Literary Memorial Museum of I. P. Kotliarevsky
and the museum-estate of the innovator of the Ukrainian language, playwright and writer, a native of Poltava, I. P. Kotliarevsky.
Not only the regional centre but the whole of Poltava region is literally strewn with all sorts of museums. Opishnia — the capital of Ukrainian pottery. In six museums of one of the region's most ancient settlements, they will reveal the secrets of the old craft, introduce you to the work of the master ceramicists, and astonish you with unsurpassed examples of the national heritage.
Resting in Myrhorod, you can learn the history of how the health resort was discovered in the Folk Museum of the "Myrhorod" Resort. A separate display is devoted to its founder, the zemstvo doctor I. Zubkovsky, who in 1914 was the first to appreciate the healing properties of the mineral water.
Myrhorod. Poltava region. The Folk Museum of the "Myrhorod" Resort
You can get acquainted with the work of Mykola Vasyliovych Gogol and see the house in which the outstanding mystifier was born, inVelyki Sorochyntsi in the Myrhorod area.
Velyki Sorochyntsi. Poltava region. The Literary Memorial Museum of M. V. Gogol
In Dibrivka the history and achievements of the workers of the oldest operating stud farm are preserved — outstanding trainers, horse-breeders, animal technicians and riders. On display are awards and a collection of portraits of the outstanding champion horses that were the pride of the stud farm at various times and brought fame to its team.
Dibrivka. Poltava region. The Stud Farm Museum
In Dnipro an exhibition of the fire-and-rescue service is set up in the building of the 1891 fire station.
Dnipro. Fire station. Exhibition of the fire-and-rescue service
Full-scale rockets are on display in the "Rocket Park" museum in the city of space glory.
Dnipro. The "Rocket Park" Museum
The display of the Kalnyshevsky Museum of History and Local Lore inNovomoskovsk is presented in a building of 1901, the former mansion of Doctor Dubrovsky.
Novomoskovsk. Dnipropetrovsk region. The Kalnyshevsky Museum of History and Local Lore. Cuman stone babas
In Pavlohrad the displays of the museum of history and local lore number over 44 thousand museum items — photographs, documents and various objects from the region's history of the 19th-20th centuries.
Pavlohrad. Dnipropetrovsk region. The Museum of History and Local Lore
2,500 objects painted in the decorative Petrykivka style will tell of the history of Petrykivka and of the development of folk applied art, and introduce you to talented artists.
Petrykivka. Dnipropetrovsk region. The Museum of Petrykivka Painting
In the district centre of Vasylkivka a detachment of Cuman warriors has lined up beside the local history museum. The statues of the 11th-12th centuries were made of limestone by the nomadic Cumans.
Vasylkivka. Dnipropetrovsk region. The Local History Museum and Cuman warriors
The Local History Museum in Kropyvnytskyi is housed in a former merchant's mansion of 1900 and contains a rich collection of rare monuments.
Kropyvnytskyi. Local History Museum
The private art gallery "Yelysavethrad" exhibits the works of artists and photographers and holds solo exhibitions by collectors.
Kropyvnytskyi. The "Yelysavethrad" Art Gallery
The museum of the "Chervona Zirka" plant presents a detailed information line about the city-forming enterprise founded by the Elworthy brothers, in whose house the history is now kept.
Kropyvnytskyi. The Museum of the Elworthy Plant ("Chervona Zirka")
In Bobrynets in the halls of the Smolianchuk district museum a display has been arranged devoted to the history of the region and the creative path of famous countrymen — the playwrights M. L. Kropyvnytsky and I. Karpenko-Kary.
Bobrynets. Kirovohrad region. The Smolianchuk District Museum
In Vinnytsia the water tower served at the same time as a fire bell tower. Now, in the halls of this 1912 architectural monument, a display is set up in honour of the Afghan war veterans.
Vinnytsia. Water tower. The Museum of Afghan War Veterans
A museum of the outstanding musical genius P. I. Tchaikovsky has been opened inBrailiv in the palace of his patroness Nadezhda von Meck.
Brailiv. Vinnytsia region. The Museum of P. I. Tchaikovsky and von Meck
Another museum in the small Podillia settlement is devoted to the literary work of the Ukrainian poet Volodymyr Zabashtansky.
Brailiv. Vinnytsia region. The Literary Memorial Museum of V. O. Zabashtansky
In Cherkasy the art museum is located on Khreshchatyk Street and is the city's cultural centre.
Cherkasy. Art Museum
On this same street you can drop into the Literary Memorial Museum of Vasyl Symonenko and the world's only single-book museum, devoted to the "Kobzar" of T. H. Shevchenko.
Cherkasy. The Literary Memorial Museum of Vasyl Symonenko
Cherkasy. The Museum of T. H. Shevchenko's "Kobzar"
A building was specially constructed in 1985 for the local history museum, in which the material and spiritual valuables of Cherkasy are kept.
Cherkasy. Local History Museum
In Zolotonosha the local history museum named after Ponomarenko bears the name of its founder and first director — the local historian and teacher Mykhailo Fedorovych Ponomarenko.
Zolotonosha. Cherkasy region. The Ponomarenko Local History Museum
The largest arboretum in Ukraine is located in the town of Bila Tserkva in the Kyiv region. On the territory of "Oleksandriia", a museum has been opened in the administration building, whose collection is made up of sculptures, paintings and documents connected with the Branicki family.
Bila Tserkva. Kyiv region. The Museum of the "Oleksandriia" Arboretum
In Kyiv the greatest number of museums is concentrated, and one of the leading ones is the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, with a collection of about 800 thousand rare monuments of history and culture.
Kyiv. The National Museum of the History of Ukraine
Let us move to Western Ukraine, where the museums are like springs of our state's cultural heritage. The City of the Lion — is a true museum-city, in which a great many special museums have been created. They are visited by numerous guests and excursionists. Within the main city thoroughfares, a man-made Ukrainian village has been created — the open-air museum "Shevchenkivskyi Hai", in which 124 monuments of wooden architecture are gathered.
Lviv. The Klymentiy Sheptytsky Museum of Folk Architecture and Life "Shevchenkivskyi Hai"
Tourist routes always include the castles inOlesko
Olesko. Lviv region. Castle. Museum displays
and Zolochiv, in which wonderful interiors and museum displays have been created.
Zolochiv. Lviv region. Castle. Museum displays
In the elegant villas of Drohobych the local history museum and the picture gallery are housed.
Drohobych. Lviv region. The "Drohobychchyna" Local History Museum
Drohobych. Lviv region. Picture gallery
In the building of the former county council, built in 1894, a museum of natural history and culture awaits visitors.
Drohobych. Lviv region. The Museum of Natural History and Culture
The museum-church of St George is considered one of the finest examples of sacred wooden architecture and is under UNESCO protection.
Drohobych. Lviv region. The Church-Museum of St George
Masterpieces of wooden architecture in Truskavets are held in the collections of the Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum and of the history of Truskavets.
Truskavets. Lviv region. The Mykhailo Bilas Art Museum
The "Boikivshchyna" Historical and Ethnographic Museum occupies one of the oldest buildings of Sambir.
Sambir. Lviv region. The "Boikivshchyna" Historical and Ethnographic Museum
In the house where the Ukrainian director, actor and playwright Les Kurbas was born, a museum was opened in 1993, where 6,000 collection units are gathered.
In Staryi Sambir in the museum of history and local lore, embroidered shirts, ancient books, household objects and paintings are on display.
Staryi Sambir. Local History Museum
Why Zhovkva is called an "ideal city" will be explained to you in the eastern tower of the Zholkiewski Castle.
Zhovkva. Lviv region. The Zholkiewski Castle
Climbing the stairs of the clock tower of the town hall, excursionists will get acquainted with the collections of the "Museum of the Old Town".
Zhovkva. Lviv region. The "Museum of the Old Town"
In Stryi in the "Verkhovyna" museum a multitude of objects of history, archaeology, natural science and ethnography, testimonies and materials about famous residents of the town are gathered.
Stryi. Lviv region. The "Verkhovyna" Local History Museum
In the departments of the exhibition hall, a former 19th-century palace, the works of literary and artistic associations are shown.
Stryi. Lviv region. Exhibition hall
In Sokal the museum has the unusual name "Man. Earth. Universe" and distinctive creative displays.
Sokal. Lviv region. The "Man. Earth. Universe" Museum
A museum devoted to a Hetman of Ukraine and the Ukrainian Cossacks is in the village of Ruda, which once belonged to the Vyhovsky family.
Ruda. Lviv region. The Museum of Ivan Vyhovsky and the Ukrainian Cossacks
In Morshyn in the Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God, built in 1825, a museum of holy images of the Mother of God has been opened.
Morshyn. Lviv region. The Church of the Protection of the Most Holy Mother of God and the Museum of Holy Images of the Mother of God
In the neighbouring Ivano-Frankivsk region — a constellation of astonishing museums that operate in towns and small settlements.
The Museum of the History of the Town of Bolekhiv named after Roman Skvorii bears the name of its founder. The gathering of materials and objects on the ethnography and historical development of this Subcarpathian town is continued by the local historian's granddaughter Yuliia and daughter-in-law Halyna.
Bolekhiv. Ivano-Frankivsk region. The Roman Skvorii Museum of the History of the Town of Bolekhiv
In the second building there is a display devoted to the feminist writer Nataliia Kobrynska, a native of Bolekhiv.
Bolekhiv. Ivano-Frankivsk region. The Museum of Nataliia Kobrynska
In Dolyna the "Boikivshchyna" local history museum, opened by the patrons the Antonovych couple, is a cultural and educational hub of the district centre.
Dolyna. Ivano-Frankivsk region. The "Boikivshchyna" Local History Museum
One of the youngest museums of Prykarpattia is the "Heritage Centre of the Vyhoda Narrow-Gauge Railway" in the settlement of Vyhoda. In the former residence of the timber merchant Baron Popper, who in 1890 built an operating narrow-gauge railway in Ukraine, there is a unique interactive museum in which the sounds of the railway carry, the wheels clatter and the train's whistles are heard. A black iron steam-engine model of the first train that ran along the narrow-gauge line is preserved. Visitors climb into the cab and feel like an engine driver. At eye level — a screen: endless rails, level crossings over a bridge, bends.
Vyhoda. Ivano-Frankivsk region. The "Heritage Centre of the Vyhoda Narrow-Gauge Railway" Museum
The Kalush Museum of History and Local Lore is located in the premises of the former Evangelical brotherhood. The aim of its creation is to acquaint people with the achievements of Ukrainian culture and its monuments and to protect the historical heritage. Visitors are shown a collection of bells, in the making of which Kalush was famed from ancient times.
Kalush. Ivano-Frankivsk region. The Kalush Museum of History and Local Lore
In Ivano-Frankivsk the Museum of Art of Prykarpattia possesses one of the finest collections of sacred valuables. The institution is housed in the premises of a former 17th-century Roman Catholic church.
Ivano-Frankivsk. The Museum of Art of Prykarpattia
In Vyshnivets in the Ukrainian Versailles, the residence of the princely Vyshnevetsky family, displays of art objects are presented.
Vyshnivets. Ternopil region. Castle. Museum displays
In the Zbarazh Castle collections of icons, paintings, money, weapons and models of wooden churches are presented.
Zbarazh. Ternopil region. Castle. Museum displays
Zakarpattia — a land with a rich history. In Uzhhorod tourists always visit Uzhhorod Castle, in whose premises rare monuments of culture, history and ethnography of the westernmost region of Ukraine are gathered.
Uzhhorod. Castle. Museum displays
Next to the citadel is located the Zakarpattia Museum of Folk Architecture and Life. Having seen the skansen, you are left with the feeling that you have strolled through an old mountain village with its church, school and tavern.
Uzhhorod. The Zakarpattia Museum of Folk Architecture and Life
And in the real tavern-museum "Detsa u Notaria" along with dishes of the national cuisine you can feel the Zakarpattia flavour, sample a portion of folk humour, see a gallery of unconventional posters and signboards, buy original souvenirs and charge yourself with a wonderful mood.
Uzhhorod. The "Detsa u Notaria" Tavern-Museum
Palanok Castle inMukachevo — an example of a fortification, wreathed in medieval legends, was never conquered by an enemy. Now, within the walls of this Zakarpattia Bastille, a historical museum is housed.
Mukachevo. Zakarpattia region. Palanok Castle. Historical Museum
Chynadiiovo. Zakarpattia region. Saint Miklos Castle. Museum displays
The history of Svaliava and its district is presented in the displays of the historical museum.
Svaliava. Zakarpattia region. Historical Museum
A very touching museum was created in the Masaryk secondary school. The exhibits were made by the school's pupils or brought from home collections.
Svaliava. Zakarpattia region. The Masaryk School. School museum
The Local History Museum in Chernivtsi is located on the most sumptuous street of the capital of Bukovyna — Olha Kobylianska Street.
Chernivtsi. Local History Museum
The building of the art museum, located near the town hall onthe Central Square, is adorned with majolica panels.
Chernivtsi. Art Museum
The South of Ukraine is represented by a considerable number of varied museums. Resting in Henichesk and on the Arabat Spit, visit the local history museum, which is housed in the house of the merchant Ostrovsky.
Henichesk. Kherson region. Local History Museum
In Odesa there are about thirty museums of all kinds, among which there are author's museums and ones unique of their kind. The Museum of History and Local Lore is housed in a building that is an architectural monument of the second half of the 19th century.
Odesa. The Museum of History and Local Lore
The Museum of A. S. Pushkin is located in the building of a former hotel, where in 1823 the Sun of Russian poetry stayed.
Odesa. The Museum of A. S. Pushkin
The display of the Museum of Eastern and Western Art presents works of Western European art of the 15th-20th centuries, the art of the countries of the East and ancient art.
Odesa. The Museum of Eastern and Western Art
The displays of the local history museum in Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi acquaint visitors with the history, culture and traditions of the peoples of this multi-ethnic region.
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Odesa region. Local History Museum
Near the walls of the ancient fortress, in which a museum of instruments of torture operates, the fishermen have created a humorous display of objects carried up by the waves of the Dniester estuary.
Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi. Odesa region. The fishermen's display
In the neighbouring village of Shabo, inthe Shabo Wine Culture Centre the visitors will be astonished by a museum whose exhibits keep legends, myths and astounding stories.
Shabo. Odesa region. The Shabo Wine Culture Centre
One of the very first museums of antiquities in Ukraine is inMykolaiv. It was founded in 1803 and is housed in the Old Fleet Barracks, which have the status of a historical monument of national significance.
Mykolaiv. Local History Museum
The Museum of Shipbuilding and the Fleet occupies the premises of an ancient 18th-century mansion.
Mykolaiv. The Museum of Shipbuilding and the Fleet
From the south let us set off for the northern regions of Ukraine. In Rivne the local history museum is housed in the building of a former gymnasium of 1839 and numbers about 140 thousand items of the region's spiritual heritage.
Rivne. Local History Museum. Exhibition of military equipment
In the amber museum, ancient articles of fossilised resin, jewellery and stones with frozen insects are exhibited.
Rivne. The Amber Museum
In Dubno in a 15th-century castle in the palaces of the Ostrozky and Lubomirski families, ethnographic and historical displays have been created, along with exhibitions of money, decorative and applied art, and objects of punishment and torture.
Dubno. Rivne region. Castle. Museum displays
In Chernihiv the Tarnovsky State Regional Historical Museum is located in the house of Governor Kurakin, built in 1804, and preserves artefacts of the chronicle towns.
Chernihiv. The Tarnovsky State Regional Historical Museum
The building of the regimental chancellery serves as the museum's storeroom.
Chernihiv. The regimental chancellery
The historical monument of the pre-Mongol era, the Cathedral of Saints Borys and Hlib, has been converted into a museum of architecture, in which evenings of sacred music are held.
Chernihiv. The Cathedral of Saints Borys and Hlib
The Museum of Postal Affairs in Nizhyn is devoted to the development of the post in the 18th-20th centuries.
Nizhyn. Chernihiv region. The Museum of the Postal Station
In Nizhyn in one of the oldest educational institutions of Ukraine, the Gogol Nizhyn University, a picture gallery has been opened.
Nizhyn. Chernihiv region. The M. V. Gogol Nizhyn University. Picture gallery
In Pryluky the Maslov Local History Museum — is a collection of historical, archaeological and ethnographic monuments of the region.
Pryluky. Chernihiv region. The Maslov Local History Museum
A branch of the museum is devoted to a native of Pryluky, Hero of the Soviet Union, the underground fighter Oleh Koshovyi.
Pryluky. Chernihiv region. The Memorial Museum of Oleh Koshovyi
A complex of fortifications has been restored as a monument of archaeology and history of Baturyn. The treasury, in which valuables and weapons were kept, is used for exhibitions.
Baturyn. Chernihiv region. The fortress and treasury
In the Baturyn Museum of Archaeology a collection of weapons and adornments from the times of the Hetmanate is presented.
Baturyn. Chernihiv region. The Museum of Archaeology
The house of the General Judge of Left-Bank Ukraine — is the only building that survived the destruction of Baturyn by the troops of Peter I. The display in the historical building is devoted to the family of Judge Kochubey. In the cellar, the setting of a 17th-century prison with a torture chamber has been recreated.
Baturyn. Chernihiv region. The House of the General Judge of the Left Bank. Museum displays
In the Rozumovsky Palace, displays of the times of the hetman capital are housed. The rarest exhibit — the sabre of the last Hetman of Ukraine, Kyrylo Rozumovsky.
Baturyn. Chernihiv region. The Palace of Kyrylo Rozumovsky. Museum displays
In Zhytomyr the local history museum was founded in 1865 and is housed in an ancient 19th-century mansion.
Zhytomyr. Local History Museum
The Museum of the History of Berdychiv is located on the territory of the monastery-fortress of the Barefoot Carmelites. In the former priests' house, several thematic displays are presented.
Berdychiv. Zhytomyr region. The Museum of the History of Berdychiv
One of the buildings of the local history museum in Sumy occupies the former building of the Zemstvo Board. The display features objects from archaeological excavations of early Slavic and Old Rus sites, and rare materials on the history and nature of the Sumy region.
Sumy. Local History Museum
Let us walk through some of the museums in the eastern cities of Ukraine.
In Izium the local history museum named after M. V. Sibiliov bears the name of its director and custodian. In the museum's halls about 11 thousand exhibits are presented — tools, Cuman stone statues and archaeological objects.
Izium. Kharkiv region. The M. V. Sibiliov Local History Museum
In the "Izium Vernissage" art gallery, the works of local artists and sculptors are exhibited.
Izium. Kharkiv region. The "Izium Vernissage" Art Gallery
On Mount Kremenets samples of military equipment that took part in the bloody battles of the Second World War are exhibited in the open air: KV and T-34 tanks, "Katyusha" rocket launchers and artillery pieces.
Izium. Kharkiv region. Open-air exhibition of military equipment on Mount Kremenets
On the slope of the memorial mountain, sculptures of the Cuman period are gathered — as a tribute to the events of hoary antiquity at the highest point of the Kharkiv region.
Izium. Kharkiv region. Open-air exhibition of Cuman stone babas on Mount Kremenets
In Sviatohirsk the historical museum is located on the territory of the Holy Dormition Lavra. Visitors are presented with materials from archaeological research of the historical territory of the Holy Mountains and documents on the history of the holy monastery.
Sviatohirsk. Donetsk region. The Historical Museum on the territory of the Holy Dormition Lavra
The display of the local history museum in Sloviansk numbers about 30 thousand exhibits and consists of four sections — nature, archaeology and the history of the development of society.
Sloviansk. Donetsk region. Local History Museum
Green tourism is gaining more and more popularity, and open-air museums are becoming part of travellers' routes. The museum complex in Prelesne consists of a 19th-century village yard, a windmill, a hut, a barn, a smithy, a well and beehives. The museum has a hall with examples of the folk art of Slobozhanshchyna and Ukraine's only museum of children's art.
Prelesne. Donetsk region. The Museum of Folk Architecture, Life and Children's Art
The Museum of the History of the Village of Oleksandro-Kalynove "Dovkillia" was created by proactive residents. The museum display features examples of tools, objects of peasant life, a collection of scales and other unique exhibits.
Oleksandre-Kalynove. Donetsk region. The "Dovkillia" Museum of the History of the Village of Oleksandro-Kalynove
The collection of the museum of history and art in Druzhkivka numbers over 1,500 items of storage.
Druzhkivka. Donetsk region. The Museum of History and Art
The Local History Museum in Kostiantynivka reveals the history of the town's origins and historical facts about the education and work of the first Kostiantynivka factories: the bottle, glass and chemical plants.
Kostiantynivka. Donetsk region. Local History Museum
The industrial museum of history and local lore in Chasiv Yar was opened in July 2001 for the 125th anniversary of the founding of the first refractory plant in Ukraine.
The Velykoanadolskyi Forest Museum — is the only state museum of this kind in Ukraine. The displays are housed in a building of 1855, in which the first forester, the founder of the Velykoanadol forestry, V. E. Graff, lived together with his family.
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