Verkhovyna

Hutsul musician Mykola Illyuk, head of the Hutsul ensemble, opened the museum of Hutsul life and art "In Trembitarya" at his home in Verkhovyna.

Ilyuk's house is located on a mountain in the village of Shveykovo.

The exposition presents traditional Hutsul costumes, household items and over a hundred folk musical instruments. The host conducts tours, telling about the origin of the Hutsuls, their life and crafts, rites and traditions. He plays most of the presented musical instruments.

Offers visitors master classes in playing the famous Hutsul trembit, drumba, cymbals, and bagpipes.

In 1999, a private museum of Hutsul lifestyle, ethnography and musical instruments was opened in his house by Roman Kumlyk, a musician and collector from Verkhovyna.

He collected exhibits for the museum for 30 years. These are folk clothes made of linen and leather, and painted clay plates, and Hutsul hatchets-bartka, and money signs of different times, and many other ancient things and objects of folk life.

The collection of folk musical instruments is the most diverse: violins, trembits, cymbals, drumbas, kobzas. The special pride of the collection is the Hutsul bagpipe - Duda.

Previously, tours were conducted by the owner of the museum himself, accompanying the story about each instrument with the performance of folk melodies and songs. After the musician's death, his daughter Natalya receives guests.

A visit to the Roman Kumlyk Museum of Musical Instruments must be arranged in advance.

The house-museum of the film "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors" in the Verkhovyna village of Hlifa was opened in 2000 in the house where the director of the film Serhiy Paradzhanov lived in 1963-1964 during the filming.

Here, visitors can watch the film and get acquainted with the history of the creation of the picture.

The following expositions are active: life and work of outstanding people, ethnography and everyday life, historical and architectural heritage.

The Hutsul Magic Museum is located in one of the recreation complexes on the outskirts of Verkhovyna, which is considered the informal capital of the Hutsul Region.

Its purpose is to preserve the memory of the famous Carpathian healers and seers, who are called Molfars here.

The museum presents items used by Molfar magicians and which tell about ancient Hutsul magic.

The Hutsul Magic Museum also hosts workshops on making original wooden teaspoons, spinning wool threads, and mirror calligraphy.

The private museum "Galeria of Hutsul Traditions and Rites" was created in Verkhovyna by local historian Pavla Rashkovska.

A special feature of the museum is the interactive form of familiarizing visitors with Hutsul traditions and rituals. The hostess of the museum conducts tours in the form of a conversation with visitors at a table with Carpathian tea and pastries.

The exposition presents a large number of Hutsul embroidery and other elements of folk clothing, which visitors can try on. The excursion is complemented by master classes on tying a scarf and playing the drum.

Upon request, you can organize a dinner with traditional Hutsul dishes and tinctures on Carpathian herbs in the "Galeria".

The hostess of the museum also conducts author's tours of Verkhovyna.