Attractions of Lviv region

The Lviv "Museum of Ideas" is an art gallery, exhibition space and location for artistic events, located in the very heart of Lviv - in the courtyard and basements of the former Bernardine Monastery of the 15th-17th centuries. Founded in 1992 by Lviv artist and gallerist Oles Dzyndra.

Near the entrance to the "Museum of Ideas" there is a kurdoner - a patch of land surrounded on three sides by monastery walls. Permanent projects "Bernarden Garden", "Republic of Rio" and "Temple of Trust" function here.

The museum considers its collection to be a collection of "ideas", i.e. implemented projects in the fields of philosophy, sociology, art, ecology, technology and urban planning. Among them are the festivals "KinoLev", "Lviv - the capital of handicrafts", "SkloKoko", "LeoPoltvis", etc.

The museum does not have a permanent exhibition, but various exhibitions and performances are regularly held in its halls. The project includes a restaurant of Galician cuisine "Trapezna idey" and a shop where you can buy works of art.

The interactive museum of interesting science and technology "Eureka" (Evrika) in Lviv is a children's scientific and entertainment complex that introduces visitors to the world of science in an accessible game form.

The interactive exposition covers the main branches of science: physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, astronomy, geology, etc. All exhibits are not only possible, but must be touched, moved, looked at from all sides and checked in practice. In the "Eureka" laboratory, everyone can independently conduct more than two hundred laboratory experiments in physics, chemistry and other scientific fields.

The modern Lviv planetarium of the "Eureka" museum will help you immerse yourself in the world of space discoveries and learn about the causes of the universe, the structure of the constellations, the structure of the solar system, the discovery of the Hubble space telescope and the prospects of research on the newest James Webb orbital telescope.

The virtual reality section will help you meet dinosaurs, become a spectator of the Du Soleil circus or get to a distant country. Science shows are regularly held in "Eureka" hosted by the "crazy professor" Smiley.

In addition to the rich museum exposition, there is a small shop where you can buy educational literature, interesting intellectual games and unusual souvenirs.

The museum-room of the national liberation struggle in the town of Rudky presents historical material about the struggle for Ukrainian statehood in 1918-1919 and in 1930-1940 in the Rudky region.

In the most honorable place is a portrait of the UPA Commander-in-Chief, General Roman Shukhevych.

The Museum-Kryivka (hideout museum) in the village of Sprynia was opened in 2012 on the territory of the "Prykarpattya" sports and tourist complex.

In 1944, the founding meeting of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council was held at this place - the political body of warring Ukraine, which was supposed to represent the country on the international stage.

The situation of Kryivka (hidden refuge of the rebels) accurately reproduces the living conditions of the UPA fighters of those times.

There is a permanent exhibition with the possibility of excursions.

The Museum-kryivka in Volosianka is part of the "Kurin Mokhnach" paintball club of the "Vezha Vedmezha" hotel complex.

The exposition of the museum tells about the history of the activity of the UPA in Skolivshchyna. In particular, the text of the oath of a UPA soldier, other authentic documents and photographs found in Carpathian hiding places are presented.

Samples of Soviet and German weapons from the Second World War period are active, and visitors are offered to shoot them.

The most interesting part of the museum is the recreated underground kryivka (hideout) of the UPA soldiers, where you can see the sleeping places of the undergrounders, a peasant stove, a kerosene lamp and a secret hatch.

The complex includes a large paintball field, a shooting range, a military tent, and a field kitchen.

Children's sports competitions and classes on patriotic education of young people are held.

Museum-Reserve "Rusalka Dnistrova" is a branch of the Lviv National Art Gallery. Dedicated to the first Ukrainian folklore and literary almanac "Ruskalka of Dniester", which had a great influence on the Ukrainian national revival and the development of Ukrainian literature in Galicia.

It is located in the architectural monument of the 18th century - the bell tower of the Church of the Holy Spirit. In 1939, the church itself was destroyed by a German bomb, leaving only the bell tower with a baroque finish, on which there is a unique clock, donated in the 17th century by Hetman Ivan Vyhovsky to the Manyavsky hermitage and later transported and installed on the Holy Spirit bell tower.

The museum's exhibits highlight the social, research, literary and publishing activities of the founders of the "Ruthenian Triad" (Ruska Triytsia) society, Markiyan Shashkevych, Ivan Vahylevych and Yakiv Holovatsky, who published the Western Ukrainian literary almanac "Rusalka Dnistrova" in the Ukrainian vernacular since 1873.

The first museum of modern abstract sculpture in Ukraine was created in Briukhovychi by an outstanding Ukrainian artist, modernist sculptor Mykhaylo Dzyndra, who lived most of his life in the USA.

The artist himself undertook the development of the project and the financing of the construction. The basis of the museum exposition was the sculptures that he brought from America. Among the master's works exhibited in the museum are spectacular sculptures "Lovers" and "Honeymoon", sculptural portraits of women, "Frightened Soldier" and about 800 other sculptures.

The Mykhaylo Dzyndra Museum of Modern Sculpture is a department of the Lviv National Art Gallery.

The Mykhaylo Hrushevsky Memorial Museum in Lviv was founded in 1998 in the mansion where he and his family lived in 1902-1914.

At that time, Hrushevskyi was a professor at Lviv University, and immediately became the initiator of the creation of the Ukrainian National Democratic Party.

The museum's main exposition is devoted to the Lviv period in Hrushevsky's life. The originals of his publications, photographs, letters of the scientist, personal belongings of the Hrushevsky family are presented.

The activities of Mykhaylo Hrushevsky at the head of the Central Council of the Ukrainian People's Republic are also highlighted.

The monument to Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi was erected in Lviv in 1994.

The outstanding Ukrainian historian taught at Lviv University in 1894-1914. It was in Galicia that the political activity of the future leader of the Ukrainian state, the head of the Central Council of the Ukrainian People's Republic, began.

The bronze sculpture, made by sculptors Dmytro Krvavych, Mykola Posikira, Lyubomyr Yaremchuk, is installed on a granite pedestal (architect Vasyl Kamenshchyk).

A monument to the Ukrainian composer Mykhaylo Verbytskyi, the author of the music for the national anthem of Ukraine, was opened in Lviv in 2015.

The height of the bronze sculpture is 2.9 meters. The notes of the melody of the Ukrainian national anthem are carved on the granite ceiling and a map of Ukraine is placed.

The authors of the monument are Volodymyr and Andriy Sukhorski.

The Manor-Museum of the Ustyyanovychs family was opened in 1991 in the former house of the priest of the Introduction Church in Vovkiv.

It was here in 1839, in the family of priest Mykola Ustyyanovych, a famous writer and poet, that Kornylo Ustyyanovych was born - a future famous Ukrainian artist and public figure.

A separate exposition is devoted to the activities of Frantishek Rzhehorzh, a Czech ethnographer who is called the "apostle of Slavic unity."

In the wooden granary there is an ethnographic exhibition: folk clothes, tools, spinning wheels, spindles, lamps, dishes, chests, etc.

The Historical and Local Lore Museum of Mykolayiv was opened in 1989 in one of the old one-story buildings in the city center opposite the Greek Catholic Church of Saint Nicholas.

In the department of archeology you can get acquainted with the archeological materials of the Stilsko settlement and the collection of ancient weapons.

The ethnographic section of the museum is devoted to the history of ancient Mykolayiv crafts - pottery and flax processing. The model of the Mykolayiv cement plant is presented.

A gushing spring of hydrogen sulfide mineral water emerges from the ground in the center of a small lake on the southern edge of Novy Novyi Myliatyn.

The geyser appeared in 1952 during the search for oil. Local residents call the source "Vyshka", because there used to be a drilling tower above it, from which concrete supports remained.

The lake does not freeze - the water temperature in the spring is 19 degrees all year round.

Among local residents, the fountain and lake are popular as a recreational area. Water from the spring is drunk for medicinal purposes.

Entrance to the territory is paid.

The Museum of National Culture on the territory of the ski resort "Play" in the village of Plavya is a stylized Carpathian country house with a closed courtyard.

The gates and doors are decorated with wood carvings in Boykiv and Lemkiv style.

The museum includes an ethnographic exposition with items of folk life, a working forge, a weaving workshop, a cheese factory, a carpentry shop, windmills and water mills.

The "Native Village Museum" was created in the village of Synkiv on July 18, 1999, on the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the first written mention of the village. The museum is located on the first floor of the Synkiv Lyceum.

The exposition of the museum includes more than 1000 exhibits and presents a collection of ancient icons, books, money, Ukrainian towels, clothes and relics. Of great interest are copies and originals of documents, church metric publications, as well as the layout of the village on the map of 1844, which is a great value of the museum.

The exposition of the museum consists of sections: "From the depths of the ages", "Under the rule of Austria-Hungary and Poland", "Map of the lands of the village of Sinkiv (1844)", "Church of the Intercession of the Holy Virgin", "From the history of the development of the school", "The village in 20th century".

The museum is constantly replenished with new exhibits and materials, among which the most interesting are the "Chronicle of the School" and an album of excursions.