Attractions of Zaporizhzhia district

The Museum of the Zaporizhzhia National University was opened in 1985 in the main educational building of the institution.

The exhibition tells about the history of public education in the former city of Oleksandrivsk from the beginning of the 20th century, about the founding of the Zaporizhzhia Pedagogical College at the basis of a teacher's seminary in 1921, about Stalin's repressions and the fate of the members of the staff of the Zaporizhzhia State Pedagogical Institute in the mid-1930s, about the participation of students and teachers in The Second World War, about the post-war reconstruction and the further path of the institution to the current university status.

In 2016, an updated exhibition was opened, the highlight of which was the decoration of the educational buildings of the university, made by Zaporizhzhia artist Kateryna Tarlinska using digital art.

The museum complex of the Zaporizhzhia National University also includes the ZNU Zoological Museum, the Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of Southern Ukraine, the Museum of Soviet Life, and the Water Museum.

The communal institution "Zaporizhzhia Regional Art Museum" subordinated to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Council represents the fine arts of the XIX-XX centuries.

The museum was founded in 1971. The collection, collected by the team of art critics, has more than 16 thousand exhibits. In particular, the paintings of Ivan Ayvazovsky, Oleksiy Boholyubov, Volodymyr Makovsky, Mykola Pymonenko, Oleksandr Murashko, Oleksandr Benua, Tetyana Yablonska, Mykola Hlushchenko are exhibited. Contemporary art is represented by the works of Oleksandr Roytburd, Ivan Marchuk, Anatoliy Kryvolap.

The museum has a collection of works by folk artist Mariya Prymachenko, as well as a unique collection of works of Ukrainian folk decorative and applied arts, including a collection of Petrykivka paintings by master Marfa Tymchenko.

The Zaporizhzhia Regional Museum of Local Lore is located in the former building of the Zemsky Administration (1912) - one of the few surviving buildings of pre-revolutionary Oleksandrivsk.

Founded by archeologist and folklorist Yakiv Novitskyi. More than 100,000 exhibits highlight the history of the city from ancient times to the Second World War. The most interesting collections: paleontological remains of animals from the Neogene and Anthropogenic periods; archaeological finds from the Zaporizhzhia mound; Sarmatian ornaments; collections of insects; stuffed animals of rare birds; weapons and household items of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks.

One of the departments is devoted to the native of the Zaporizhzhia region, Otaman Nestor Makhno, who became famous during the revolutionary years as the leader of the anarchist people's movement in the southern regions of Ukraine.

The museum complex of the "Khortytsia" National Reserve is located in the northern part of the island of Khortytsia, opposite the Dniprohes dam. This is the key object of the tourist-museum cluster on the Khortytsia island.

The Museum of the History of Zaporizhzhian Cossacks was opened in Zaporizhzhia in 1983. The exhibition highlights the history of the Cossack region from the earliest times to the present day.

Since 2016, the museum has been under reconstruction (part of the exhibits are presented in the Museum Studios "City Beyond the Thresholds"). After the opening, it will have a modern exposition, in which the dioramas "The Battle of Svyatoslav with the Pechenegs" and "The Council on Sich" will be presented.

The museum building with an inner courtyard is part of a complex of observation decks that offer a wonderful panorama of the Dnipro, rocky rapids and hydroelectric power station. Museum Square is used as the main venue for official events.

Next to the museum is the 14-meter Mound of Unity of Ukraine, on top of which in 2021 a 7-meter-high metal sculpture "Circle of Unity" will be installed.

Along the coast from the museum is the "Taras Trail", dedicated to the stay of the young Taras Shevchenko in Khortytsia in the summer of 1843. It is accompanied by excerpts from Kobzar's writings, which mention Khortytsia, the rapids of the Dnipro, the Great Zaporozhzhian Meadow, and the zh Cossacks.

The 700-year-old Zaporizhzhian giant oak, which became a symbol of the Ukrainian Cossacks. It has been a place of pilgrimage for millions of people for centuries.

The exact age has not been established, so some historians believe that this iconic tree was mentioned in the chronicles of the Byzantine emperor Kostyanyn Bahryanorodnyi as early as the 10th century.

Once the diameter of the green crown was 63 meters, the length of the trunk circle was 6 meters, and the height was 36 meters. After the construction of the DniproHPP and the rise of the groundwater level, the root system was damaged. At the end of the 20th century, the tree began to dry, now only one branch is alive.

The Church of the Intercession was built nearby (2008), and the historical and cultural complex "Zaporozhzhian Oak" was created. Theatrical performances organized by the All-Ukrainian Federation "Spas" take place on the territory.

The Zoological Museum of the Biology Faculty of Zaporizhzhia National University was opened in 1991.

The museum is located in the former premises of school No. 25.

The exposition is located in four halls. About 80 stuffed mammals, more than 300 birds, about 90 fish, more than 70 reptiles and amphibians are exhibited. In particular, typical animals found in the Zaporizhzhia region are presented. The collection of insects and arachnids includes almost 7,000 specimens, most of which are butterflies. The collection of bird eggs consists of 300 clutches from almost 200 species of birds. 

The museum complex of the Zaporizhzhia National University also includes the Museum of Ethnography of the Peoples of Southern Ukraine, the Museum of Soviet Life, and the Water Museum.