Attractions of Petrykivka

The Museum of Honored Artist of Ukraine, Ukrainian master of folk decorative painting and folk decorative graphics, Honored Master of Folk Art of the USSR, founder of the Petrykivka painting factory Fedir Panko was opened in 2013 in his native village Petrykivka in Dnipropetrovsk region.

The museum is located in the local house of culture. The main part of the exhibition consists of works from the personal collection of the Panko family.

The exposition demonstrates different stages of formation of Petrykivka painting traditions.

The historical and ethnographic complex "Cossack Hundred" in Petrykivka represents the historical, ethnographic and cultural heritage of the Petrykivka region of the XVIII-XIX centuries as one of the centers of folk art and crafts.

Also here you can see and feel how the inhabitants of different regions of Ukraine lived and what they did in ancient times. The Museum of Ethnography and Life "Grazhda" operates - a copy of Hutsul hut-grazhda with residential and commercial buildings of the 18th century, where ceramics, household items and tools of the inhabitants of the Dnipro region are exhibited.

A model of the Cossack fortress "Sich" is presented, a training range for shooting with ancient Cossack weapons (crossbow, bow, rifle), a mini-zoo (ostriches, peacocks, wild ducks, wild boars, goats, sheep, donkeys, horses), a children's playground, arena for horse shows and beach volleyball court.

Master classes are held, in particular on Petrykivka painting.

The Petrykivka painting exhibition is open at the Petrykivka Folk Art Center.

The traditional Petrykivka decorative painting became famous as early as the 19th century, it was managed to be preserved and even put on the assembly line in Soviet times.

The "Petrykivka" folk art center was established in the early 1990s as the first enterprise owned by the folk craftsmen themselves, and now unites about 40 masters of Petrykivka painting.

The exhibition hall is open all the time, workshops are open for visits, tours and master classes for children are held. The exposition presents paintings, painted household items, decorations. Here you can buy or order all kinds of souvenirs.

The Petrykivka museum of ethnography, everyday life and folk art was created in 2010 on the basis of an exhibition of Petrykivka paintings at the Druzhba factory.

There are 2,500 objects in the museum's collections that tell about the history of Petrykivka, the ethnography of this region, the development of applied folk art, and the technique of Petrykivka painting.

Of particular value are the products of folk masters of Petrykiv decorative painting Fedir Panko, Andriy Pikush, Nataliya Rybak and others.

The museum holds master classes on various techniques of folk crafts.