Attractions of Kramatorsk

The museum of retro cars "Samokhid" named after Zhemov in Kramatorsk operates on the basis of the restoration factory of the "Samokhid" technical club.

The restoration factory-museum has a unique collection of old cars. It has about 200 exhibits of such well-known companies as Horch, DKW, BMW, Wanderer, Steyr, Mercedes-Benz, Opel, Packard, Buick, ZIS, GAZ. Some cars are not only works of engineering art, but also have historical value.

The collection also includes rare examples of motorcycles from the period 1900-1950 - more than 80 units in total.

The Kramatorsk City History Museum tells about the historical path of the industrial city, in particular about the establishment of the first enterprises in the XIX century, as well as the construction of Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant (NKMZ), thanks to which in 1932 Kramatorsk gained city status.

An interesting collection of Ukrainian folk costumes and towels.

A separate exhibition is dedicated to the Ukrainian actor Leonid Bykov, who spent his childhood in Kramatorsk.

The Kramatorsk Art Museum is located in the same building, where, in particular, works by famous Ukrainian artists Hlushchenko, Trokhimenko, Yablonska and others are presented.

The Donetsk Regional Art Museum (DRAM) is one of the largest art museums in Ukraine and an important cultural center of the Donetsk region.

His collection was formed at the expense of income from art exhibitions, from the funds of state museums of Ukraine and Russia, acquisitions from private collections. The collection includes 16,500 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied art.

In particular, the works of artists from Italy, Holland, France, and Germany are presented. Among them are "Still Life with Fish" by Pieter van Noort and "Landscape with Ruins" by Johannes Glauber. The dominant genre in the collection of Russian paintings of the 19th and 20th centuries - landscape - is represented by such canvases as "Koktebel. Seascape" by Ivan Aivazovsky, "Evening" by Ivan Shyshkin, "View of Venice. Doge's Palace" by Oleksiy Boholyubovv.

Of particular interest is the collection of ancient applied art of Greece and Rome: vases, dishes of various shapes and purposes, lamps, terracotta plastic, as well as glass and bronze products.

In connection with the occupation of Donetsk by the Russian invaders, the institution is temporarily located in Kramatorsk - the Contemporary Art Sector of the Donetsk Regional Art Museum has been opened here.

The Donetsk Regional Museum of Local Lore (DOKM) was founded in 1924 on the initiative of local historians.

As of 2014, the museum's funds numbered about 150,000 items. Among them are the remains of fossil animals, prints of fossil plants, samples of stone trees, a large archaeological collection of tools, weapons, dishes, jewelry and amulets, a numismatic collection (copper and silver coins of the 15th-18th centuries), an ethnographic collection.

Rare early printed editions, including geographical and botanical atlases of the 17th century, were of the greatest value. Due to the Russian occupation of Donetsk, almost all the funds of the museum were lost, remaining in the occupied territory.

Now the Donetsk Regional Museum of Local Lore is temporarily located in Kramatorsk. There are temporary exhibitions here: "A Man in the Space of the Steppe: Time of Stone, Time of Bronze", "Medicine of the First Half of the 20th Century. History of a Medical Dynasty", "Gene of Disobedience: Chronicles of Ukrainian Resistance in the Donetsk Region from the First Half of the 20th Century to 1991" , expositions of products of arts and crafts, as well as exhibitions dedicated to the events of the Revolution of Dignity and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

In addition, three departments of the museum operate on the territory controlled by Ukraine: the Memorial Manor Museum Nemyrovych-Danchenko, Serhiy Prokofyev Museum and the Velykoanadolsky Forest Museum.

The Kramatorsk City Council Art Museum is based on the art gallery opened in 1959.

Its funds were formed by enthusiasts led by the artist Ivan Parkhomenko. Artists from Kramatorsk, Donetsk and Kyiv donated their works to the museum. Now the museum's funds include more than 2,000 works of painting, graphics, sculpture, decorative and applied art.

In particular, the works of famous Ukrainian artists Mykola Hlushchenko, Kostyantyn Trokhymenko, Tetyana Yablonska and others are presented. The

Museum of the History of the City of Kramatorsk is located in the same building.

The People's Museum of History of PRJSC "Novokramatorsk Machine-Building Plant" (NKMZ) is located on the third floor of the left wing of the Palace of Culture and Technology of NKMZ on the central square of Kramatorsk.

The majestic five-story building of the Palace of Culture, erected in 1956-1965 in the style of Soviet classicism, is the only architectural monument in the city.

The exposition of the museum in eight halls tells the history of the development of the largest enterprise in Europe for the production of equipment for the mining and metallurgical industry, which has been operating since 1934.

The central exhibit of the first hall is a diorama of the construction of the giant plant. Working tools and contemporary office equipment, models of Donbas mines with NKMZ equipment, samples of metal structures manufactured at the factory for the construction of famous objects are presented. The models of rotary excavators, the "Sterkh" gantry crane, the line for the production of large-diameter pipes and other large-sized equipment manufactured by NKMZ are most impressive.

A separate exhibition tells about the creation of special equipment for space and combat missile systems, anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense systems, engineering troops.

In the hall of the museum, there are models of early factory equipment, including walking dragline excavators.