Attractions of Cherkasy region

The Museum of History of Village Vilshana is located in the premises of the House of Culture.

The museum exposition tells about the history of the village and famous personalities whose life path is connected with Vilshana - these are Maksym Kryvonos, Taras Shevchenko, and the Klitschko brothers, whose grandfather - Rodion Klitschko - hails from Vilshana.

In the museum, household items of ancient times are widely represented: rubles and rocking chairs, zhlyukto and bodnia, makitras and kopistiks, bowls on a bowl, a carved yoke and a whip, the first irons and calculators.

No less interesting are photographs of Vilshana from the end of the 19th century, portraits of residents of Vilshana in colorful Ukrainian costumes.

The Manor Museum of the Hero of Ukraine Vyacheslav Chornovil, an outstanding Ukrainian statesman, Soviet dissident, leader of the NRU party, was opened in Vilkhovets in the house where he spent his childhood and youth.

In 1946, at the age of nine, Vyacheslav and his family moved to Vilkhovets from their native Yerky. Here he graduated from high school, and in 1955 he went to Kyiv to enter the philological faculty of Kyiv University.

After his tragic death in 1999, his sister Valentyna Maksymivna donated the house to the Cherkasy Regional Museum of Local Lore. In 2007, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the birth of Chornovil, an exposition dedicated to him was opened in this building, and a bust of him was installed in the yard.

Visitors to the museum of Vyacheslav Chornovil have the opportunity to get acquainted with the original interiors of the rooms, unique photographs and documents, books, and personal belongings of the Chornovil family.

The workshop-gallery "Creative Treasury" presents the works of Kaniv artist Halyna Morozova, co-founder of the creative union of the same name, as well as other artists from Kaniv.

Self-taught artist Halyna Morozova works in different styles: realism, impressionism, abstractionism, decorative art. She considers the painting "Bird of Happiness" to be her mascot work.

Zhashkiv Historical Museum was opened in 1969.

The exposition in six halls tells about the history of the region from ancient times to the present.

In the exposition "Ukrainian svitlytsya" you can see traditional clothes and household items.

A fine art gallery is also presented.

Zolotonosha Museum of Local Lore named after Mykhaylo Ponomarenko was founded in 1960.

Changed the premises several times, since 2018 it is located in the building of the former seed inspection in the center of Zolotonosha.

The museum has more than 8,000 exhibits. In particular, the Gospel and other church old prints of the XVIII-XIX centuries are presented. In the historical department you can see Cossack cradles and cannonballs, household items, as well as exhibits related to the life and work of Taras Shevchenko, Mykhaylo Maksymovych, Hryhoriy Skovoroda, and Ivan Kotlyarevsky.

Documents and photographs tell about the Holodomor of 1932–1933 and the events of the Second World War in the Cherkasy region.

There is a biographical corner of the founder of the institution, local historian Mykhaylo Ponomarenko.