Attractions of Volyn region

The Church of the Holy Great Martyr George the Victorious is the oldest building in the city of Liuboml.

It was built by order of Prince Volodymyr Vasylkovych in the 13th century. At first, it resembled the Dormition Cathedral in Volodymyr. The name of the Volyn architect Oleksa, who built the temple, is well-known.

The second part of the Galician-Volyn Chronicle was written here.

In the 16th century, the Saint George Church was radically rebuilt, and in the 18th century, a bell tower was added to it.

Paintings of the 19th century have been preserved.

The Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Kysylyn was built in 1777 on the site of the wooden church of the same name, known since 1645.

According to one version, the temple was originally an Arian temple, which led to its uncharacteristic squat architecture in the Baroque style. The walls of the building are sometimes more than one and a half meters thick. Above the intersection rises a two-level tower on a wide base, crowned with a decorative spire. The facade has a rich architectural decoration. Icons of the 17th century were preserved in the iconostasis of 1905. The building is surrounded by a brick fence with a massive belfry of an unusual shape.

Now the Saint Michael Church belongs to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine.

The Museum of Science, Technology and Industrial Design (Museum of Technical Progress) opened in 2018 in the premises of the Adrenaline City Cultural and Entertainment Center on the northeastern outskirts of Lutsk, next to the Korsaks Museum of Modern Ukrainian Art.

The exposition acquaints visitors with the development of science and technology from the simplest devices of primitive times to the present.

The Museum of Science and Technology has 18 departments: music, architecture and design, light and optical, physico-chemical, military, medical, gaming, history of technological progress, physics and mechanics and others.

The Museum of Industrial Design presents examples of mass production at the intersection of art and technology. In particular, there are collections of watches, cameras, radio equipment, gramophones, tape recorders, telephones, computers. Among the interesting - a section of 3D puzzles from the famous Ukrainian toy manufacturer UGEARS.

All the exhibits can be touched with your hands.

Stara Vyzhivka Museum of Local Lore is located in the old post office building, built in the middle of the XX century.

The funds have almost 4,000 exhibits. Stuffed animals are presented in the natural department.

The ethnographic collection includes an old fan, a loom, embroidered shirts, barrels made of straw and willow, skeins and other household items.

The history of firefighting is reflected in exhibits of both Ukrainian and Polish origin: pump, fire helmets, firefighters' clothes.

The historical department presents archeological finds, cold steel weapons, fragments of pottery, and ornaments.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Manevychi was built in 1933-1937. Before that, a wooden chapel near the station served as a parish church.

The construction of the new church was financed by the parishioners, the priest Boleslav Yastshembsky supervised the construction.

In 1943, the Transfiguration Church was closed by the decision of the Soviet authorities, and the premises began to be used as a warehouse for mineral salt.

In 1992, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord was returned to the Catholic community of Manevychi, restoration is ongoing.

Volyn Museum of Local Lore is the largest and oldest museum in Volyn. Founded in 1929.

It has been housed in the current building in the center of Lutsk since 1985. The funds contain more than 140 thousand exhibits representing nature, history, ethnography, art of the Volyn region.

The museum has a rich collection of natural materials, collections of geological minerals, plants and animals. The museum's collections are presented in the exposition, which consists of sections of nature, ancient and modern history, thematic exhibitions.

The exposition of the museum is located on an area of ​​more than 2 thousand square meters. m in 23 stationary and 9 exhibition halls. It is built on thematic (nature department) and thematic-chronological principles (history department).

The branches and departments of the Volyn Museum of Local Lore are the Kolodyazhne Literary Memorial Museum of Lesya Ukrayinka, the Art Museum in Lutsk Castle, the Museum of the Volyn Icon, the Museum of the History of the Lutsk Brotherhood, and the Lypynsky Memorial Museum.

The Museum of Ethnography and Folk Crafts of Volyn is created.