Attractions of Oleksandriia

The Museum of Dmytro Chyzhevskyi in Oleksandriia opened in 2022 in the house where this outstanding Ukrainian scientist-encyclopedist, culturologist, philosopher and literary critic spent his childhood and youth.

Dmytro Chyzhevskyi was born in 1894 in a noble family, descendants of the wealthy Cossacks and Ukrainian nobility, representatives of one of the branches of the ancient Chizh family. Since 1904, the Chizhevski family lived in a one-story brick house on the current Shevchenko Street, engaged in public and educational activities.

The museum exposition reproduces the atmosphere of provincial life at the beginning of the 20th century. Furniture in the style of that era, a piano, an antique clock, a camera and a telescope similar to Chizhevsky's father's telescope are presented. First editions of Chyzhevsky's books, family documents and photographs are exhibited.

The museum offers tours on the topics "The world of hobbies of the Chizhevsky family", "The role of the Chizhevsky family in the history of the Oleksandriia city", "The foreign period of life and scientific work of Dmytro Chyzhevskyi", as well as an interactive excursion with a game of croquet "Childhood, youth and hobbies of Dmytro Chyzhevskyi" .

The "Dmytro Chyzhevsky's House" is a department of the Oleksandriia City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova.

The Oleksandriia City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova was created in 1967.

For a long time, the museum worked on a public basis, in 1991 it received state status. It bears the name of Antonina Khudyakova, who was the director of the museum in 1980-1991.

The total number of exhibits of the main fund is over 17,000 items. The exposition of the museum is located in two departments - historical and natural.

In addition, the ethnography of the region is represented separately by a model of a Ukrainian house and various household items: dishes, household utensils, work tools, etc.

The museum houses collections of paper money and coins of different eras and countries, a selection of old photographs.

Among the museum's valuable exhibits are personal belongings, a spacesuit, devices, equipment for training and work at the orbital station of cosmonaut Leonid Popov, a native of Oleksandriia.

"Dmytro Chyzhevsky's House" is a branch of the Oleksandriia City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova.