Attractions of Dubliany

The Stepan Bandera Museum in Dublyany is located in one of the premises of the Lviv National Agrarian University, on the second floor of the main building. It was founded in 1999 on the initiative of the university’s rector Volodymyr Snitynsky.

In 1928-1933, when it was a branch of the Lviv Polytechnic, the future leader of the OUN, Stepan Bandera, studied here at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry. He was arrested there for political activity.

The museum exposition highlights the theme of the national liberation struggles of the Ukrainian people in the 20th century, the period of Stepan Bandera’s studies, his participation in the Ukrainian national life of the region and his high political activity. Photographs, literary works, and several pages from the personal file of the ideologist of Ukrainian nationalism are presented.

The main building also houses the Museum of the History of the Lviv National Agrarian University. Its exposition tells about the most important stages of the educational institution's activity in Dublyany, namely: Agricultural School (1856–1878); Higher Agricultural School (1878–1901); Agricultural Academy (1901–1919); as part of Lviv Polytechnic (1919–1947); Lviv Agricultural Institute (1947–1996); The University today.