Attractions of Shumsk

The Transfiguration Church in Shumsk was founded as a church of the Franciscan monastery in 1715.

The monastery in Shumsk itself was founded by the Volyn voivode Malynsky back in 1637, and was originally a Basilian (Uniate) monastery. In 1676, one of the voivode's descendants, who converted to Catholicism, handed over the monastery to the Franciscans.

The church was made in the Gothic-Renaissance style, the building had a defensive character. At the end of the 18th century, a three-tier bell tower was added. In 1837, the church was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style and became an Orthodox church.

Above the entrance, the coat of arms of the family of the founders of the Malynsky temple is still preserved.

The Shumsk Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1985 on the initiative of a local history teacher, Ivan Babiy.

The exposition is located in the former house of the baker Stefanyak, built in 1930, when the city was part of Poland.

The nature department introduces visitors to the geographical and natural conditions of the region, its flora and fauna (a corner of autumn nature is presented in a diorama).

The ancient history department presents materials about the founding of the city in princely times, the participation of residents in the Liberation War, and the creation of the Church of the Transfiguration.

A significant part of the exposition of the new history department is devoted to the period of the Second World War and the national liberation struggle of the UPA against the fascists and the Soviet authorities: weapons, photographs, documents, models.

A rich ethnographic collection is also presented.