Attractions of Rivne region

The Brewing and Hopmaking Museum of Historical Volyn was opened in Rivne by the director of the Rivne Brewery, Maryan Goda, in 2025. The creation of the exposition took about five years.

The museum will be located in the former house of the first director of the Rivne brewery, Hersh Pisyuk, built in 1928 on the plot bordering the territory of the enterprise.

Until recently, the two-story building was occupied by the Rivne City Center for Student Youth Creativity. After the restoration, the building became part of the complex of buildings of the "Maidan Bergshloss" Historic Quarter with a hotel and a fairground.

The museum's exposition recreates the atmosphere of an old brewery and tells about the history of brewing in Volyn - not only in Rivne, but also in Lutsk, Kremenets, Semyduby, Kvasyliv, Vovkovyi and other cities.

The basis of the exhibition is Marian Goda's personal collection: beer bottles up to a hundred years old, over 300 beer mugs, wooden barrels, elements of brewing and laboratory equipment, historical documents and photographs.

The People`s Museum of the History of the Village of Bystrychi was founded in 1985 on the basis of the Bystrychi Secondary School.

The museum's exposition is divided into separate thematic sections. The "Archaeological Past" section presents samples of stone tools, fragments of clay vessels of linear-ribbon, comb-ringed and cord ceramics, metal products and their fragments of the Chernyakhiv culture.

The "Ancient History of the Village" section presents fragments of frescoes of the 18th-century lord's palace, Cossack pipes, Cossack symbols, documents and photographs.

Separate sections are dedicated to the events of the First and Second World Wars, as well as the period of the liberation struggles of 1917-1920. A separate exposition is dedicated to the activities of the founder of the UPA, General-Coroner Taras Bulba-Borovets for the revival of Ukrainian statehood.

Household items and craft tools traditional for the region are also presented.

The massive body of cells of the former Resurrection Monastery stands on a hill in the center of Korets, opposite the Saint Nicholas Church.

It was founded by Prince Bohush Koretsky in 1571 as an Orthodox monastery on the site of an older monastery. The current monastery complex in the late Baroque style was built in 1754-1767 by the Basilian Fathers (according to other sources, by the Franciscans).

Today it is the Resurrection Hermitage of the Holy Trinity Korets Monastery with the Church of the Resurrection of Christ.

The Contract House on the market square of Dubno was built in the 19th century. The building is made in the style of classicism.

The place of the famous "Dubno contracts" was the city of Dubno in the 18th century, until they were moved to Zviahel, and then to Kyiv. Grand fairs were held annually during the month immediately after Christmas. Later, fairs were revived on a smaller scale.

Nowadays, the Contract House is a house of children's creativity.

The Museum of Decorative and Applied Arts "Art" was founded in Dubno in 1980 on the basis of the Dubno Higher Art Vocational and Technical School by the efforts of masters of industrial training and students of the profession "Wood and Birch Carver".

Over the long period of its existence, a unique collection of works of art has been collected in its fund - these are sculptures, panels, frames, plates, piggy banks, etc.

The deer farm in the village of Kostiantynivka near Sarny has been welcoming tourists since 2019. About 50 red deer, over 30 fallow deer and other wild animals live in a large enclosure. They are joined by domestic animals, including sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, ornamental chicken breeds, etc.

Visitors are free to walk around the farm, take pictures with the animals and feed them special food purchased on site. Almost all the animals on the farm are accustomed to people and willingly eat food straight from their hands.

The Derman Gymnasium building was built in 1912-1913 for the Saint Fedir Teacher's Seminary, which was transferred to Derman in 1906 from Zhytomyr under the care of the Derman Monastery.

The gymnasium was opened here during the Polish period, and during the Soviet times it was a secondary school. In 1917-1920, the famous Ukrainian writer Ulas Samchuk studied in a four-grade school at the Derman Seminary. The gymnasium now houses a museum of Samchuk, in which, in particular, some of his personal belongings are presented: glasses, a cane, and a pen.

In addition, there is a room-museum of the poet Borys Ten, who was also born in Derman.

The Eco Farm AlpacaHome (Fluffy Farm) in Horodyshche near Rivne opened for visitors in 2024. It is located on the banks of a large pond 10 kilometers from the city center.

About three dozen South American alpacas now live on the farm. They are accompanied by pygmy goats, sheep, rabbits, guinea pigs and peacocks.

During a visit to the farm, visitors are in the same territory with alpacas, which are completely non-aggressive. You can directly contact the animals, feed them with special food, take pictures with them.

On the territory there are places for relaxation with gazebos, tables, hammocks, canopies, deckchairs.

The price of the visit includes an excursion and a portion of feed for the animals. Pre-registration is required to visit.

The Ethnographic Museum of Embroidery and Weaving of the Village of Mutvytsia, located in a local school, was founded in 2022 on the initiative of Svitlana Sarych.

Embroidered and woven items from all over the district are collected here. The first exhibits were collected by the principals of secondary schools in the district.

The total number of exhibits is over 1 thousand. Some of the exhibits are copies - they were made to display various embroidery ornaments and ceremonial symbols. The collection of towels is divided into separate expositions by embroidery: geometric themes, plant-geometric, plant, ornithomorphic and anthropomorphic. The museum also has many embroidered paintings.

The School Ethnographic Museum "Berehynya" was created at the Bila Krynytsia lyceum in 1991. Since 1995, the museum has had the status of "People's Museum".

In the center of the exposition is a panorama of the village with picturesque landscapes. The interior of a traditional Ukrainian home has been recreated: a stove, benches, a table, a chest, a icons, a cradle, a shrine, shelves, basins with dishes, towels, samples of Ukrainian national clothing.

A prominent place among the museum's expositions is occupied by tools used by peasants.

The museum's funds number over 400 exhibits.

The school ethnographic museum “Svitlytsya” operates in the village of Volodymyrets on the basis of the Volodymyrets Lyceum.

It has two exhibition halls. The first hall, "Life and Way of Life of Polishchuk Peasants," recreates the layout of a traditional Polissya hut.

The second hall is dedicated to the history of the educational institution.

The firefighting museum opened in 2020 in the restored premises of the old fire station in the village of Dibrivka in the Rivne region.

The fire station in Dibrivka was built by Czech colonists, who in 1923 founded the first volunteer fire brigade here, which was part of the Association of Voluntary Fire Protection. The number of team members was 22 people. The team went to the fire in a radius of 5 kilometers.

During Soviet times, the building was adapted for economic purposes, and for a long time it stood empty. It was restored by the joint efforts of the Emergency Department of the Rivne region and local patron Roman Stasyuk.

Now the fire station in Dibrivka has an authentic appearance. It houses a museum exposition, which presents firefighting equipment from the beginning of the 20s of the 20th century. There is an information stand nearby.

The Forest Museum near Kostopil was opened in 2011 on the basis of the Kostopil Forestry.

The exposition covers the work of each of the 16 forestries of the region. In particular, one of the stands tells about the 250-year-old Kostopil oak.

Among the exhibits of the forest museum are a stuffed animal of 50 species of birds, wild boars, martens, badgers and bison. Another exposition tells about the peculiarities of wooden architecture and life of Polishchuks.

Around the museum is the creation of a forest park with a cascade of ponds and labyrinths of forests. Lawn and flower beds were laid out, paths were equipped, gazebos for recreation and a playground with wooden figures of fairy-tale heroes were installed, a chapel was built.

There is a souvenir shop at the forest museum.

The building of the main Great Synagogue in Rivne was built at the end of the 19th century.

Before the Bolshevik coup of 1917, a Jewish school operated there.

Since Soviet times, the building of the Great Synagogue has housed the children's and youth sports school "Avangard".

The Historical and Ethnographic Museum "Berehynya" of the Velyki Mezhyrichi Lyceum was established in 1992 on the initiative of the school director Sava Chumak. In 2004, it received the status of "People's Museum".

The museum collection consists of 450 storage units, of which the main collection is 400.

The exhibition is presented in three thematic sections: "History of the village of Velyki Mezhyrichi", "Main occupations and crafts of the villagers" and "Ukrainian embroidery - the soul of the people, its history".