Attractions of Varva

The Varva Historical and Local Lore Museum was founded in 1990.

Today, the museum has more than 1,000 exhibits. The exposition in seven halls tells about the history of the village from the first chronicle mention of Varva in 1079 to the present.

Materials about the outstanding Ukrainian Slavik philologist, historian, folklorist Osyp Bodyansky, who was born in Varva and was well acquainted with Taras Shevchenko, are exhibited.

The exposition "Not to be Forgotten", dedicated to the Holodomor of 1932-1933, continues to be replenished with eyewitness accounts.

The museum regularly holds exhibitions of works by folk craftsmen of the Varva region.

The original one-story building of the Zemska school was built in Varva in 1915 (according to other sources, in 1913) according to the project of the architect Opanas Slastion, who at the beginning of the 20th century designed a number of schools for the Lokhvytsya zemstvo, which then included the modern Varva region.

All of them were made using reinterpreted forms of Ukrainian folk architecture. The artist and ethnographer Opanas Slastion used the architectural details of a number of classic examples of Ukrainian architecture: trapezoidal window openings, box arches, multi-slope tent coverings with ledges in the form of pyramids, central turrets.

The Varva school has an uncharacteristic portico with a triangular pediment on four columns - the result of later reconstruction and expansion.

The building is still used for its intended purpose - Varva Lyceum No. 1 is located here. It is an architectural monument of local importance.