Attractions of Velesniv

The Volodymyr Hnatiuk Ethnographic Memorial Museum was founded in the village of Velesniv in 1969 on the initiative and with the participation of the outstanding Ukrainian local historian, ethnographer, literary critic and public figure Ostap Cheremshynsky.

The museum's exposition is located in eight rooms and a foyer, four of which tell about the life and scientific activities of Volodymyr Hnatiuk - a Ukrainian ethnographer, folklorist, linguist, literary critic, art critic, translator and public figure, academician. In particular, it contains photographs of Volodymyr Hnatiuk, maps of Austria-Hungary for 1895-1902, manuscripts, albums, books and separate collections with the scientist's autographs, books and collections of works of many writers and scientists of Ukraine and other European countries published by him, homespun towels, sackcloths created by the academician's father - Mykhaylo Hnatiuk.

The fifth room is dedicated to the memory of Volodymyr Hnatiuk, where unique publications with reports of his death and obituaries are collected.

The sixth room recreates the interior of the living room of Volodymyr Hnatiuk's family. The seventh room recreates his study - here are personal belongings of the scientist and his family members, manuscripts and letters of Hnatiuk, handwritten folklore collections of Osyp Bodyansky, Frantyshek Hlavachek, Serhii Hrabovsky, Zorian Dolenga-Khodakovsky, Ivan Franko from the archive of Volodymyr Hnatiuk, memoirs about him by Ivan Krypiakevych, editions of the scientist's works, books from his library, albums.

The eighth room is a fund and exhibition room.

In total, the museum's funds have collected over two thousand exhibits, over five hundred of which are presented in the exposition.

In 1971, a bronze bust of the academician was installed in front of the museum (sculptor Luka Bihanych, architect Volodymyr Blyusiuk).