Attractions of Vysokyi

The Hnat Khotkevych Museum was opened in Vysokyi in 1995 in the house where the famous writer, historian and art critic spent the last 9 years of his life. This estate was one of the informal cultural centers of the Slobozhanshchyna region. After Khotkevych was arrested by the NKVD and executed in 1938, the house was confiscated by the Soviet authorities.

The creation of the museum was initiated by the artist's daughter and wife - Halyna and Platonida Khotkevych, who in 1988 came to Kharkiv after many years of emigration. They managed to buy several rooms of the house from the new owners and open a memorial room-museum of Hnat Khotkevych on an area of ​​50 square meters. At the same time, the entire territory of the Khotkevych estate was included in the state register of historical and cultural monuments of Ukraine. Since 2005, the room-museum of Hnat Khotkevych has been a branch of the Kharkiv Literary Museum.

The museum's exposition recreates the image of the writer, historian, and art critic. It presents rare documents, manuscripts, letters, photographs, books, concert posters, musical instruments, sheet music, lifetime editions of Khotkevych's books, and translations of works by European authors into Ukrainian. The permanent exhibition "Hnat Khotkevych - Artist" presents a cycle of his paintings created in 1908-1909 in the Hutsul region.

It is planned to reconstruct the Khotkevych estate to restore it to its original appearance.