Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

The interactive museum and entertainment complex "Underhill Earth History Park" is located in the open air on the outskirts of the village of Pidhirya near Bohorodchany.

The park was created in 2021 by entrepreneurs Taras and Peter Belz for the organization of active, scientific family recreation. 15 sculptures of prehistoric animals, mostly from the Cenozoic era, are presented on the territory of the complex: mammoths, elasmoterium, gomphotherium and others. The "Museum of the Earth" in the dome-shaped room introduces the formation and development of the planets of the solar system. Opened in 2023, the "Museum of Civilization" tells about the history of mankind from the Neolithic to modern times and even offers a glimpse into the future. Its main exhibit is a copy of a hairy rhinoceros, which was found by scientists in 1929 in the village of Starunia in Prykarpattia.

Part of the complex is a mini-zoo where lions, tigers and ostriches are kept. The park has many themed locations and photo zones, sports and playgrounds, a food court and a souvenir shop.

Scientific and educational excursions of various topics are held.

The monument to Dmytro Nehrych "Moroz", the first centurion of the Bereziv Hundred of the UPA, was opened in 2003 in the center of the village of Vyzhnii Bereziv, near the village council.

It was in this village that the legendary UPA commander was born, who heroically died in 1945 in a battle with units of the NKVD.

The kryivka (hideout) of UPA fighters was restored in 2018 in Playek tract near the village of Hrynkiv.

In 1947, there was an underground bunker at this place, which was used by the propaganda department of the Regional Leadership of the OUN of the Carpathian Territory. On November 5, 1947, ten rebels led by Geletiy Leon "Tysa" fought here with a large squad of NKVD punishers. Almost all of them died.

Local activists found the site of the battle in the forest and rebuilt the kryivka according to the preserved drawings.

The UPA Museum-Kryivka (hideout) in Verkhovyna opened in 2021 in the basement of the Petro Shekeryk-Donykiv Memorial Museum.

The museum was created by the owner of this century-old building, Ivan Makivnychuk, whose ancestors included UPA fighters. The secret entrance to the hideout-museum is through a well.

The museum exposition reproduces the atmosphere in which Ukrainian rebels lived during the liberation struggle in the middle of the 20th century. Authentic weapons, clothes, interrogation log, other documents and old photos are presented.

The UPA Kryivka-Museum on the outskirts of Pistyn village was opened in 2015 on the Fatherland Fatherland Day on the feast of the Intercession of the Holy Mother of God on the initiative of the local community and with the support of the Kuty Forestry State Enterprise.

It was at this place that the Kosiv foresters found the remains of an underground shelter of soldiers of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA) with an archive of documents that tell about the armed struggle of Kosoiv rebels against the Soviet invaders in 1946-1951.

The museum complex consists of three kryivkas (hideouts), reconstructed in their original form (residential kryivka, armory hideout, hospital kryivka), between which the tourist route "Paths of the UPA's Battle Glory" is laid. Information stands introduce the history of the creation of the complex and the main milestones of the formation and activity of the UPA in the territory of the Kosiv district.

Near the UPA Kryivka-Museum, the infrastructure of a recreation area with the possibility of camping has been arranged.

The Vasyl Kasiyan Memorial Art Museum in Sniatyn was opened in 1982 in a one-story building with an original wooden terrace near the city center.

The exhibition is dedicated to the outstanding Ukrainian graphic artist, the founder of the 20th century Ukrainian school of graphics, Vasyl Kasiyan, who was born in 1896 in the village of Mykulyntsi on the outskirts of Sniatyn.

In three museum rooms, there is a permanent exhibition that acquaints museum visitors with the life and creative path of the artist. The best graphic works of Vasyl Kasiyan and his students, a linocut machine, books of the artist-art critic, his personal library, manuscripts, photographs, clothes and other items used by the artist are presented here.

In other halls of the museum, exhibitions of famous painters, photographers, young novice artists, masters of decorative and applied arts are held.

A monument to Vasyl Kasiyan has been installed in front of the museum.

The Sniatyn District Vasyl Pylypyuk's Creativity Museum was created in 2016 in his native village of Novoselytsia.

An outstanding Ukrainian photo artist, laureate of the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine, Honored Worker of the Arts of Ukraine, Vasyl Pylypyuk was born in Novoselytsia in 1950. His works were exhibited at more than 100 national and international exhibitions.

A significant number of works by the world-famous Carpathian photo artist are currently on display at the Vasyl Pylypyuk Art Museum in Novoselytsia.

The Rusiv Literary and Memorial Museum of Vasyl Stefanyk was opened in 1947 in the native village of the classic of Ukrainian literature, the master of the expressionist novel.

It was in Rusiv village that Vasyl Stefanyk was born in 1871 in the family of a wealthy peasant, where he went to primary school. Later, he returned to Rusiv with his own family and lived in the family estate for 26 years until his death.

The memorial part of the museum is now located in the four-room house built by Stefanyk with a tin roof on oak foundations. The exhibition consists of numerous household items, interior items, furniture, books, magazines, portraits, photographs and various archival documents. In particular, the interior of Stefanyk's office has been preserved.

The literary exposition is located in a separate room in the center of the village – on the site of the village school where the writer studied. Manuscripts and lifetime editions of Vasyl Stefanyk's works, other materials about his work are presented here.

A monument to Vasyl Stefanyk has been erected on the square near the museum. At the village cemetery, you can visit the grave of the writer and his closest relatives.

The Vasyl Strypko ceramics family museum is located in Kosiv in the house where the honored master of folk art himself lives with his family.

The exposition presents original works of the ceramist with traditional Kosiv ornaments.

By agreement with the owner, you can visit his workshop, sit at the potter's wheel, and make a ceramic souvenir as a keepsake.

Vidrodzhennya Square (Renaissance Square) is the historical center of the city of Kolomyia.

In the medieval city, it was part of a large market square where the town hall stood (initially there was a castle in its place, then a Catholic church).

Houses of the 19th and 20th centuries have been preserved along the perimeter of the Vidrodzhennya Square. The oldest among them is building No. 1, which housed the Grand Hotel before the Second World War.

In 1914, a bust of Taras Shevchenko was erected on the square to celebrate the poet's 100th birthday, but it was soon destroyed. A new monument to Shevchenko was erected only in 1990.

The cozy pedestrian part of Vyacheslav Chornovol Avenue begins from the Vidrodzhennya Square.

The Verkhnii Yaseniv Village History Museum was opened in 2021 at the expense of the public and with the support of the National Nature Park "Verkhovynskyi".

The exposition tells about the history, culture and daily life of the village, as well as about prominent natives of Verkhniy Yaseniv, including the famous molfar Mykhaylo Nechay and the Hutsul virtuoso musician Roman Kumlyk.

Historical photographs, a map of Lesya Ukrayinka and Ivan Franko's stay and routes in the Verkhovyna region, and household items of the Hutsuls are presented.

The room-museum of Volodymyr Ivasyuk was opened in 2000 in the premises of the Broshniv-Osada children's art school, which since 2002 also bears the name of the Hero of Ukraine Volodymyr Ivasyuk.

Among the exhibits are a large collection of photographs, handwritten collections of poems and songs by the author, memories of his father and sister about the outstanding composer, as well as memories of his contemporaries – Nazariy Yaremchuk, Vasyl Zinkevych, Lyudmyla Pakhmutova, Rostyslav Bratun, Roman Kudlyk.

A bas-relief of Ivasyuk is installed on the facade of the art school.

The Mariiampil castle on the high left bank of the Dniester was built in 1691 by the famous Polish commander, the great crown hetman Stanisłav Yablonovsky.

In the 12th-15th centuries, there was an ancient Rus settlement of Chortopil on this place, and later - a wooden castle of Bozhiy Vydok. Yablonovsky Castle was named Mariiampil in honor of the icon of the Virgin Mary "the Victorious", who accompanied the hetman in all his military campaigns. The fortress had four defensive towers, two entrance gates, a residential building and garrison barracks, a siege well.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, part of the defensive structures were dismantled for the construction of a new palace, which has survived to this day (now a hospital). A 600-year-old oak tree grows in front of the palace, and an ancient park is located behind the house.

There is a healing spring at the foot of Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora).

The water mill on the Limnytsya River was built in the village of Yasen in 1930.

In 2017, the non-profit organization "Ukrainian Women's Guard" leased a non-working for several dozen years Yasensky mill and restored it with the help of the local community. An operational bread mill-museum is being created on its base, where the attributes of the traditional baking art of Prykarpattya will be exhibited.

With the support of the Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Ukraine, a social bakery was opened next to the Yasen mill, the profits from which are directed to the further development of the project and to the needs of Ukrainian soldiers and their families, as well as a training center for the wives of fallen soldiers, where women are taught entrepreneurship.

The center of Ukrainian formality, youth movement, venue for festivals, children's and youth sports and patriotic camps, "Unizh" forge (Kuznya) was founded in 2008 on the picturesque bank of the Dniester by public figure and entrepreneur Vladyslav Kyrychenko (GO "Reformation").

A modern center for patriotic, cultural and intellectual education of young people is being created on the ruins of the farm buildings of the former collective farm. Music festivals, discussion clubs, creative workshops, children's camps take place on the territory of "Forge" in Unizh.

The complex is created by the hands of enthusiasts and volunteers.