Attractions of Orikhiv

The Orikhiv Museum of Local Lore was founded in 1972. Since 1993, the museum has been located in the historic building of the city administration, which is an architectural monument of local importance. The building was erected in 1893 in the style of Ukrainian classicism.

The museum's funds include about 7,000 exhibits. The "Archaeology" hall acquaints visitors with the history of the region from the Stone Age to the second half of the 18th century, when the construction of the Dnipro fortified line began and the first Cossack settlement in Orikhiv Balka arose.

The exposition "Orikhiv region at the turn of the 19th – early 20th centuries" tells about the development of the modern city of Orikhiv.

There is an ethnographic exhibition in the exhibition hall, where old household items are presented: clothes, dishes, towels, irons, samovars, etc.

A separate exhibition tells about the events of the Russian-Ukrainian war, starting in 2014.

During the full-scale Russian invasion of 2022, when Orikhiv was close to the front line, the building of the Orikhiv Museum of Local Lore was damaged by shelling of the city by the Russian invaders.