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Zhytomyr Museum of Local Lore (Episcopal House)
An ancient mansion built in the 19th century on the Castle Square for the head of the Zhytomyr Catholic Diocese is called the Episcopal House in Zhytomyr. Currently, the Zhytomyr Regional Museum of Local Lore is located here, founded in 1865, when Volyn Governor M. Chortkov exhibited his collection of samples of 48 minerals and rocks in the public library. Then the exposition was supplemented by a collection of coins of the leader of the Zhytomyr nobility K. Symonych, materials of the Volyn diocesan ancient repository, nationalized collections of Counts Illinsky-Stetsky and Baron I. de Shoduar. Now the funds number 150 thousand monuments of history and culture, but the exhibition presents only a small part of the historical events of the first half of XX century. The main exhibition spa ...
Last update
11/25/2021
Categories | Museum / gallery |
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Date of foundation | 1865 |
Address |
Zamkovyi Square, 1
Zhytomyr |
Coordinates |
50.254973° N, 28.655222° E
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Phone | +380 412 470 656, +380 412 470 658, |
kraymuz_zt@ukr.net | |
Official site |
https://kray.zt.ua/ |
https://www.facebook.com/kraym... |
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