Attractions of Odesa region

The Museum of Interesting Science in Odesa is the first scientific and entertaining interactive museum in the south of Ukraine, where more than 100 unique interactive exhibits from the world of science are collected. If in other museums you can't even touch valuable exhibits, then not only you can, but you must touch, check, feel and see in action. Both children and adults can conduct interesting experiments and unusual experiments. The main task of the museum is to show schoolchildren and students that even the most difficult tasks and the longest formulas can be exciting, you just have to look at them from another angle. The Museum of Interesting Science seeks to teach the subjects of the natural cycle: physics, chemistry, biology, geology, astronomy, mathematics and many other fields of knowledge. Tesla shows are held daily in the museum's laboratory, and chemical and physical shows are actively developed. The planetarium hosts sessions of cognitive science films about space every hour. In addition to the rich museum exposition, there is a cozy cafe and a small shop.

The Migdal-Shorashim Museum of the History of the Jews of Odesa was opened on the initiative of the Migdal Jewish Community Center in Odesa. His exhibition is located in a small apartment and reflects the history of the Jewish community, which is inextricably linked with the culture of Odesa. The permanent exhibition includes about a thousand items: documents, photographs, books, newspapers, postcards, religious and household items, musical instruments, works of art and more.

The Museum of Maritime Glory was opened in the premises of the Odesa Naval Academy. O. Marinesco. The organizers and founders of the museum were members of the Association of Submariners, who together with the school prepared the exhibition. The exhibition is dedicated to the development of the navy since the founding of the school until now. The main exposition tells about the Odesa submariner Alexander Marinesco, who carried out the legendary "Attack of the Century" during the Second World War. In 1945, a C-13 submarine under the command of Marinesco sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff, carrying more than 3,000 soldiers and officers. As a result, Nazi Germany's navy was severely damaged. Admission to the museum is free.

The Museum of Military Glory and the Afghan War opened in the premises of the Odessa Regional Union of Veterans of Afghanistan in 2014, on the 25th anniversary of the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan. The museum exposition has 450 exhibits. These are Afghan newspapers, phrasebooks, Afghan money, photographs, as well as samples of weapons and military equipment: anti-tank and anti-personnel mines, bulletproof vests, helmets, gas masks, etc.

The Odesa Municipal Museum of Personal Collections was created on the basis of personal collections of works of art by the famous Soviet climber O. Bleschunov. A meeting of the Odesa intelligentsia was held in his communal apartment, whose representatives helped him to collect a collection of paintings and antiques. In 1989, the collector donated his collections to the city and until his death in 1991 remained head of the museum. The exhibition presents exhibitions "Russian Antiquity", "Buddhist East", "Western Europe", "Muslim East", "Odesa" and others.

The Museum of Sound in Odessa is an exclusive collection of historical rarities of sound equipment, an exhibition of audio equipment, an exhibition of all generations of sound carriers, a club of live music and musicians, a professional recording studio, a school of sound directors and DJs. The collection was collected by Odessa sound director Vasyl Pinchuk, head of the Odessa regional organization of the All-Ukrainian Union of Sound Directors. The exhibition presents gramophones and gramophones, radios and tape recorders, vinyl records, film reels, audio cassettes, CDs, posters, posters, record labels - with the logos of many companies and record factories that have replaced each other for centuries.

Museum of the Port of Odesa after F. de Volana was founded in 1990 on the initiative of the port employee and collector M. Gleb-Koshansky, opened to the 200th anniversary of Odesa. The museum is located in the old building of the barge - a hostel for porters. The exposition is based on a unique collection of documents dedicated to the history of construction and development of the Odesa seaport, founded in 1796 according to the plans of the Dutch engineer F. de Volan. In particular, de Volan's plans for the development of the city and the harbor are presented. There is also an exposition of the Navy Museum, which is previously located in the building of the Odesa Naval Station. The pride of the museum is several hundred models of ships. Excursions with a visit to the museum and the port.

Odesa Museum of Western and Oriental Art is one of the best museums in the country in this field. Occupies the former palace of the landowner A. Abaza, built in 1856-58 by architect L. Otto. The house is made in an eclectic style: baroque features coexist with elements of Empire and Rococo styles. The "swinging" grand staircase in the lobby, carved from Carrara marble, erected without load-bearing beams-kosour together with the platforms form a spectacular hanging structure. The interiors of the Abaza Palace are rich in stucco decor, carvings, bronze fittings. The Museum of Western and Oriental Art was founded in Odesa in 1923 on the basis of private collections collected by the local committee for the protection of monuments of art and antiquity. The exhibition presents paintings by Dutch masters, porcelain of the best European factories of the XVIII-XX centuries, sculptures and ceramics of Iran, Tibet, China, India and Japan. Pearls of the collection: "St. Luke" and "St. Matthew" by the great Dutchman F. Hals, "Madonna on the Throne" by the Florentine painter of the 16th century. F. Granacci, "Endangered Cupid" by E. Falcone, as well as unique woodcuts by the famous Japanese master Katsushiki Hokusai from the series "Book of Birds".

The Odesa house-museum named after Mykola Roerich was opened in 2000. Works by Mykola Roerich and Sviatoslav Roerich (reproductions) are presented in five halls; student of Mykola Roerich - Boris Smirnov-Rusetsky; A. Fonvizin; V. Yasnopilska; paintings by I. Rudzite, V. Lavrinov and Odessa artists. In the center of the Teachers' Hall is a relief map with the route of the Central Asian Roerich Expedition, which lasted 5 years (1923-28). The Roerich family room exhibits portraits of all members of Svyatoslav Roerich's family, as well as paintings dedicated to two great religions and their devotees: Orthodox Christianity and the Buddhist East. The Roerich family room presents the literary heritage of all family members and art albums of their works.

The museum complex in Nerubaysky was created on the basis of a part of Odesa catacombs, in which Odesa partisans hid during the Second World War. Odesa catacombs are considered the largest and most confusing artificial labyrinth in the world - about 2.5-3 thousand kilometers. They arose as a result of underground mining of building stone - rakushnyak, which was used in the construction of almost all existing buildings in the city since the XVIII century. Abandoned fellings are connected by tunnels and passages, which Odessa residents broke through from their basements. During the Portofranco period, catacombs were actively used by smugglers, who could deliver goods from the sea outside the city. In 1941-42, 70 people of the partisan detachment left in the Nerubay catacombs carried out active sabotage and reconnaissance work, were walled up by the Romanian occupiers and almost all died. After the war, the Guerrilla Glory Memorial Complex-Museum was opened here. According to eyewitnesses, the situation at that time was restored. On an area of ​​about 1 thousand square meters. meters in the underground labyrinths are attributes of guerrilla life and samples of weapons. Patriotic inscriptions calling for victory over the Nazis have been preserved on the walls.

The Museum-Reserve "Catacombs of Odesa" combines ancient quarries for the extraction of building stone, military bunkers and bomb shelters, as well as real natural caves. The total length of the underground passages of the museum is about 10 km. The dungeons of the museum-reserve are recognized as an object of cultural heritage of the city. The quarries are located at a depth of 15-25 m below the city quarters within the streets of Balkivska, Dalnytska, Babel, Mykhailivska, in the former suburb of the city, which has the historical name "Moldovanka". The reserve covers more than 30 quarries, united at different times into a single underground labyrinth. The oldest workings are located in the southern part of the K-24 district ("Razumovsky Massif"). Ancient masonry, miners' wells, flooded labyrinths combined with messages on the walls of past years create an atmosphere of unknown and mysterious. The museum also has the opportunity to see one of the natural karst caves "Odesa-1".

One of the most visited museums in Odesa, located in the palace of the XIX century (architect L. Otton), which belonged to Prince D. Gagarin. In the second half of the century Gagarin transferred the palace to the city, in 1899-1903 there were meetings of the Literary and Artistic Society. Chic interiors have been preserved. The museum was founded in 1977. Each of the 20 halls reflects the artistic image of the decade to which it is dedicated. In the museum yard there is a garden of sculptures with flower beds, a fountain, medieval statues and modern humorous bronze miniature monuments in honor of the heroes of Odesa folklore: Eternal Jew Rabinovich, Future Genius, Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Denim Duke, Bone-sailor and more.

The Odesa Museum of History and Local Lore is located in the former palace of the industrialist Alexander Novikov, built in 1876 by architect Felix Gonsiorovsky. Forms of the late Italian Renaissance are used in architecture. After the revolution, the Novikov House housed a club, a library, party courses, and so on. The first museum exposition on the defense of Odesa was located here in 1948. And in 1956 the Odesa State Museum of History and Local Lore opened. Now the museum's collection has about 120 thousand exhibits. The exposition is based on documents, printed publications, works of applied and fine arts, numismatic collections, weapons of the XVII-XIX centuries from the collections of the Museum of the Odesa Society of History and Antiquities, the Book Museum, the Museum of Old Odesa and others. The interior of the ceremonial office of the governor-general of the beginning of the XIX century is recreated. Of particular interest is the courtyard of the museum with a miniature park and a graceful fountain "Grotto". Here are fragments of the monument to the founders of Odesa, erected in 1900 on Katerynynska Street and destroyed under Soviet rule.

The first specialized numismatic museum in Ukraine appeared in Odesa on the occasion of the 205th anniversary of the city. The founder is the oldest public organization in Odesa - Odesa City Society of Collectors. The museum collection includes more than 2.5 thousand coins and other exhibits. All periods in the history of the origin of civilization and statehood on Ukrainian soil, as well as the history of coinage and money circulation of Ukraine from ancient times to the period of independent development of the state are presented. Also on display are antique pottery and ancient Rus small sculptures. In particular, metal pendant badges with signs of princely power of the Rurik family.

The artistic treasures of Odesa are preserved and popularized by the Odesa National Art Museum (OFAM). He has an outstanding collection of all kinds of fine arts: painting, graphics, sculpture, arts and crafts, icon painting by Ukrainian and Russian masters from the XVI century to the present, numbering more than 10 thousand original works.

The museum is located in the ancient Potocki-Naryshkin Palace, which was built in 1823-1826 by Countess Olga Potocka (married to Naryshkin), daughter of Stanislav and Sophia Potocki. The construction was supervised by the Italian architect Francesco Boffo. This is a typical noble estate in the style of classicism with a two-story central building and side wings, which are connected by round galleries. The decoration of the ceiling, marble and parquet floors with inlay has been preserved. In the basement of the building there is an artificial cave with a grotto, which is connected by underground passages with the catacombs of Odessa (visit only accompanied by a guide).

In 1888 the palace was bought by Odesa Mayor Hryhoriy Marazli, and in 1899 on the initiative of the Odesa Society of Fine Arts it opened the City Museum of Fine Arts, which still functions as the Odesa National Art Museum. The exhibition presents works by Vasyl Tropinin, Taras Shevchenko, Ivan Aivazovsky, Alexei Savrasov, Ivan Shishkin, Ilya Repin, Mykola Pymonenko, Oleksandr Murashko, Arkhip Kuindzhi, Mykhailo Vrubel, Mykola Roerich, Oleksandr Benois, Zinaida Serebriakova. Vasyl Kandinsky's "Sunlit Street" is considered a world-class masterpiece.