Attractions of Lviv region

The museum-cultural complex of the history of brewing "Lviv Brewery" was opened in Lviv in 2016 on the territory of "Lviv Brewery", which is considered the oldest in Ukraine. The first written mention of Lviv beer dates back to 1384, when a certain Hanko Kleper bought a brewery in the Krakow suburbs, which is still called Kleparov. The official date of opening of "Lviv Brewery" is considered to be 1715. The first brewing museum was opened at the brewery in 2005. After reconstruction, it became a modern art center "Lviv". In the beer museum you can get acquainted with the ancient technology of production. A brewing oven, fermentation vat, beer kegs, etc. are presented. Interesting collections of beer barrels and bottles, beer mugs, samples of advertising, technology book and other unique documents. A special exhibit is the legendary 10-liter glass of the brewery's shareholder Robert Doms. Thanks to the interactive exhibits of the museum, every visitor can feel like a real brewer, touch the history of beer and look into the brewing process. At the end of the tour there is a tasting of 12 types of keg beer in the restaurant "Robert Doms' Drunken House", located in the former beer cellars. There is a souvenir shop. Lvivarnya also functions as a modern art center, where exhibitions, concerts, cultural events, conferences and corporate events take place.

The museum of the Ustiyanovych family was opened in 1991 in the former house of the priest of the Vvedenskaya Church in Vovkov. It was here in 1839, in the family of the priest Mykola Ustiyanovych, a famous writer and poet, that Kornylo Ustiyanovych was born - a future famous Ukrainian artist and public figure. A separate exposition is dedicated to the work of F. Rzegoż, a Czech ethnographer who is called "the apostle of Slavic unity". An ethnographic exposition has been set up in the wooden granary: folk clothing, tools, spinning wheels, spindles, lamps, utensils, chests, etc.

The local history museum of the village of Markopil is located in the premises of the Markopil secondary school. Since 1998 he has been working on a voluntary basis. The museum exposition is divided into the periods "Ancient History", "Markopil Castle", "Markopil during the World Wars", "School Education of Markopol". The museum has about 1,000 exhibits.

The Museum of the History of Ukraine of the Lviv Historical Museum is housed in a four-story building on Rynok Square in Lviv, known as the "Massarivska Kamyanytsia" (Massari House). Built in the XV century in the Gothic style, later rebuilt in the style of the Renaissance. For some time the house belonged to the family of the Venetian consul Antonio Massari. In the middle of the XIX century there was a delicacy shop Henneman. At the beginning of the XX century the facade was decorated with a triangular pediment, decorated with an allegorical relief by the sculptor Kurchynsky. Late Gothic vaults and windows on the first floor, elements of Renaissance interior decoration have been preserved.

Now in "Massarivska kamyanitsa" there is a historical exposition, which presents more than 2100 monuments of Ukrainian history from ancient times to the early twentieth century: Neolithic instruments and musical instruments, Trypillia ceramics, golden Scythian treasure, ancient Russian crosses, encolpions, medieval swords of Katowice. Lviv, magnate women's and men's clothing, Cossack weapons, astronomical table clock of the XVIII century, collections of old prints and paintings. The portrait of young Roksolana, a girl Nastya Lisovska from Rohatyn, a Turkish prisoner who became the wife of Sultan Suleiman II, is still a secret.

The memorial complex "Fighters for the Freedom of Ukraine" was opened in 2005 on the territory of the former city prison Stryja, which operated from 1898 to 1963. The exposition of the unique museum-prison is dedicated to political prisoners tortured here in different periods of Austria. Hungarians, the Polish government and the Soviet regime. The worst page in history was the mass shooting of political prisoners in 1941 before the retreat of the Red Army. The complex includes a symbolic wrought-iron fence, fragments of walls with barred windows, a watchtower, an entrance arch with a crown of thorns, a two-story museum building, a mourning wall, a sarcophagus tomb, a monument to Pieta.

The Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes "Territory of Terror" was opened in Lviv on the territory of the №25 prison. The prison was established in 1944 by the Soviet occupation administration, which replaced the Nazi one. During the war, the Lviv ghetto was located here. The museum complex has two barracks, watchtowers, barbed wire fence and other infrastructure facilities. The museum tells the story of political, social, ethnic and religious repressions of totalitarian regimes against the population living in Ukraine.

The museum of the family of a prominent Ukrainian politician, OUN leader Stepan Bandera was opened in Stryi on the occasion of the 101st anniversary of his birth. The exposition, which is mostly dedicated to the school years of the young Stepan, is located in the house of his grandfather M. Bandera, where he lived, studying from 1919 to 1927 at the Stryi Gymnasium. The exposition of the house-museum also tells about all members of the large Bandera family, each of whom in one way or another joined the struggle for Ukrainian independence. Documents, photos, personal belongings are presented. In front of the house opened a square named after Stepan Bandera.

The first museum of modern abstract sculpture in Ukraine was created in Bryukhovychi by a prominent Ukrainian artist, modernist sculptor Mykhailo Dzyndra, who lived most of his life in the United States. The development of the project and financing of the construction was undertaken by the artist himself. The basis of the exhibition were sculptures that he brought from America. Among the works of the master exhibited in the museum are spectacular sculptures "Lovers" and "Honeymoon", sculptural portraits of women, "Frightened Soldier" and about 800 other sculptures. The Mykhailo Dzyndra Museum of Modern Sculpture is a department of the Lviv National Art Gallery.

The Church of St. Michael the Archangel in Staraya Skvaryava near Zhovkva is one of the oldest wooden churches in Ukraine, which is accurately dated. According to the inscription on the beam of the south wall, it was built in 1508. The church originally stood on the ancient Russian settlement of Shchekotyn in nearby Hlynsk. In 1715 it was moved to Staraya Skvaryava, when the local church burned down. The iconostasis, one of the best monuments of the Przemyśl school of icon painting, was also moved. Until the XVI century. there are icons of the prayer series, which depict two figures of saints and two gospel stories. The central icon of the series is the "Savior in the Power of Heaven", which depicts the Last Supper. These works belong to the masters of the Przemyśl school of icon painting. The royal gates date back to the middle of the XVII century. Since 2015, the church has housed the museum "Staroskvaryavsky iconostasis of the XVI-XVIII centuries." - a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion.

The Boim Chapel near the walls of the Latin Cathedral is one of the most remarkable architectural monuments of Lviv. The chapel was built at the beginning of the 17th century above the family crypt of the Lviv patricians Boimov (next to the cathedral there was a city cemetery). Probably, the construction was carried out by the artel of architect A. Bemer. This building in the style of the mature Renaissance with the transition to the Baroque, experts call a shining example of southern Mannerism in Ukraine. The western facade of the chapel impresses with the richness of decorative decoration. The author of the sculptural composition is considered to be a master from Wroclaw G. Scholz. The dome is crowned by an unusual sculpture of Christ sitting. The interior is also full of many sculptural images, most of which were made by I. Pfister. Currently, the Boim Chapel is a department of the Lviv Art Gallery.

The Museum of Folk Life is organized by a local priest, the collection is exhibited in the architectural monument - the wooden bell tower of the Church of St. Michael (1730). The three-tiered bell tower is considered a monument of Hutsul wooden architecture. The museum presents a variety of tools, utensils, looms, folk clothing, furniture. On the second floor there is an exhibition of icons and embroidered banners. Excursions are conducted by a priest of the nearby Church of St. Michael (1902)

The Museum of Art Woodworking was established on the basis of the Art Vocational School №14 in Ivano-Frankivsk. The exposition began to take shape in 1958, when the school was still operating in Yavoriv. The museum exhibits many decorative plates decorated with Yavoriv ornaments, flat-relief carvings, relief carvings, openwork-relief carvings; candlesticks; Yavoriv boxes; pendants from various plates; furniture with Yavoriv carvings, including two chess tables with chess pieces. Numerous easel carvings on fairy-tale themes, sculptural portraits of I. Franko and B. Khmelnytsky are presented.

The Museum of Ethnography and Crafts of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine occupies a Neo-Renaissance building on the main street of the city. At the base of the dome is an allegorical sculptural group symbolizing the economic prosperity of Galicia, which is called the world's only sitting Statue of Liberty. The exposition presents a rich collection of ceramics, porcelain and earthenware, art glass products. Collection of watches of the XVI-XX centuries. has about 350 copies.

The Sheptytsky Museum of Folk Architecture and Life "Shevchenkivsky Gai" is located on wooded hills in the eastern part of Lviv, behind the High Castle. It is divided into six ethnographic zones, representing the life of different nationalities of Western Ukraine: Boyko, Lemko, Hutsul, Bukovina, Podolsk, Volyn. There are more than 120 architectural monuments from the western regions: 6 churches, houses, a smithy, a school, a sawmill, a loom, a water mill and a windmill. The oldest exhibit is a peasant house from 1749.

The museum of Hetman Petro Konashevich-Sagaidachny was opened in the village of Kulchytsia, where he was born in 1570 in the family of a local nobleman. From here he went to study at the Ostroh Academy, and then went to the Zaporozhye Sich, later becoming one of the most prominent politicians in the history of Ukraine. In 1992, a monument to Sagaidachny was erected in Kulchytsia. The Sagaidachny Museum was opened in the premises of the former primary school. The exposition includes about 900 exhibits. Since 1993, every third Sunday in April, the Sahaidachny Memorial Day has been held annually near the monument to Petro Sagaidachny. There is also an exposition dedicated to another famous native of Kulczyce - Yuri Kulczycki, the hero of the defense of Vienna in 1683 and the owner of the first Viennese coffee house. In 2010, a monument to Yuri Kulchytsky was erected in front of the museum.