Attractions of Novohrad-Volynskyi district

The Lesia Ukrainka Literary Memorial Museum in Novohrad-Volynskyi was established in a small house where the future poetess was born in 1871. A simple one-story house of a burgher Okruzhka was rented in 1870 by the Kosach family: the chairman of the Congress of Justices of the Peace P. Kosach and his wife Olga, who is known by the literary pseudonym Olena Pchilka. Little Larissa spent the first two years of her life here, after which the family moved. The interior of Lesya Ukrainka's parents' house has been restored, the atmosphere of the child's room and father's office has been restored, and relics of the Kosach family, including Lesya Ukrainka's personal belongings, are presented in other rooms. The transitional gallery leads to the neighboring house (former economic), where a literary-memorial exposition is unfolded. A bust of Lesya Ukrainka is installed in the yard.

Porcelain factory "Baranovka" opened in 1802 ots. businessman M. Mezer, buying land for him from the magnates Lubomyrsky-Valevsky. The raw material was clay, which was mined nearby. The utensils made at the factory decorated the palaces of nobles and emperors. Having changed several owners, the Barani porcelain factory continued to operate during the Soviet era and until the early 2000s remained the country's leading enterprise in this field. The company is currently closed, but the city has private mini-porcelain factories. The Baranivka factory has had a museum since 1952, which exhibits samples of products that are over a hundred years old.

The house-museum of the Kosach family was opened in 1999 in the reconstructed Zavadsky house, where Lesya Ukrainka's literary family lived for 6 years. The exposition is based on the lifetime publications of Olena Pchilka (mother of Lesya Ukrainka), M. Drahomanov (uncle of Lesya Ukrainka), Lesya Ukrainka herself. There is also a music school on site.

The Museum of Local Lore of Novohrad-Volynskyi was established on the basis of the Museum of Military Glory, which has been operating since 1975. A separate section is devoted to the history of ancient Zviahel in the XIII-XVIII centuries. The museum has a rich collection of written documents and ancient books. The basis of the numismatic collection are Roman coins, money of the Cossack era, royal coins. The ethnographic department presents a collection of towels, embroideries, household items of the Polissya region. In the future, it is planned to move the exposition to the premises of the former prison (XIX century; 52 Voli Street).

Yemilchyn BDA of Korosten fortified area is a battalion defense area, a system of long-term fortifications on the outskirts of Yemilchyne township. It was built in 1931-39 as part of the KoUR to cover the rear located southwest of the Novograd-Volynsky fortified area. It consisted of 25 DOTs, including 6 artillery semi-caponiers built in 1938-39, each for 2 76.2 mm guns. On the basis of one of the surviving semi-caponiers, agro-industrial complex №25, a museum and a department of the Yemilchansky National Museum of Local Lore were created. The exposition acquaints with the history of the Second World War, maps-schemes of KoUR and a separate Yemilchyn BDA. Reconstruction of elements of internal equipment has begun, full restoration of armament is planned.