Attractions of Ivano-Frankivsk region

Cheese-museum "Hata-staya" was opened in 2014. The "staya" is a traditional element of the Polonyn estate of Hutsul shepherds, where budz cheese is made from sheep's milk. The real century-old Hutsul house was moved by the owners from a remote village. The oldest part of the building is a room with an oven, where embroidered shirts and towels, dishes (plates, jars), carpets, etc. are collected. Here the hosts prepare meals in the oven. The second room "Hutsul room" is intended for master classes and tastings. But first, visitors are invited to take part in the process of making budza in a "staya", where a bowl of milk is placed over an open hearth. This is followed by a tasting. Here you can also learn to cook Hutsul dishes or take a weaving lesson.

The estate of St. Nicholas near Kosovo is the "official residence" of the patron saint of children, one of the most beloved and revered saints in Ukraine, whose holiday is celebrated on December 19, New Year's Eve. According to the tradition of this day, all children receive gifts from St. Nicholas. In 2003, the Hutsulshchyna National Nature Park launched the St. Nicholas Estate project, which received official status following a decree by the President of Ukraine. In the house of St. Nicholas, made in the traditional Carpathian style, children and adults can visit the exhibition of Christmas and New Year toys, work on a master class and, of course, meet St. Nicholas himself. The estate is open all year round. Meeting with St. Nicholas - by prior arrangement.

The Vyhoda Narrow Gauge Railway Heritage Center is housed in an old building built in 1855, where Baron Leopold Popper von Podhragy, the founder of the Vyhoda Narrow Gauge Railway, lived. After reconstruction, the building was transformed into a modern interpretive visitor center "Carpathian Tram", the final station of which is located nearby. The interactive exposition tells about the local nature and forest ecosystem of the Carpathians, the history of the woodworking industry, the emergence of the Vyhoda narrow-gauge railway, ethnography, folk crafts and more. In the center you can rent equipment for active tourism, buy guides, maps, souvenirs.

The ethnographic museum of antiquities of the Hutsul region was opened in the yard of his own house by ethnographer and historian from Kryvyi Rih Ya. Zelenchuk. In one hall there are several thematic expositions: ancient times (tools for gathering, hunting, fishing), shepherd's mountain pasture, woodworking and construction, handicrafts and crafts, samples of decorative and applied arts (clothes, painted pottery, carvings, carvings). instruments (drums, violins), the liberation struggle (world wars, the opryshki movement). In particular, a copy of the smoking pipe of the legendary Hutsul Chukutykha is presented.

The Hutsulshchyna Regional History and Local Lore Museum in Verkhovyna was opened in 1938 with the active support of the public and political figure, ethnographer-folklorist and original writer P. Shekeryk-Donikov. Household items, clothes, paintings, etc. are presented. Workshops are held, during which you can observe the process of making Hutsul carpets.

Hutsulshchyna National Nature Park is located in a picturesque forest part of the Pokutsko-Bukovynian Carpathians. Its area is over 32 thousand hectares. The relief combines foothills and mountain ranges. The lower part is dominated by deciduous forests, the lowlands are covered with beech and hornbeam forests, and at the height grows mainly Carpathian spruce (spruce). 19 species of animals living here are listed in the Red Book. These places are interesting because they have preserved ancient crafts, folk crafts, traditions and customs of the Hutsuls. Many tourist routes pass through the territory of the national park. Ecological cognitive paths are laid here, equestrian tourism, rural green tourism, ethnotourism are developed. Fans of water recreation are attracted by the rapids and waterfalls of the river Lyuchka, Pistynka, Cheremosh. The Museum of Nature operates in the central estate of the Hutsulshchyna National Park.

The Ivan Franko Literary Memorial Museum was opened in the house of V. Yakobyuk, where the writer rested several times in 1906-14. He liked Kryvyi Rih so much that he chose this village for his permanent summer vacation and came here almost every summer with his family for 12 years. Here it was visited by L. Ukrainka, G. Khotkevych, M. Kotsyubynsky, M. Hrushevsky, V. Hnatyuk, V. Shukhevych and others. Already ill, Franco continued to work here, dictating the texts of his works to a local teacher. The museum was founded in 1960 on the initiative of the writer's wife G. Khotkevych - Platonida. The exposition, located in 5 rooms, stores Frank's personal belongings: a bed, a desk and a chair, a guest bench, a clock, etc. An interesting Hutsul stove, decorated with tiles by O. Bakhmatyuk (1874).

The constructivist building of the town hall on Sq. The market is the most famous symbol of Ivano-Frankivsk. At the time of construction in 1932, it was the tallest building in the city (49.5 m). The first wooden town hall on this site was built shortly after the founding of the city in the XVII century, but then it was repeatedly rebuilt. The most interesting from an architectural point of view was the town hall of Austrian times, which existed in 1871-1915. In its current form, the town hall was built in the interwar period. Monolithic reinforced concrete walls could not be blown up by the German occupiers before the retreat in 1944. In April 1990, the national Ukrainian flag was raised for the first time over the building of Ivano-Frankivsk City Hall. Since Soviet times, the building houses several exhibits of the Museum of Local Lore: nature, history, folk art, archeology. There are rich collections of weapons and books, as well as antique furniture. In total - 120 thousand subjects. An interesting exhibit is a model of the old Stanislavov of the Potocki era. Numismatist meetings are held in the lobby every Sunday.

The Khata-Grazhda Museum was established in Kryvyi Rih on the basis of one of the few examples of this typical Hutsul fortress house built in 1858. Residential and commercial buildings with deaf outer walls surround a small courtyard, forming an enclosed space. Citizens served to protect against enemies, wild beasts and bad weather. Kryvyi Rih citizen in the late nineteenth century. belonged to the Haruk family, who were often visited by writer I. Franko and ethnographer V. Hnatyuk. In 1964, this hut was used during the filming of "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors". Since 1984, the house was empty. In 1993 it was restored and a museum was opened. There are exhibitions of paintings and photographs.

The Museum of the History of Kolomyia occupies the premises of the former county council, where the interiors of the XIX-XX centuries have been restored. During the Western Ukraine, the district military commandant Teodor Primak worked here. The history of the city's development is presented in 18 exposition halls in documents, memorials and household items. Permanent exhibitions: "German colonies of Kolomyia", "Kolomyia and the Habsburgs", "Formation of Kolomyia at the end of the XIX - first half of the XX century", "Economy and trade of the city in the XIX-XX centuries", "From the history of the Jewish community of the city", " From the history of the Ukrainian ethnic lands of modern Poland until 1944. "

The Kosiv Museum of Folk Art and Life of the Hutsul Region presents a rich collection of folk handicrafts: wood carving, pottery, artistic weaving, embroidery. The exposition acquaints with the folk decorative and applied art of the region of XIX-XX centuries. Of special artistic value is the collection of works by the family of carvers Shkryblyak from the village of Yavorova.

The Museum of Hutsul Life and Art "At the Trembitar" was opened at home in Verkhovyna by Hutsul musician Mykola Ilyuk, the leader of the ensemble "Hutsuls". Ilyuk's house is located on a hill in the village of Shveykove. The exposition presents traditional Hutsul costumes, household items and more than a hundred folk musical instruments. The host conducts tours, telling about the origins of the Hutsuls, their life and crafts, rituals and traditions. He plays most of the presented musical instruments. Offers visitors master classes in the famous Hutsul trembita, drumba, cymbals, bagpipes.

The open-air museum is located on the territory of the ancient settlement, on the first line of the defensive ramparts. The island of folk architecture acquaints visitors with the life of the inhabitants of Prykarpattia in the XVII-XX centuries. On the territory of 4.5 hectares there are traditional dwellings of four ethnographic districts: Pokuttya, Hutsulshchyna, Boykivshchyna and Opillya. Currently, 11 original monuments of folk architecture are collected here, in the interiors of which ancient household items are exhibited.