Attractions of Petrykivka

The exhibition of Petrykivka paintings works at the Petrykivka Folk Art Center. The traditional Petrykivka decorative painting became famous in the XIX century, it was preserved and even put on the assembly line in Soviet times. The Petrykivka Folk Art Center emerged in the early 1990s as the first enterprise owned by the folk craftsmen themselves, and now unites about 40 masters of Petrykivka painting. There is a permanent exhibition hall, workshops open to the public, excursions and master classes for children. The exhibition presents paintings, painted household items, jewelry. Here you can buy or order all kinds of souvenirs.

Petrykivka Museum of Ethnography, Life and Applied Arts was established in 2010 on the basis of an exhibition of Petrykivka paintings at the & quot; Druzhba & quot; factory. The museum has 2,500 items that tell about the history of Petrykivka, the ethnography of this region, the development of folk art, techniques of Petrykivka painting. The products of folk masters of Petrykivka decorative painting F. Panko, O. Pikush, M. Rybak and others are of special value. The museum holds master classes on various techniques of folk crafts.