Attractions of Kropyvnytskyi

One of the oldest and largest agricultural machinery plants in Europe, specializing in the production of drills. Founded by the English brothers Robert and Thomas Elworthy. The success of the plant, which in pre-revolutionary times worked more than half of the population of Yelisavetgrad, contributed to the development of the city. In Soviet times, it was renamed the "Red Star", whose products were known throughout the world. Currently, the plant has returned the historic name of Elworthy. After the restoration and overhaul of Elworthy's house in 1994, a museum of the plant was opened, which now has more than 3,500 exhibits.

The Mark Kropyvnytsky Memorial Museum was opened in 1982 in the building where the coryphaeus of the Ukrainian theater lived for almost 20 years. Here Daramturg wrote his classical plays, here in the early 1880's he formed the famous Ukrainian theater troupe. The museum's exposition consists of several sections that tell about the family of the playwright and actor, about his childhood and studies at the gymnasium and university, about his path in art as the founder of the first professional Ukrainian theater - the Theater of Coryphaeus. A monument to Kropyvnytskyi has been erected near the theater of luminaries.

The exposition of the Museum of Arts in Kropyvnytskyi is housed in a Art Nouveau building built at the end of the 19th century by order of merchant I. Shpolyansky. The question of creating an art museum in the city was first raised by the local intelligentsia in 1870, but the real work began only in 1921. The five halls feature exhibits from the Hermitage, the Tretyakov Gallery, Kyiv museums, as well as works by famous artists from Kropyvnytskyi.

The house of the merchant D. Barsky is a bright example of the "early modern" style. According to legend, the owner never had to live in it, because he died after completing all the work just on the doorstep of his new home. Today it houses the regional museum of local lore, founded in 1883 by the teacher of the Zemstvo real school V. Yastrebov. There are 4 stationary expositions that cover the history and nature of Kirovograd region. The basis of the collection is a collection of private collector O. Ilyin: archaeological finds, paintings, icons.