Attractions of Sambir district

The Les Kurbas Memorial Museum in Sambor was opened in 1993 in the building where the future actor and director was born in 1887. Kurbas was the founder of the National Western Ukrainian Theater School and the creator of the famous theater-academy "Berezil". The museum's collection includes 5,594 items: a bust of L. Kurbas by the sculptor M. Posikira, a bas-relief board by the sculptor E. Mysko, paintings by M. Yaremkiv, S. Muryash, L. Frintsko and others. Selections of theatrical photographs, embroidered napkins, etc. are presented.

The first museum of the Boykivshchyna Society in Sambir was organized in 1927 and is dedicated to the history and culture of the natives of the Boykiv region, whose informal capital is considered to be Sambir. In Soviet times, the museum was closed. It was restored in 1990 as the Boykivshchyna Historical and Ethnographic Museum. Located in the former building of the parish school, built in 1679 on the foundations of the sixteenth century. Permanent exhibitions: "Material and economic culture of the Boyks", "The Kozakevich Family" (one of the oldest Sambir families), "The struggle for Ukrainian statehood in the Sambir and Boykiv regions". There are master classes on painting Easter eggs.

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 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.

The museum-room of the national liberation struggle in the town of Rudky presents historical material about the struggle for Ukrainian statehood in 1918-19 and in 1930-40 in the Rudkiv region. In the most honorable place is a portrait of the UPA Commander-in-Chief, General Roman Shukhevych.

The museum-kryyivka in the village of Sprynya was opened in 2012 on the territory of the sports and tourist complex "Prykarpattya". In 1944, the founding meeting of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council, the political body of warring Ukraine, was to take place at this place, which was to represent the country on the international arena. The situation of the kryyivka (hidden shelter of the insurgents) accurately reproduces the living conditions of UPA fighters of that time. There is a permanent exhibition with the possibility of excursions.

The town hall in the center of the market square of the city of Turki was built in 1907 on the site of an old wooden building of the magistrate. The Turk gained the right to self-government in 1730. The new town hall is made in Art Nouveau style. It is still used for its intended purpose - it houses the Turkiv City Council. Also in the town hall is the People's Museum "Boykivshchyna", which tells about the history and culture of this region. Permanent exhibitions: "History of the Turks from ancient times to the present", "Ethnography: clothing, household items", "Tools in subsistence farming", "Room of ethnographer M. Zubritsky", "Ukrainian Diaspora".