Attractions of Olexandria district

The Olexandria City Museum Center named after Antonina Khudyakova was established in 1967. For a long time the museum worked on a voluntary basis, in 1991 it received the status of the state. It is named after A. Khudyakova, who was the director of the museum in 1980-91. The total number of exhibits of the main fund is more than 17,000 units. The exposition of the museum is located in two departments - historical and natural. In addition, the ethnography of the region is presented separately as a model of a Ukrainian house and various household items: utensils, household utensils, tools, etc. The museum keeps collections of paper money and coins of different epochs and countries, a selection of ancient photographs. Among the valuable exhibits of the museum are personal belongings, a spacesuit, devices, equipment for training and work at the orbital station of a native of Alexandria, cosmonaut L. Popov.

The Vasyl Sukhomlynsky Memorial and Pedagogical Museum was opened in 1971 at Pavlyska Secondary School, which has been managed by an outstanding teacher since 1948 for 22 years. Here he conducted his long pedagogical experiment, as a result of which he created an original system of raising children. The museum fund has more than 20 thousand storage units. The pedagogical documentation of the school of 1950-60s, manuscripts of literary and scientific-pedagogical works of Sukhomlinsky, personal documents are presented. The atmosphere of the study and apartment of the Sukhomlinsky family is preserved. You can see the school grounds: several educational facilities, a school garden, green classrooms.

Svitlovodsk City Museum of Local Lore is located in a historic building where the first builder of Svitlovodsk M. Karpov lived. It was started by a museum room at the House of Culture, opened in 1970. One of the most interesting expositions is dedicated to the legendary city of Krylov (since 1822 - Novogeorgievsk), which fell into the flood zone of the Kremenchug reservoir. Photographs of the missing city, copies of archival documents are provided. Separate exhibitions are devoted to paleontology, the events of World War II, urban planning.