Attractions of Lviv region

A new exhibition of contemporary art of the Borys Voznytsky Lviv National Art Gallery - Modernism Museum - opened in 2021 in a modern two-storey office building made of silicate brick, erected in Soviet times behind the Potocki Palace.

A retrospective of Lviv art from early modern experiments to examples of the aesthetics of late structuralism is unfolded in the seven halls of the museum.

The exhibition hall of historical avant-garde and high modernism of 1914-1939 begins the exposition. The next section illustrates the existential sensitivity of postwar society and the state of social alienation of Lviv intellectuals in the days of totalitarian pressure of 1939-1953, in particular the work of Karl Zvirynsky and the artists of his "hermetic circle". The following are the works of artists of 1960-1970: Yevhen Lysyk, Lubomyr Medvid, Ivan Ostafiychuk, Roman Zhuk, Roman Petruk, whose works trace the influences of European trends: Dadaism, Surrealism and Neo-Expressionism, as well as the large-scale phenomenon of the "Lviv neo-avant-garde".

The last halls exhibit the works of the final phase of modern aesthetics and visualize the transitional period between Lviv modernism and postmodernism. The works of Myroslav Yahoda, Roman Zhuk, Rostyslav Lakh, and Andriy Sahaydakovsky reveal the phenomenon of anti-social alienation, close to the Western definition of "trans-avant-garde."

The Church of the Mother of God Help of the Faithful was built in Sudova Vyshnia in 1884-1890. The previous Catholic Church of Saint Michael, founded in 1620, burned down. The new church was built in the Neo-Gothic style.

In Soviet times, the church building was used as a warehouse.

In 1989, the church of the Mother of God Help of the Faithful was returned to the Catholic community of Sudova Vyshnia.

The "Ancient Lviv" museum opened in 2020 in the dungeons of the Transfiguration Church in the center of Lviv, near Rynok Square.

This is the second institution of a large project of innovative museums under the brand "Formation of the Ukrainian Nation", which combines modern exhibition technologies, realistic 3-D figures of prominent Ukrainians and exhibits from private collections and museum funds.

The Lviv museum presents 40 figures of notable figures who had an impact on the development of the city from 1256 to 1722. Among them are King Danylo Halytsky, Prince Vasylko Romanovych, King Casimir III, sculptor Ivan Heorhiy Pinzel, founder of the first Viennese coffee houses Yuriy Kulchytsky and many others.

Classical and thematic excursions, children's quests, master classes on decorating weapons, weaving chain mail, pottery, making a motanka doll, painting with coffee, and medieval dances are held.

Tickets can be purchased online in advance.

The interactive museum of traditional medicine "Grandfather's Pharmacy" was opened in 2018 in the village of Myrtiuky on the Stryi bypass.

This is the second museum of the "Grandfather's Pharmacy" network dedicated to the history of folk medicine.

The exposition presents healing herbs, fruits, roots and tinctures from them, with which local residents were treated in ancient times. The excursion begins with the herbal room (museum-pharmacy storeroom), where visitors are told about the history of medicine in the Boikivshchyna, the healing properties of local herbs and the preventive properties of herbal teas.

In the second room, visitors can learn about the use of special tinctures with fly agaric mushrooms, snakes and bees in traditional medicine for the prevention and treatment of serious diseases.

"Grandfather's Pharmacy" also offers tastings of herbal, fruit, berry and root tinctures, aromatic Boykos teas, and berry syrups for children. The same products can be purchased in the museum shop.

The first museum "Grandfather's Pharmacy" operates in Kryvorivnia near Verkhovyna.

The center of local history "Khata in Hlyboky" (House in Hlyboky) of the State Historical and Cultural Reserve "Tustan" opened in 2013 as a rural cultural and public center.

It is located in one of several dozen authentic Boyko houses of the early XX century, preserved in the village of Urych. The house-museum presents a modern ethnographic exhibition "Unnecessary? The story of Urych in objects and images", which presents old photos, household items, memories of the villagers.

The exposition uses modern technologies of material presentation with the use of multimedia means.

The Museum "Kryivka of the UPA Underground Printery" was opened in 2014 on the territory of the Basivka Arboretum, north of the Basivka village near Lviv. In 1955, the last battle between a group of local rebels and a KGB special forces unit took place at this place.

During the liberation struggle against the Soviet occupation, UPA fighters created an underground printery here. The kryivka (hideout) is recreated in its original form according to the memories of eyewitnesses. The underground bunker consists of three rooms connected by a 30-meter long tunnel.

The exposition presents improvised furniture, khagants, an oven, typewriters, household items of the rebels, photographs, originals and copies of documents. A mini-chapel has also been recreated, one of the exhibits of which is the "Prayer Book of the Ukrainian People" (1947).

The Church of Saint Archangel Michael in Stara Skvariava near Zhovkva is one of the oldest wooden churches in Ukraine that have an accurate dating.

According to the inscription on the timber of the southern wall, the temple was built in 1508. The church originally stood on the ancient Rus settlement Shchekotyn in nearby Hlynsk. In 1715, it was moved to Stara Skvariava, when the local church burned down.

The iconostasis was also moved - one of the best monuments of the Peremyshl school of icon painting. The icons of the prayer row, which depict two figures of saints and two evangelical subjects, belong to the 16th century. The central icon of the series is "Salvation in the Powers of Heaven", under which the "Last Supper" is depicted. These works belong to the masters of the Peremyshl school of icon painting. The royal gates date back to the middle of the 17th century.

Since 2015, the museum "Starokvariavsky iconostasis of the XVI-XVIII centuries" has been operating in the church - a branch of the Lviv Museum of the History of Religion.

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The Museum "Unconquered" in Stryi opened in 2022 during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

The exposition of the museum consisted of war trophies of the Russian-Ukrainian war, which were brought by fighters of the "Karpatska Sich" battalion.

In the museum, you can see various types of weapons, equipment of the Ukrainian military, as well as clothing and protection of the occupiers, many photos and "unpacking" of the Russian dry ration.

The museum and cultural center "Na Unterwaliu" in the village of Pidhaichyky in the Lviv Region opened in 2019. Located on the territory of the former German colony Unterwal, which existed here until 1939.

The complex is dedicated to the life of this multicultural Galician village, in which four nations lived before the Second World War: Ukrainians, Germans, Poles and Jews.

About 150 exhibits are presented in the museum exposition - these are work tools, household items, furniture and old prints. All these things were collected by local residents for three years, while preparations for the creation of the museum continued. The exhibits reflect the life and culture of the village, as well as the daily life of all four nations.

Workshops, meetings, lectures, and film screenings are constantly held in the cultural center.

The Museum of Folk Life is organized by a local priest, the collection is exhibited in the premises of the architectural monument - the wooden bell tower of the Saint Michael's Church (1730).

The three-tiered belfry is considered a monument of Hutsul wooden architecture.

Various tools, dishes, looms, folk clothes, furniture are presented in the museum. On the second floor - an exhibition of icons and embroidered banners.

Excursions are conducted by the priest of the nearby Saint Michael's Church (1902).

The Lviv "Museum of Ideas" is an art gallery, exhibition space and location for artistic events, located in the very heart of Lviv - in the courtyard and basements of the former Bernardine Monastery of the 15th-17th centuries. Founded in 1992 by Lviv artist and gallerist Oles Dzyndra.

Near the entrance to the "Museum of Ideas" there is a kurdoner - a patch of land surrounded on three sides by monastery walls. Permanent projects "Bernarden Garden", "Republic of Rio" and "Temple of Trust" function here.

The museum considers its collection to be a collection of "ideas", i.e. implemented projects in the fields of philosophy, sociology, art, ecology, technology and urban planning. Among them are the festivals "KinoLev", "Lviv - the capital of handicrafts", "SkloKoko", "LeoPoltvis", etc.

The museum does not have a permanent exhibition, but various exhibitions and performances are regularly held in its halls. The project includes a restaurant of Galician cuisine "Trapezna idey" and a shop where you can buy works of art.

The interactive museum of interesting science and technology "Eureka" (Evrika) in Lviv is a children's scientific and entertainment complex that introduces visitors to the world of science in an accessible game form.

The interactive exposition covers the main branches of science: physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, astronomy, geology, etc. All exhibits are not only possible, but must be touched, moved, looked at from all sides and checked in practice. In the "Eureka" laboratory, everyone can independently conduct more than two hundred laboratory experiments in physics, chemistry and other scientific fields.

The modern Lviv planetarium of the "Eureka" museum will help you immerse yourself in the world of space discoveries and learn about the causes of the universe, the structure of the constellations, the structure of the solar system, the discovery of the Hubble space telescope and the prospects of research on the newest James Webb orbital telescope.

The virtual reality section will help you meet dinosaurs, become a spectator of the Du Soleil circus or get to a distant country. Science shows are regularly held in "Eureka" hosted by the "crazy professor" Smiley.

In addition to the rich museum exposition, there is a small shop where you can buy educational literature, interesting intellectual games and unusual souvenirs.

The museum-room of the national liberation struggle in the town of Rudky presents historical material about the struggle for Ukrainian statehood in 1918-1919 and in 1930-1940 in the Rudky region.

In the most honorable place is a portrait of the UPA Commander-in-Chief, General Roman Shukhevych.

The Museum-Kryivka (hideout museum) in the village of Sprynia was opened in 2012 on the territory of the "Prykarpattya" sports and tourist complex.

In 1944, the founding meeting of the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council was held at this place - the political body of warring Ukraine, which was supposed to represent the country on the international stage.

The situation of Kryivka (hidden refuge of the rebels) accurately reproduces the living conditions of the UPA fighters of those times.

There is a permanent exhibition with the possibility of excursions.

The Museum-kryivka in Volosianka is part of the "Kurin Mokhnach" paintball club of the "Vezha Vedmezha" hotel complex.

The exposition of the museum tells about the history of the activity of the UPA in Skolivshchyna. In particular, the text of the oath of a UPA soldier, other authentic documents and photographs found in Carpathian hiding places are presented.

Samples of Soviet and German weapons from the Second World War period are active, and visitors are offered to shoot them.

The most interesting part of the museum is the recreated underground kryivka (hideout) of the UPA soldiers, where you can see the sleeping places of the undergrounders, a peasant stove, a kerosene lamp and a secret hatch.

The complex includes a large paintball field, a shooting range, a military tent, and a field kitchen.

Children's sports competitions and classes on patriotic education of young people are held.