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Address Ivana Franka St, 6, Volodymyr-Volyns'kyi, Volyns'ka oblast, Ukraine, 44701 Hours Open today · 9:30AM–5PMWednesday9:30AM–5PMThursday9:30AM–5PMFriday9:30AM–5PMSaturdayClosedSunday9:30AM–5PMMondayClosedTuesday9:30AM–5PMSuggest an edit Similar Mykolaivska Church, Volyn Regional Historical, Cathedral of the Dormition, Museum of Lesya Ukrainka, Museum of Volyn Icon | ||
History
The Volodymyr-Volynsky Historical Museum owns one of the oldest collections of Volynian antiquities. It was founded in 1887. The community of Volodymyr-Volynskyi established this Collection preserve history and promotescientific research. At the beginning of the twentieth century the Collection included such items as blackletter books, manuscripts (a sixteenth-century New Testament), icons and coins. The museum was headed by an enthusiastic regional ethnographer, nobleman O. Dvernytsky (1838–1906), the Head of St. Volodymyr Fellowship.
Contents
During World War I many items were taken to the museums of Kharkiv. In the period between World War I and World War II the museum moved to the buildings of a Dominican monastery, an architectural monument active during the 15th-18th century.
Funds
The museum collection consists of more than 18,000 items, including archeological finds, numismatic and ethnographic items, objects of arts and crafts, icons, documents, blackletter books and photographic materials.
The museum today
Museum researchers attend ethnographic conferences, archeological and ethnographic expeditions, investigate the history of Volynian land and educate local students. The museum also exhibits the works of local artists.
The museum joined the international project "Via Regia". The museum cooperates with the Vohlynian and Rivne museum, Stefanyk Library of Lviv and Zamoyski Museum (Poland).
As of 2011, the director was Vladimir Stemkovsky