Description of the attraction
The Museum of Local Lore in the Staroflotskie Barracks is located in the city of Nikolaev along Naberezhnaya Street, 29. The museum is part of the complex of buildings of the Admiralty, which was erected in the middle of the 19th century. for the maritime department. The buildings of the Old Fleet barracks in the classicism style were erected in 1850 by the architect K. Ackroyd and were intended for sailors of naval crews.
Each building of the Old Fleet barracks, and there were three of them, could accommodate from 1,100 to 2,000 people. In 1863, the entire complex was transferred to the Alexander Men's Gymnasium, which was located here until the revolution. After the end of World War II, the western part of the building housed a construction college, while the remaining two buildings were run by the military.
In 2012, work began on the creation of a museum town on the territory of the Staroflotsky barracks. The Nikolaev Museum of Local Lore, which was previously located on the territory of the Church of St. Joseph, moved to the main building of the Staroflotsky Barracks.
Today the Nikolaev Museum of Local Lore in the Staroflotsky Barracks is one of the oldest museums in Southern Ukraine. The museum was created in 1803 as a collection of unique things of the Russian Empire. In 1913 the museum of local lore was opened, after which it became a major scientific and cultural center of the city.
The museum funds store more than 160 thousand exhibits, including: rich mineral, botanical and zoological collections, antiquities from the Wild Garden tract on the territory of modern Nikolaev, as well as from the ancient Greek city of Olvia, cultural and household items from Kievan Rus to the New Time. In addition, themed exhibitions, festivals and historical reconstructions are often held in the halls of the museum in the Staroflotsky barracks.
