Description of the attraction
The museum is located in the very center of Odessa, next to the old City Garden, in a building that is now an architectural monument of the second half of the 19th century.
The Odessa State Museum of History and Local Lore was formed on the basis of the Museum of Defense of Odessa and the Odessa Regional Museum of Local Lore. Documents, printed publications, objects of applied and fine art, numismatic collections, weapons of the 17th - 19th centuries associated with the history of the city and the region and once included in the collections of the Museum of the Odessa Society of History and Antiquities, the Museum of Books, the Museum of Old Odessa and some others, turned out to be an integral part of his funds.
In 1983, the museum was closed for major renovations, which lasted for eleven long years. As a result, by the efforts of the Odessa art restoration workshops, the palace interiors of the mansion were restored to their original form. The inner courtyard of the museum has changed, literally came to life, and in fact it is a kind of miniature park with an elegant fountain "Grotto". The traditional Odessa acacia, chestnut, linden and, somewhat unexpected for these places, Crimean pine and evergreen boxwood give it a special intimacy and comfort.
Currently, the museum has stationary expositions "Old Odessa", "Odessa and the region in the Great Patriotic War. 1941-1945" and temporary.
