Description of the attraction
The local history museum of the city of Vinnitsa is one of the most famous such museums in the eastern region of Podillya and is located on the street. Sobornaya, 19. The cultural center was founded in 1918. The premises in which the museum is located is of great historical value, since it is part of the architectural complex "Mury", erected in the 17th century.
The first collection of the museum was the exhibits of the Vinnytsia zemstvo, the Podolsk society of agriculture, private collections. The museum contained various works of art, antiques, interiors, collections from the own estates of Princess Shcherbatova and the count families of the Stroganovs and Potockis.
During the war, the museum's stock collection consisted of about 12, 5 thousand exhibits, half of which were exported to Germany during the occupation. Only a small part returned back, it was a huge loss for the museum.
Today the museum collection comprises about 90 thousand exhibits. The Museum of Local Lore contains unique archeological items, namely, things of the Scythian and Sarmatian periods of world significance. The museum exhibits rare books, manuscripts, posters, postcards, photographs, personal belongings of famous people.
The largest and oldest is the archaeological collection of the museum, it has 7 thousand items. storage. It includes: jewelry from different eras, weapons, tools, finds from the excavations of the Trypillian culture settlement, as well as a large collection of finds from settlements, settlements and burial grounds of the Scythian and pre-Scythian, Zarubinets, Chernyakhov cultures. A special place in the museum is occupied by a collection of ethnographic and household items, which can tell a lot about the life of our ancestors.
The exhibition halls constantly host temporary exhibitions dedicated to outstanding events, as well as exhibitions of artists from the Vinnitsa region.
