Museum of the History of Kamianske

If you want to learn about the most interesting events in Kamianske, it is worth visiting the history museum of Kamianske. The museum was founded in 1931. At first, it was an exhibition in the Palace of Metallurgists; later, it was moved to the premises of St. Nicholas Church. Only in 1976 did the design of a separate building for the museum begin, and in 1980, construction. Since then, the museum began to flourish. Its exhibition was constantly supplemented with new valuable and unique exhibits. The museum space gradually increased. Today, the museum occupies 2442 sq. m and is housed in a separate two-storey building.

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The modern museum holds about 60 exhibitions every year. Its staff are engaged not only in educational work, but also publish scholarly papers, carry out scientific and research activities, and take part in symposia and conferences.

Interesting facts:

• The museum's second director, I. I. Havrylov, was repressed as an “enemy of the people” in 1937.
• Near the museum building, there is a small open-air museum — “Kamianske in Signs and Symbols”.
• The museum's exhibition includes about 90 thousand various items that make up its ethnographic collection, sections of painting, bonistics and numismatics.
• 90 thousand people — that is how many visitors come to the museum every year.