Odesa Archaeological Museum

The Odesa Archaeological Museum is one of the oldest museums in Ukraine. The museum is an architectural landmark and is located in the historic center of the city of Odesa. The museum was founded in 1825. The project author is architect F. Honsirovskyi.

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The museum’s exhibition is housed in 10 halls. The museum contains a variety of archaeological finds dating from the Stone Age to the Middle Ages. Among the 170 thousand exhibits of the archaeological museum are collections of antiquities from Egypt, Greece, China and Italy.

Interesting facts:

• The museum has an operating library and restoration laboratory.
• One of the museum’s most valuable exhibits is a necklace with a golden butterfly, dated to the 6th century BC.
• Particularly noteworthy is the display of coins made of silver and gold in ancient times.
• Over the museum’s history, it has had many patrons, among them: the Vorontsov family, Blamberg, Marazli, the archaeologist-scholar Stempkovskyi, Prince Kantakouzin, Count Pototskyi, adviser Marini, the burgher Sazanov, and others.

Tip: It is worth visiting the museum with a guided tour. This will make it possible to view all the museum’s exhibitions without obstacles.