The museum premises are not accessible to people in wheelchairs. There are no ramps in the entrance group. Compensating this shortcoming, the museum arranged an exhibition and entertainment space with a stage in the courtyard. Mobile collections of exhibits, art objects, and other events are held here.
The museum is accessible to people with visual and hearing impairments and those who do not have mobility problems. You can use the audio guide to examine the tactile 3D models with your hands. The staff of the museum includes trained tour guides who implement inclusion.
Description
The Volyn Regional Historical Museum is the main museum of the Volyn region, the largest and oldest of the currently operating museums in Volyn. It opened on June 16, 1929, in Lutsk as the Volyn Museum.
The museum is located in a three-story building with a complex gable roof. The building has a symmetrical rectangular shape. It has protrusions from the central part of the facade and the side wings. It is decorated with massive round columns of white color, located close to each other, and a tall white triangular portico. This is a monument of architecture and history of the 20s and 30s of the 20th century.
Previously, the Polish Land Bank was located here. During the Second World War, it was the headquarters of the tank troops and, until 1983 - the regional hospital.
The entrance to the premises is located in the center of the facade - between the columns. The exposition begins on the first floor with the nature department of Volyn. Of all the available ones, the local history museum is the Volyn region's main museum. It is the largest and oldest. The opening of the museum took place in 1929. In addition to the nature department, the local history museum offers the following exhibitions:
- "UPA. The Ongoing Struggle";
- "Ukraine. War for independence";
- "Connection by history";
- "Mykola Kudeli's Shevchenko Light House".
Currently, the Volyn Regional Historical Museum has five more active museums.
Mode of operation
From Tuesday to Friday inclusive, and on Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Entrance to the museum costs according to the price list, but free entry is provided for persons with disabilities of the first and second groups.
Address, contacts
St. Chopena, 20, Lutsk
tel. (0332) 72-03-64,
volkrmus@gmail.com
Official source
https://vkm.org.ua/
