Poltava State Museum

Poltava Art Museum – The Art Gallery

Info Telefon: +38 (0532) 56-35-40

Panas Myrnyi State Literary and Memorial Museum

Info Telefon: +38 (05322) 7-25-82

Sat-Thurs 10 16.30 h

State Historical and Cultural Reserve “The Poltava Battlefield” with Museum and Panorama

Info Telefon: +38 (0532) 52-74-27

Mon closed

"Poltava Battle Panorama:

The Poltava Battlefield Museum is home to 9 exposition rooms with priceless relics, paintings and descriptions of the historic 1709 battle between between Swedish (and Cossack) forces verses those of Russia's Peter I."
(Text and picture: russia-ukraine-travel.com)

 

Ivan P. Kotliarevskyi State Literary and Memorial Museum

Info Telefon: +38 (05322) 7-41-60

Tues-Sun 10 - 18 h.

"The house of the well known Ukrainian writer Ivan Kotlyarevsky is the next to The Cathedral of Assumption. It was bought in 1751 by deacon of the Cathedral of Assumption (grandfather of Kotlyarevsky) Ivan. The writer has lived almost all his life in Poltava. He was buried there in 1838. The house is the building of the XVIII century. In the court before the building there is the bust of the writer by the work of the sculptor Kalchenko given as a present. The project of the reconstruction is made by the sculptor V. Tertychny. Ivan Kotlyarevsky and his creation are national pride of the Ukrainian people.The glory lights up this place. And not only Poltavites come to worship our genius writer." (fragov in Poltava Forum 2009)

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Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics

Info Telefon: +38(05322) 7-25-82

V. H. Korolenko State Literary and Memorial Museum

Info Telefon: +38(05322) 7-92-82

Tues-Sun 10 - 18 h.

Poltava Region Museum of Local Lore

Info Telefon: +38 (05322) 7-42-34

daily 10 - 18 h, Wed closed. Other sources (Sarah Johnstone) say Tues-Mon, so you better call in advance.

"The building of the province zemstvo was erected in 1903-1908 on the project of V. Krichevsky with the using of projects of E. Shirshov and M. Nikolaev. This building became the standard of the Ukrainian architectural style. The coats of arms of province towns decorate the building and make it solemn. Two high towers with little loop-holes remind us of Poltava-fortress of 12-13th century. The students of Mirgorodsky ceramics school took part in its decoration. The wellknown artists of M. Samokush and Vasilkovskiy perfomed the ornament paintings, frisians, pictures.

The Local Lore in this building was founded by the initiative of the soil scientist and professor V. Dokuchaev. In 1906 the native of the Poltava province K. Skerzhinskay (habitants of Switzerland) presented a large gift to the museum: more than 20 thousand of exhibits and a scientific library of 4 thousand volumes.
In the years of German occupation in 1943 the museum was ransacked and was burned. The cabinets of Gogol, Kotlyarevsky, Mirny, Teslenko, documents and relics of the Poltava battle were destroyed. There were 118 thou¬sand of exhibits, after war they have become 37 thousand.

The modern exposition consists of several departments: archaeology, history, ethnography, the history of religion and the folk art. Our museum is one of the oldest and the largest museums of Ukraine." (fragov in Poltava Forum 2009)

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H. S. Skovoroda Literary and Memorial Museum

Info Telefon: +38 (05340) 5-14-73

H. S. Skovoroda Museum of Local Lore

Info Telefon: +38 (05356) 3-11-58