Odesa Museum of Regional History
The Odesa Museum of Regional History (Ukrainian: Одеський історико-краєзнавчий музей, romanized: Odeskyi istoryko-kraieznavchyi muzei) is a historical museum in Odesa, Ukraine. It is dedicated to the regional history of Odesa.
The museum building
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The museum is located in the centre of the city, in the palatial mansion at 4 Gavannaya Street. The mansion was built in 1876 by Odesa architect, Felix Gonsiorovskiy, for one of the major representatives of the industrial and commercial elite, Alexander Yakovlevich Novikov. Novikov was the grandson of Odesa merchant, Ilya Novikov, owner of a cable factory that was founded in 1806. The architecture of the two-storey mansion, as in previous works of Felix Gonsiorovskiy, is based on the style of the late Renaissance, with a variation of patterns and motifs drawn from the architectural heritage of Italy.
Until 1899, the mansion was known in Odesa as the "House of Novikov," and in the early 20th century it was acquired by the city. In 1907, the house was leased to Odesa Assembly, a commercial operation. After October 1917, the house often changed owners; it was used as a club, a library, and a classroom. The basement and part of the ground floor rooms were used as housing.
History
The museum's collection includes about 120,000 exhibits and is considered one of the best in Ukraine. It includes: documents signed by Catherine II, Grigory Potemkin, Alexander Suvorov, Platon Zubov, Mikhail Kutuzov, José de Ribas, Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron; architectural and engineering designs of buildings which are representative of Odesa; graphic and pictorial works of artists in Odesa; portraiture from 18th–early 20th centuries painted by A. Moklakovski, E. Bukovetsky, H. Kuznetsov, G. Chestahovski, D. Krainev; collection of icons, weapons and household items, numismatic and cartographic material.
Exposure
Currently, the museum houses a number of permanent exhibits: "Old Odessa", "Odesa and the end of World War II, 1941–1945", "Weapons of the museum's collection", "The Ukrainian Steppe" (located at ul. Lanzheronovskaya, 24a).
Gallery
- A plaque with the names of the Mayors of Odesa
- Part of the demolished monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Catherine the Great
- monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: José de Ribas
- monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Franz de Volán
- monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Grigory Potemkin
- monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Platon Zubov
References
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- Одеський історико-краєзнавчий музей
- The Odesa Regional History Museum
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- Bristol Hotel
- City Hall
- Londonskaya Hotel
- Maraslis House
- Mayurov House
- Opera Theater
- Odesa Passage
- Quarantine
- Odesa railway station
- Sea Port
- Odesa University
- Philharmonic Theater
- Potemkin Stairs
- Transfiguration Cathedral
- Vorontsov Palace
- Vorontsov Lighthouse
- Archeological Museum
- Art Museum
- Catacombs
- Museum of the Cinema
- Museum of Concrete
- Holocaust Museum
- Jewish Museum
- Literature Museum
- Maritime Museum
- Numismatics Museum
- Pushkin Museum
- Regional History Museum
- Museum of Western and Eastern Art
- Derybasivska Street
- Frantsuzskyi Boulevard
- Hretska Square
- Italiiska Street
- Prymorskyi Boulevard
- Rishelievska Street
- Soborna Square
- Yevropeiska Square
- Arcadia Park
- Botanical Garden
- City garden
- Luzanivka Hydropark
- Shevchenko Park
- Transfiguration Park
- Victory Park
- Odesa Zoo
- Arcadia Beach
- Langeron Beach
- Luzanivka Beach
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