Brody museum of history and district ethnography
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The Brody Raion Museum of History and Ethnography is a museum in Brody
city, Ukraine
that was founded in 2001.
(the 17th-18th centuries), the collections of Count Vladimir Dzedushyckiy at his estate in the village of Penyaki (the end of the 19th century), a private museum of pictures and ancient furniture of a castle palace proprietress in Brody
, Countess Zhyshchevska (the beginning of 20th century), and others. Unfortunately, as a result of military activities and social cataclysms those collections were nebulized to different cities and museums of Ukraine
and other countries. A lot of priceless artifacts were lost beyond retrieval.
The first district museum in Brody
(district, meaning raion
or regional) was created at the end of 1950s. It was a one-story house on the street of Velyki Filvarky. Collections of numismatists, plain weapons, ceremonial objects, saved in the museum, document the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century ethnography
of region. At the end of 1960s to beginning 1970s, however, the exhibition was closed down and a considerable part of the exhibits disappeared. Soon the construction of a musical school began in the place of the museum.
In 1979 several apartments of the 18th century building, in the walls of which from 1866 to 1939 was located Brody powiat government, were passed to occupy the museum. Between 1980-1984 a display was created and collection of exhibits passed. The opening of the new Brody Raion Museum that took place in September of 1984 fell within the framework of celebrating the 900 anniversary of the first written reference of the Brody settlement. At first the establishment operated as a folk museum, and from April 1, 1991 became a department of the Lviv Historical Museum. On March 29, 2001, based on the Brody Raion Department of History and Ethnography
of the Lviv Historical Museum, there was created the Brody Raion Museum of History and Ethnography.
Separately presented are "Nature of Brody district" and "Ethnography of district (from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century) ". The display is completed by a photo gallery with the types of sights of history and culture of Brody district, panorama "Brody XVII–XVIII century".
Activity of the known people the names of which are closely associated with the history of region is lighted in museum: I. Trush, M. Fedyuk, E. Lysyk (painters); Ya. Holovatskyi, J. Korzheniovskiy, T. Bordulyak, V. Hronovych, S. Tudor, J. Roth
, L. Buchkovskiy (writers); of researches workers - V. Shtchurat (literary critic), J. Zastyrec (philosopher and philologist), O. Rozdolskiy (ethnographer), V. Yashtchun (Slavist and translator), S. Barontch and I. Sozanskiy (historians); O. Vyslockiy and M. Osadca (publicmen of district); F. West (the Polish publisher); M. Tarnavskiy, O. Stepaniv, R. Kupchynskiy, J. Vassyyan, P. Fedun-Poltava (figures of national liberation competitions).
About 5,000 exhibits are saved in the museum. Among them there are archaeological sights (over 1,500 items), collections of monies, signs, weapons, rewards, articles of folk culture
and way of life, original pictures and documents. Materials include exhibits from history of the formation and battle actions of the legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, Ukrainian division "Galichina" (1st UD UNA), departments of UPA.
In sight of national value of the 17th to the 18th centuries – Brody castle are show-rooms of Brody museum of history and district ethnography. Here museums workers conduct exhibition activity, work above creation of constantly operating display from history of castle. The guides of Brody museum of history and district ethnography conduct surveying and thematic excursions by a display, by Brody castle, by historical-cultural sights of Brody and district. The museum is the organizer of searching-researches and ethnographic expeditions. The researches workers of establishment take part in the leadthrough of archaeological excavations, organize the district reading and conferences, give professional consultations.
Collection of postcard "Brody at the beginning of XX century", collection of historical photos "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen", "Small photo encyclopedia of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" (in the collaboration with the Lviv researches workers), materials of district conference "Brody-920" are scientific reserves of Brody museum of history and district ethnography. Guide-book "Brody: the face of city" and booklet "Brody" are geared-up to the edition. Periodically in the local press district scientifically cognitive secret services are published from history of region, the authors of which there are the workers of museum.
Brody
Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...
city, Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
that was founded in 2001.
History
Museums in the Brody Raion have old traditions. Those traditions are found in the collections of the Pidhirtsi CastlePidhirtsi Castle
Pidhirtsi Castle is a residential castle-fortress located in the village of Pidhirtsi in Lviv Oblast western Ukraine, located eighty kilometers east of Lviv. It was constructed by Guillaume Le Vasseur de Beauplan between 1635–1640 by order of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth's Grand Crown...
(the 17th-18th centuries), the collections of Count Vladimir Dzedushyckiy at his estate in the village of Penyaki (the end of the 19th century), a private museum of pictures and ancient furniture of a castle palace proprietress in Brody
Brody
Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...
, Countess Zhyshchevska (the beginning of 20th century), and others. Unfortunately, as a result of military activities and social cataclysms those collections were nebulized to different cities and museums of Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...
and other countries. A lot of priceless artifacts were lost beyond retrieval.
The first district museum in Brody
Brody
Brody is a city in the Lviv Oblast of western Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Brody Raion , and is located in the valley of the upper Styr River, approximately 90 kilometres northeast of the oblast capital, Lviv...
(district, meaning raion
Raion
A raion is a type of administrative unit of several post-Soviet countries. The term, which is from French rayon 'honeycomb, department,' describes both a type of a subnational entity and a division of a city, and is commonly translated in English as "district"...
or regional) was created at the end of 1950s. It was a one-story house on the street of Velyki Filvarky. Collections of numismatists, plain weapons, ceremonial objects, saved in the museum, document the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century ethnography
Ethnography
Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...
of region. At the end of 1960s to beginning 1970s, however, the exhibition was closed down and a considerable part of the exhibits disappeared. Soon the construction of a musical school began in the place of the museum.
In 1979 several apartments of the 18th century building, in the walls of which from 1866 to 1939 was located Brody powiat government, were passed to occupy the museum. Between 1980-1984 a display was created and collection of exhibits passed. The opening of the new Brody Raion Museum that took place in September of 1984 fell within the framework of celebrating the 900 anniversary of the first written reference of the Brody settlement. At first the establishment operated as a folk museum, and from April 1, 1991 became a department of the Lviv Historical Museum. On March 29, 2001, based on the Brody Raion Department of History and Ethnography
Ethnography
Ethnography is a qualitative method aimed to learn and understand cultural phenomena which reflect the knowledge and system of meanings guiding the life of a cultural group...
of the Lviv Historical Museum, there was created the Brody Raion Museum of History and Ethnography.
Displays
The museum display consists of 43 sections, built on the chronological principle in seven halls. The history of the district is divided by themes:- The most ancient times (from the Stone AgeStone AgeThe Stone Age is a broad prehistoric period, lasting about 2.5 million years , during which humans and their predecessor species in the genus Homo, as well as the earlier partly contemporary genera Australopithecus and Paranthropus, widely used exclusively stone as their hard material in the...
to the Kievan Rus) - Polish days (from the end 14th-18th centuries)
- Region under the Austrian empire (1772 - 1918)
- The First World War (1914-1918), national liberation movements (1918-1919), Polish-Soviet WarPolish-Soviet WarThe Polish–Soviet War was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine and the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic—four states in post–World War I Europe...
(in 1920); - Inter-War period (1920-1939);
- World War IIWorld War IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
(1939-1945), fight of OUN, UPA in Brody district (1940-50th).
Separately presented are "Nature of Brody district" and "Ethnography of district (from the end of the 19th to the beginning of the 20th century) ". The display is completed by a photo gallery with the types of sights of history and culture of Brody district, panorama "Brody XVII–XVIII century".
Activity of the known people the names of which are closely associated with the history of region is lighted in museum: I. Trush, M. Fedyuk, E. Lysyk (painters); Ya. Holovatskyi, J. Korzheniovskiy, T. Bordulyak, V. Hronovych, S. Tudor, J. Roth
Joseph Roth
Joseph Roth, born Moses Joseph Roth , was an Austrian journalist and novelist, best known for his family saga Radetzky March about the decline and fall of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and for his novel of Jewish life, Job as well as the seminal essay 'Juden auf Wanderschaft' translated in...
, L. Buchkovskiy (writers); of researches workers - V. Shtchurat (literary critic), J. Zastyrec (philosopher and philologist), O. Rozdolskiy (ethnographer), V. Yashtchun (Slavist and translator), S. Barontch and I. Sozanskiy (historians); O. Vyslockiy and M. Osadca (publicmen of district); F. West (the Polish publisher); M. Tarnavskiy, O. Stepaniv, R. Kupchynskiy, J. Vassyyan, P. Fedun-Poltava (figures of national liberation competitions).
About 5,000 exhibits are saved in the museum. Among them there are archaeological sights (over 1,500 items), collections of monies, signs, weapons, rewards, articles of folk culture
Folk culture
Folk culture refers to the lifestyle of a culture. Historically, handed down through oral tradition, it demonstrates the "old ways" over novelty and relates to a sense of community. Folk culture is quite often imbued with a sense of place...
and way of life, original pictures and documents. Materials include exhibits from history of the formation and battle actions of the legion of the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen, Ukrainian division "Galichina" (1st UD UNA), departments of UPA.
In sight of national value of the 17th to the 18th centuries – Brody castle are show-rooms of Brody museum of history and district ethnography. Here museums workers conduct exhibition activity, work above creation of constantly operating display from history of castle. The guides of Brody museum of history and district ethnography conduct surveying and thematic excursions by a display, by Brody castle, by historical-cultural sights of Brody and district. The museum is the organizer of searching-researches and ethnographic expeditions. The researches workers of establishment take part in the leadthrough of archaeological excavations, organize the district reading and conferences, give professional consultations.
Collection of postcard "Brody at the beginning of XX century", collection of historical photos "Ukrainian Sich Riflemen", "Small photo encyclopedia of Ukrainian Sich Riflemen" (in the collaboration with the Lviv researches workers), materials of district conference "Brody-920" are scientific reserves of Brody museum of history and district ethnography. Guide-book "Brody: the face of city" and booklet "Brody" are geared-up to the edition. Periodically in the local press district scientifically cognitive secret services are published from history of region, the authors of which there are the workers of museum.
Contact information
- tel. +38 03266 42113
- E-mail:bikm@ukr.net
- Information site for tourists