Sumy region

Akhtyrka

Nezalezhnosti street, 10

Okhtyrsky City Museum of Local Lore

The funds of the Ohtyrsky City Museum of Local Lore number 9,815 museum items.The museum has three permanent exhibitions and an exhibition hall: “Fauna of the Okhtyrsky forests” — introduces the natural wealth of the Akhtyrka region; “History of Akhtyrka” — collection of materials, testimonies, objects stories about the historical development of the city; “Our land during the Second World War”. Among the exhibits contained in the collection of the museum, it is worth singling out such interesting exhibits: personal belongings of the writer and compatriot I. P. Bagryanoy; antiquities, photos, books on historical topics: Filaret “Historical and statistical description of the Kharkov Eparchy”, “Nobel laureates Slobozhanshchina”, the nominal designator of the “Kharkiv Provincial Deputation” collection 1786—1919", “Notes of a Russian officer who was in the chamber among the Turks 1828—1829"; books about the liberation of Ukraine from the fascist invaders; theatrical costumes of stage amateurs, etc.