Odessa Museum of Regional History
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| Established | 1948 |
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| Location | Odessa, Ukraine |
| Coordinates | 46°29′10.55″N 30°44′8.47″E / 46.4862639°N 30.7356861°ECoordinates: 46°29′10.55″N 30°44′8.47″E / 46.4862639°N 30.7356861°E |
| Website | www.history.odessa.ua |
The Odessa Museum of Regional History is a historical museum in Odessa, Ukraine. The exposition of the museum is dedicated to the regional history of Odessa and its region.
The museum building
The museum is located in the centre of the city, in the palatial mansion at ul. Havana, 4, built in 1876 by the famous Odessa architect Felix Gonsiorovskiy.
The building was constructed for one of the major representatives of industrial and commercial elite of the time – Alexander Yakovlevich Novikov, the grandson of the famous Odessa merchant first guild Ilya Novikov, owner, founded in 1806, the cable factory.
The architecture of the two-storey mansion, as in previous works of Felix Gonsiorovskiy prevails spirit stylization based on the use of forms 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 Odessa as the "House of Novikov," and in the early twentieth century it was acquired by the city authorities. In 1907 the house was leased to Odessa commercial collection. After October 1917 here often changed owners. In the staterooms housed various clubs, departmental libraries, regional party courses. 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, G. Potemkin, Alexander Suvorov, P. Zubov, Kutuzov, José de Ribas, A. Lanzheron; architectural and engineering design of buildings, which today are the hallmark of Odessa; graphic and pictorial works of artists in Odessa; portraiture XVIII – early. XX 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 in the museum are static display: "Old Odessa", "Odessa and the edge of the Great Patriotic War. 1941–1945 years", "Weapons of the museum's collection", exposition of "Stepova Ukraine" (exhibition hall, located at ul. Lanzheronovskaya, 24a).
With the accumulation of materials in the course of research and collecting work created and other displays that reveal various aspects of life in Odessa and the region.
Gallery
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A plaque with the names of the Mayors of Odessa
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The part of the demolished monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Catherine the Great
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The part of the demolished monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: José de Ribas
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The part of the demolished monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Franz de Volán
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The part of the demolished monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Grigory Potemkin
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The part of the demolished monument to the founders of the city in the courtyard of the museum: Platon Zubov
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