Mykhailo Hrushevsky Museum, Kryvorivnia

In the second half of the 19th century and until the outbreak of World War I, the Hutsul village of Kryvorivnia served as a place for recreation and fruitful work for the entire color of the creative intelligentsia of the time. M. Drahomanov, M. Kotsiubynskyi, I. Franko, Lesya Ukrainka, Les Kurbas, and many other prominent figures of Ukrainian science and culture spent their summers in this fertile mountain resort. The famous Ukrainian historian, public and political figure Mykhajlo Hrushevsky was one of them.

The museum-estate is located in the village where Mykhajlo Hrushevsky, who later became the first President of Ukraine, had his villa before the outbreak of World War I. Unfortunately, the villa has not survived - it burned down in 1917. In 2003, the house was reconstructed. The museum presents biographical documents and photographs of Mykhajlo Hrushevsky, an ethnographic collection, and household items of the early twentieth century.

Mykhajlo Hrushevsky, a famous Ukrainian historian and public figure, spent every summer in the village of Kryvorivnia from 1902 until the beginning of World War I. Here he bought a house and a plot of land. Since then, this village has been called Hrusivka. M.Hrushevsky's house did not survive, it burned down in 1917.

On the advice of Ivan Franko, Mykhajlo Hrushevsky first came to Kryvorivnia with his family in the summer of 1902. For the next 5 years he lived here in the house of a local resident P. Zelenchuk. And in 1907, he bought a wooden manor from a wealthy Pole, Władysław Przybylowski, in the place where the Berezhnytsia Bay flows into the Black Cheremosh River.

From 1907 to 1914 Hrushevsky, his wife and daughter spent every summer here. Inside, the house was decorated in the Hutsul style. Mykhajlo Hrushevsky liked it so much that he eventually moved part of his scientific library to his Kryvyi Rih house.

The Civil War caught Hrushevsky here. He hastily left for Kyiv. In 1917 the villa was burned down. Only the foundation, a stable, a barn, and a cellar remained of the solid manor.

Only in 2003 the house was restored according to the surviving projects and memoirs. It contains biographical documents, photographs, and household items from the early 20th century. The scientist's study was also reconstructed. A rare item and at the same time a family heirloom, a rocking chair, is on display here. Nowadays, scientific and practical conferences, photo exhibitions, and artists' exhibitions are held here.

The Mykhajlo Hrushevsky Museum in Kryvorivnia presents biographical documents, ancient Hutsul items, household items, and tools.

Behind the museum is a picturesque landscape with a river valley and a dense spruce forest.

The museum is a branch of the regional museum of local lore.

Day off: Monday

Opening hours: from 10:00 to 18:00. Lunch: from 13:00 to 14:00.