Museums

Kotsubinskiy Museum

Many of Vinnitsa guests enjoy visiting the museum of the classic of Ukrainian literature Michailo Kotsubinskiy (1864-1913). The small white washed house where he lived with his family is in the center of Vinnitsa. It was Kotsubinskiy who first thought about creating a public library in Vinnitsa. There is a monument to the writer near the house, and the street where it stands is named after Kotsubinskiy.

Address: I. Bevza str., 15

Tel.:(0432) 26-32-98

Estate-Museum of Pirogov

The citizens of Vinnitsa and the city guests like to attend the estate-museum of famous doctor Pirogov (1810-1881), the founder of the battle-field surgery, a famous scientist and pedagogue.

He invented narcosis, gypseous cast and many other things. One of the main streets in the town, the Medical University and the regional hospital are named after him. In Pirogov street, you can see the monument to this outstanding doctor. The monument was unveiled in 1971 on the occasion of the centenary of the Red Cross Society in Russia. Every day many tourists from Ukrainian towns and villages, as well as from abroad, come to this estate-museum on excursions. They can look at the rooms where the professor wrote his scientific works, examined patients, listened to music by P. Tchaikovsky, etc.

They will surely enjoy walking in the park that surrounds the house. Some old trees in the park were planted by Nikolai Ivanovich Pirogov and the members of his family. Not far from this place, there is a church which the family attended and the burial vault where the embalmed body of the scientist is kept.

Address: Pirogova Street, 155

Tel.:(0432) 46-69-37, 43-71-49

Museum of History of the Region

If you are interested in history, it would be worthwhile to visit the museum of Local Lore which is situated in the center of Vinnitsa near the bridge across the Southern Bug. There are expositions devoted to various periods of the development of Vinnitsa - from the times of antique coins, vases and cutlery of the Slavs to the modern examples of products which Vinnitsa enterprises produce.

Address: Museinaya Square, 1

Tel.:(0432) 32-26-73, 32-26-71

Regional Art Museum

Address: Sobornaya str., 21

Tel.: (0432) 35-32-54, 35-20-25

Open Hours: 10.00-17.00, Sunday – closed.