Attractions of Volyn region

Torchyn People's History Museum bears the name of its founder - historian and local historian Hryhoriy Hurtovy.

This is the oldest museum in Volyn, which began to operate on a public basis - since 1957. The museum's holdings include more than 10,000 showpieces related to the history of Torchyn and the Volyn lands.

The local historian personally collected most of them in the surrounding villages. Among them are flint tools, a coin treasure of the beginning of the 16th century, Cossack weapons (in particular, an original mortar gun), fragments of ammunition of the soldiers of the two world wars, and a large ethnographic collection. A wardrobe and a mirror from the residence of the famous Polish writer Józef Ignacy Krashewski in nearby Horodok deserve special attention.

In 2009, the Torchyn Historical Museum named after Hryhoriy Hurtovyi took first place at the All-Ukrainian Museum Competition in the "History of the Native Territory" category.

The Roman Catholic Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord in Manevychi was built in 1933-1937. Before that, a wooden chapel near the station served as a parish church.

The construction of the new church was financed by the parishioners, the priest Boleslav Yastshembsky supervised the construction.

In 1943, the Transfiguration Church was closed by the decision of the Soviet authorities, and the premises began to be used as a warehouse for mineral salt.

In 1992, the Church of the Transfiguration of the Lord was returned to the Catholic community of Manevychi, restoration is ongoing.

The Volyn Regional Museum of the Ukrainian Army and Military Equipment was created in Lutsk on the initiative of the public organization "Dzherela".

The museum is located on the territory of a military town in the city center, in premises built in 1925. It is a branch of the National Military History Museum of Ukraine.

The exposition presents more than 1,000 exhibits, including aviation and armored vehicles, artillery and anti-aircraft missile weapons, small arms, equipment and equipment of signal troops, battle flags, uniforms and army household items, documents and photographs, military trophies, etc.

A permanent exhibition "Pages of the Military History of the Volyn Region" has been opened.

Volyn Museum of Local Lore is the largest and oldest museum in Volyn. Founded in 1929.

It has been housed in the current building in the center of Lutsk since 1985. The funds contain more than 140 thousand exhibits representing nature, history, ethnography, art of the Volyn region.

The museum has a rich collection of natural materials, collections of geological minerals, plants and animals. The museum's collections are presented in the exposition, which consists of sections of nature, ancient and modern history, thematic exhibitions.

The exposition of the museum is located on an area of ​​more than 2 thousand square meters. m in 23 stationary and 9 exhibition halls. It is built on thematic (nature department) and thematic-chronological principles (history department).

In addition to classic excursions, various interactive events, quests, master classes and workshops are held here.

The branches and departments of the Volyn Museum of Local Lore are the Art Museum in the Lutsk Castle, the Volyn Icon Museum, the Lutsk Brotherhood History Museum, the Kolodiazhne Literary and Memorial Museum of Lesya Ukrainka, the Zaturtsi Memorial Museum of Vyacheslav Lypynsky, and the Olyka Castle.

The Museum of Ethnography and Folk Crafts of Volyn is being created.

The Zahorivsky monastery near Lokachi is one of the oldest in Volyn.

According to legend, it was founded by Kyiv-Pechersk monks who escaped from the Mongol-Tatar invasion. Probably, the original red brick temple was built then, which is preserved at the base of the monastery complex. The first mention of the Zahorivsky monastery is found in documents in 1492.

The complex was completed during the 16th and 17th centuries under the Zagorovski and Czacki nobles. After 1719, the Orthodox monastery adopted the union, then became Catholic, but returned to Orthodoxy in 1824. The main church of the Nativity of the Holy Virgin in the baroque style was built in the 18th century.

In 1943, 44 UPA fighters under the command of Andriy Martsenyuk (Bereza) held a heroic defense against the German-fascist troops in the Zahorivsky monastery. Since then, the monastery buildings have been in ruins.