Historical Museum in Lviv

The city of Lviv is regarded as one of the finest cultural centers in today’s Ukraine. One who loves art and culture can find ample galleries and museums to quench their thirst for art and historical artifacts. So it can be highlighted as one of the best venues for tourists who are looking for a historical ride. Among Ukraine’s museums, the Lviv historical museum is one of the oldest museum featuring finest historical artifacts and cultural relicts.

At the very end of 19th century the demand or necessity of forming historical museum in Lviv became much more prominent. Aleksander Czoiowski the famous historians became the bearer of this idea and put it into practice. Aleksander was the director of a small building of ancient act registry, he accumulated the official papers and guild relic’s of the building .That was considered to be the very starting effort to construct historical museum, informed in a special testimonial of the 22nd of December, 1892.

The artistic Sculptures, paintings, manuscripts displayed in the museum helps the visitors to get an idea of the town historical background and the lands of Galicia from the old times to the modern day. The historical Museum in Lviv is cited in the three building of the Market Square. The museum is one of the richest and oldest museums featuring 32,000 historical objects .The museum major collection includes old coin, order, medals, archaeological excavation, tools, wares, arms and weapons. The museum houses world value relics such as handwritten books of the Apostle and the document of Chopin, his portraits and autographs.

The Historical Museum in Lviv collections are housed in the buildings Number 4, 6,24Rynok Square. It houses the architectural monument of 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The material displayed in the museum features information about the town ‘s beginning, work of  Old Ruthenian Prince Danylo of Glacia and the reason of fight by Ukrainian led by Bogdan Khmelnytsky. The royal chamber of the museum houses 18th century furniture, silver artifacts, clocks and collection of decors medals.

Historical museum in Lviv was founded in 1893; it has remarkable manuscripts and also features manuscripts of different museum. The present collections of the Historical Museum include 200 Latin and Slavonic manuscripts, three Armenian Manuscripts etc. The Second birth of the Historical museum can be considered in1940.In that year the historical museum and National museum of King Jan were merged into one museum. The museum is always open for the tourists who want to get aware about the background of the Lviv city.