Museum of History of the City of Horlivka

In 1957, the room-museum of the Palace of Culture of the Kochegarka mine housed the first exposition in the best traditions of socialist ideas and views, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the October events of 1917 in Ukraine. This was the beginning of a large and diverse exposition of a large museum - the Museum of the History of the City of Horlivka.

The museum fund is represented by a collection of stone statues, products of decorative and applied art and household items, historical documents, coins. More than 30,000 exhibits in total.

Today, 10 thematic departments of the museum are presented to the attention of visitors: “Nomadic Steppe” is devoted to the ancient history and history of nomadic tribes in the territory of Horlivka, the ethnographic exposition immerses visitors in the atmosphere of the national culture of ancestors, tells about the settlement of the city) and many others, bright and reliable narratives about the main memorable milestones, life, cultural traditions and famous people of Horlivka.

One of the largest is a collection of museum photographs. It is a unique documentary source of the history and culture of the region, as well as the identity of the era as a whole.

According to good tradition, on Easter, the museum holds lessons in writing and opens an exhibition of pisanks made directly by citizens. Thanks to the museum staff, a large collection of modern children, pysankas and Easter eggs was created.

In 2007, a collection of souvenir dolls from around the world became the basis of the exhibition "Puppet Carnival".

Many interesting initiatives and projects on exposition and research work were implemented by the staff of the Museum of History of the city of Horlivka. The scientific-practical conference "Genealogy of Gorlovka residents" has been considered the hallmark of the museum for 10 years. Also, the museum regularly takes part in various professional competitions and festivals, where it has repeatedly become a winner.

Various stationary and traveling exhibitions, visiting expositions, an interesting and rich excursion program, as well as specially developed by the museum staff training programs for young citizens allow us to call the Museum of History with dignity the center of spiritual and aesthetic development of young people, the cultural stronghold of modern Horlivka.

The museum is open to visitors daily, from 8.30 to 15.30, except Tuesday.