Novovolynsk offers different ways to spend your stay: leisure at the Municipal Culture and Recreation Park and history at the Historical Museum. The park combines attractions and entertainment with walking and cycling trips. The museum covers the history of Volhynia and the development of the city. You can tailor your visit to your interests, whether you prefer recreational activities or a deeper look at regional and local history.
Leisure at the Municipal Culture and Recreation Park
The Municipal Culture and Recreation Park has been in existence since 1975. In 2022, “Mistechko atraktsioniv” began operating there. The park lists 27 attractions. Other offerings include open-air film screenings and entertainment programs with animators. Walking and cycling trips are also offered in Novovolynsk’s City Culture and Recreation Park.
The trips offer a different focus from the attractions and entertainment programs: the park offers both activities on foot or by bicycle and films and animated entertainment. If you want to plan your visit around a film screening or a program, check the specific dates in advance.
Historical Museum: Regional and City History
The Novovolynsk Historical Museum was founded in 1998. It has six exhibition rooms and a large exhibition hall with more than 6,000 exhibits. The exhibition spans Volhynia’s early history, the First and Second World Wars, the founding of Novovolynsk, and the development of the coal industry. It also covers cultural life and the Russo-Ukrainian war.
The topics bring together different historical perspectives: Volhynia’s early history provides a regional perspective, while the founding of the city and the coal industry focus on Novovolynsk itself. These are joined by cultural life and topics related to war. The museum thus presents both the region’s history and the town’s development, rather than focusing on just one period of the city’s history.
Objects visitors can see include the old icon “The Last Supper,” other sacred objects, items belonging to UPA fighters, artifacts from the front of the Russo-Ukrainian war, and examples of folk art. The selection spans sacred, military-historical, and folk-art perspectives, complementing the historical topics with specific collection pieces.
Guided Tours and Other Museum Activities
The museum offers guided tours, museum lessons, thematic exhibitions, quests, and master classes. Its offerings therefore extend beyond the exhibition rooms and include different ways of engaging with the museum’s subjects.
In 2025, the museum held guided tours for pupils from the community’s lyceums and for students. They covered events that shaped Ukraine’s recent history. If you would like to plan a guided tour or master class, ask about specific dates in advance.
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For the regional travel overview: Volyn Oblast.
