Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttya Folk Art Museum
after Yosafat Kobrynsky
Description:
The museum was founded in 1926. It is located in the centre of Kolomyia town, in the former building of People's House, built for Ukrainian community funds. The museum collection numbers about 50 thousand exhibits which represent all kinds of Hutsul and Pokuttya traditional folk art, beginning from the XVII century until the present moment.
At the museum, the following kinds of folk art are represented: decorative woodworking (carving, encrustation, poker-work), decorative metal and leather working, pottery, carpet weaving, ornamental weaving, embroidery and clothes.
Permanent expositions:
M. Bilas's gobelins;
Andriy Chaykovsky's memorial room (the famous writer and public figure);