Museum of the History of Agriculture in Volhynia
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| place | Rokyni, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine |
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open air museum
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| opening | 1979, open-air section 1989–1991 |
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Olexandr Seredjuk
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The Museum of the History of Agriculture in Volhynia ( Ukrainian Музей історії сільського господарства Волині ) is an open-air museum in Rokyni near the Ukrainian city of Lutsk .
The museum opened in 1979. In the late 1980s, the museum director Olexandr Seredjuk decided to expand the museum with an open-air section. The museum operates an almost self-sustaining economy with a closed economic cycle. Employees sleep in the houses and take care of the agriculture. Visitors are invited to take part in agricultural work. In 1889–1991, twelve historic buildings, including a farmhouse with stables , a barn , a windmill and a well, were transferred to the museum. A wooden chapel was reconstructed according to drawings and consecrated on Ascension Day .
In the traditional museum, the history of the village and the agriculture of Volhynia in different periods is told in eight rooms . Other topics are nature and the environment in the region and the history of the Ukrainian statehood.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 49 ′ 55.7 ″ N , 25 ° 16 ′ 8.9 ″ E