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10 Museums in Odessa That You Shouldn't Miss
With just over a million people, Odessa is Ukraine’s fourth-largest city. Set in the country’s south along the Black Sea coast, Odessa was founded in the late 18th century as a Russian naval fortress. For many years in the mid-19th century, it was a free port, becoming home to a multinational populace. In 1905, it was the site of a major Russian Revolution uprising by crew members of the Battleship Potemkin. The nice old town area has a beautiful opera house, and the city has many great beaches.
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1. Gapchinska Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 4 reviews
2. Museum of Human Anatomy
3. Secrets of Underground Odessa Museum
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5.0 based on 360 reviews
In the museum you will see the anti-nuclear bunker, walk through the waterflood part, visit the wild catacombs. You can also visit the partisans station, the gangsters stash ,at other exhibitions.The concept of the general nature of the museum is that - starting from the surface, then, with the deepening of the catacombs, you sink further and further into the past of the city. Pre-call!
Reviewed By sheshola - Rendswuehren, Germany
For history fans - a great feast of history, great guide Igor with outstanding English level. Different stories about miners, kidnappers, soldiers, prisoners, builders, no senses area, alcohol tasting, possible venue for unplugged concerts, great overall experience, stylish decor everywhere, easy to get lost, unique piece of history camouflaged in a garage!
4. Catacomb of Kantakuzena
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5.0 based on 7 reviews
The Museum of Kantacuzen’s catacomb, located in the ancient quarry of the Quarantine gulch, which dates back to the 1820s, will help you to plunge into the history of early Odessa. As part of a sightseeing tour of Odessa, the convenient location of the museum will allow you not to bother about making the first exploratory dive into the underground space of the city, as well as learn interesting details about the construction of Odessa at the dawn of the formation of stone-mining history, brick-tile and Dutch tile production, etc. In addition, the expositions will tell about the first developers beyond the Quarantine gulch, Prince Kantacuzen and the merchant Novikov.You will also find an exhibition of various items found in the catacombs below the city, which speak for themselves. For those who want to know more and talk about Odessa with a glass of homemade wine, there is a cozy hall - an exposition of retro photographs, postcards and publications. Record by phone call.
5. Mineralogical Museum
6. Jewish Museum of Odessa
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4.5 based on 50 reviews
Reviewed By louisg812 - Oxford, United Kingdom
I visited the Jewish Museum of Odessa on my final day in the city. I am so glad did! I looked for the museum the day before and couldn’t find it, I was sad that I would leave Odessa without seeing it. It is full of photos and artefacts, it is a real celebration of Jewish culture and community in the city and region. At the end of the tour it was heartwarming to see a video of the Jewish community thriving in the city. The history of the persecution of the Jews in Odessa is also addressed from their restricted rights during the Tsarist period, pogroms to the Holocaust. It is definitely worth getting a guide to show you the exhibits. My guide was fantastic; her knowledge was excellent and able to answer any questions I had, she spoke excellent English and actively engaged with you. I particularly enjoyed listening to music being played on a 100 year old gramophone, she said that young people complain about the quality but I doubt their latest mobile will be able to play any music in the next 10 years let alone the next 100! A definite must if you come to Odessa!
7. The Municipal O.Bleschunov Museum of Private Collections
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4.5 based on 17 reviews
8. Museum of Philiki Etairia
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4.5 based on 7 reviews
9. Odessa Art Museum
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4.5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By ellizbeth - Odessa, Ukraine
I loved it. World-known painters’ and sculptors’ works, squeaky floor and the place itself is a good combination that create great atmosphere. Definitely worth visiting
10. Shustov Cognac Museum
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4.5 based on 146 reviews
Visit a tour with cognac tasting in a real Cognac Museum, that is located in ancient cellars! Our museum has its own entrance to old catacombs, to their lower dungeons, which are more than 250 years old. You will enjoy a cognac tasting “I am a Collector“, learn how to drink cognac, go to the cinema, and then in our picture gallery. After that you will visit our bar and look at the most precious
