Museum "Drohobych"

11.10.2020 already the small exhibitions about Bruno Schulz and Landskoronski are very worth a visit(all explanations also in english!!!)

The neo-reneissance house belonging to the Spitzmann family. It was inhabited before the war by an outstanding radiologist Leon Himmel. The house inspired Bruno Schulz to become Bianca's home in his book "Sanatorium pod klepsydrą".

Nice local museum exhibiting traditional and modern arts

This palace, located on the main street of the city (now Taras Shevchenko), was built in the early twentieth century for radiologist Joseph Rott - the owner of the first X-ray machine in Drohobych. The doctor's services were popular (according to the ideas of the time, X-rays had a healing effect) and not cheap, so Rott could well afford such a building. However, this house is better known not by the name of its owner, but by the name of a literary character. The genius singer of Drohobych, the famous Bruno Schultz, "settled" the main heroine of his work "Spring" in this palace - and with the light hand of the writer, the name "Villa Bianca" became attached to the building. In his story, Bruno Schultz did not spare a place to describe this house. Here are some strokes written by the master (translated by Yuri Andrukhovych): "Today I took a closer look at the whole villa. For several weeks now, I have been circling around a large, skillfully wrought-iron gate with a coat of arms. Then I took advantage of the moment when two large and empty crews were leaving the yard. The wings of the gate were spread wide. Nobody closed them. I went in as a porter and took a notebook out of my pocket, pretending to draw an architectural detail, leaning against the gatepost. Its easy smoothness differed in pleonasms, in thousands of variants of the same motif. Flat garlands carved in rhythmic cadences ran in both directions along the bright white frieze, and they stopped hesitantly at the corners of the building. From the height of the central terrace ran a marble staircase - pathetic and ceremonial - between the balustrades and vases, which quickly parted in front of them; ascending widely to the ground, the stairs seemed to gather and hide behind them their agitated garments in deep reverence. " However, in contrast to the vicissitudes of the literary work, there are not many memories of the real life of the building and its inhabitants. It is only known that during the German occupation \ this room was turned into his headquarters by the "chief German" of Drohobych Felix Landau. After the end of the war, the villa was briefly returned to its owner, who, however, was soon forced to leave for Poland. Soviet authorities transferred the building to a children's hospital, which existed until the 1970s. After that, the gynecological department of the city polyclinic was located here. And in the early 1990s, the Drohobych Yuri Kotermak Free Institute was located in the palace (a short-lived university that existed from October 27, 1993 to September 9, 1996). Since 1995, there is an exposition of the Drohobych Museum of Local Lore, and since 2005 the villa has functioned as a palace of arts and art gallery. The Drohobych Museum of Local Lore was opened in 1940. Today, the museum complex is in fact several museums that have merged into one structure: In 1992, it was reorganized into the Drohobych Museum. Today in the building of the villa there are exhibits of life of the inhabitants of Boykivshchyna, decorative and applied art of the region. A separate collection is "Treasures of Count Lyantskoronsky" - a rich collection of fine and decorative arts of the XVI-XIX centuries, collected by the count in travels around the world in Europe, Asia and the Far East. These are exquisite household items, furniture, textiles, weapons, artistic metal and wood sculpture; large collection of ceramics - porcelain of famous European companies of the XIX century. from Austria, Germany and Holland, Italian majolica of the XVII century. Porcelain of the XVIII-XIX centuries is extremely interesting and colorful. brought from India and China. Paintings and engravings in a variety of techniques reproduce historical events, landscapes, life, portraits of famous people of past eras.

Very nice place and it is located quite well. Come here. Probably soon. GOOD))