An honorable anniversary of the museum

Chernihiv Regional Historical Museum named after Vasyl Tarnovsky was founded 26 November 1896 year as the Historical Museum of the Chernihiv Provincial Scientific Archival Commission.

This event became an important milestone in the history of not only Chernihiv region, а й, без перебільшення, України.

The museum has not been an ordinary regional museum since its inception. Due to the presence in the collection of Ukrainian antiquities of the famous Ukrainian public and cultural figure Vasyl Vasyliovych Tarnovsky, donated to Chernihiv, and the creation of the Museum of Ukrainian Antiquities, the museum has always been positioned as a Ukrainian national museum. As Borys Hrinchenko emphasized: "No, This museum is not the property of the Chernihiv Zemstvo, and the whole Ukrainian people ". VV. Tarnowski was not only among them, who was the first to consistently use the name "Ukrainian antiquities" (not Little Russia!), but also the first to embody in the museum exposition the understanding of the unity of the Ukrainian historical process - the Grand Duke, Lithuanian-Russian, Cossack periods, Shevchenko's activity, Kostomarov, Kulisha.

With the activities of the Chernihiv Historical Museum only in the first 25 Many representatives of the Ukrainian elite - public figures - have been connected for years, художників, writers, scientists, who at different times headed and cared for him: historian and genealogist Count Gregory Miloradovich, writers Maria and Boris Grinchenko, educator, archivist and museologist Andriy Shelukhin, історик, archaeographer and archivist Vadym Modzalevsky, artist and public figure Ivan Rashevsky, archivist and local historian Peter Dobrovolsky, historian and numismatist Valentin Shugaevsky, archaeologist Petro Smolichev, archivist and researcher of church antiquities Eugene Kornoukhov, historian-museologist Vladimir Drozdov and many others.

Due to the preservation and increase of national treasures, Чернігівський обласний історичний музей ім. VV. Tarnowski was not only among them, which preserves a significant number of unique museum collections and objects, which cover the history not only of Chernihiv region, and the whole of Ukraine, has a significant collection of monuments of history and culture of the Ukrainian people, which is highly valued by the scientific community and the public.

Not by accident, 30 years ago with the restoration of Ukraine's independence, Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine of 27 November 1991 Tarnowski was not only among them 345 Tarnowski was not only among them, and actually returned, the name of Vasyl Vasyliovych Tarnovsky.

Chernihiv Historical Museum named after Vasyl Tarnovsky is among the founders of the National Committee of the International Council of Museums. In recognition of the results of the institution - the museum staff was awarded the prize of the National Union of Local Historians of Ukraine. Dmytro Ivanovych Yavornytsky, won five All-Ukrainian museum festivals.

Today, on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Chernihiv Historical Museum named after VV. Tarnovsky was greeted by the head of the Chernihiv Regional State Administration Vyacheslav Chaus, who noted the importance of museum work in preserving history for that, to make fewer mistakes in the future. The chairman of the Chernihiv regional council Elena Dmitrenko in the greeting emphasized understanding and care for preservation of unique museum collections, as an important source of historical truth of the Ukrainian people. Oleksandr Shevchuk, Head of the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Chernihiv City Council, addressed the audience with a welcoming speech, who emphasized the importance of the museum as a tool for the development and prosperity of the Chernihiv community.

The leaders of the Chernihiv region presented to the staff of the Chernihiv Historical Museum. VV. Tarnowski diplomas and thanks and gifts.

An unmarked envelope was also presented, dedicated to the 125th anniversary of the museum and a solemn ceremony of redemption of the unmarked envelope with a special artistic stamp was held, which was attended by the head of the regional state administration Vyacheslav Chaus, the chairman of a regional council Elena Dmitrenko, the head of the city department of culture Oleksandr Shevchuk and the director of the museum Serhiy Laevsky.