Borys Rudnyov Lebedyn Art Museum is one of the oldest art museums in Sumy Oblast. It is located at 17 Voli Square in a building that was constructed in 1910–1912 at the expense of Count Oleksii Kapnist for doctor Kostiantyn Zilbernyk. It is open from Tuesday to Saturday.
History
In 1918, the First Exhibition of Ukrainian Antiquities took place in Lebedyn, organized by zemstvo activist M. Hryshchenko and art historian Stefan Taranushenko. On November 20 of the same year, Kharkiv engineer Borys Rudnyov founded the museum. The core of the collection consisted of assemblies from the estates of the Annenkovs, Brazols, Counts Kapnist, Krasovskyis, and Khrushchovs. The museum opened on March 23, 1919, as the Shevchenko Art and History Museum. During the Second World War, director Rudnyov saved the collection from looting. Since 1964, the museum has been a branch of the Sumy Art Museum.
Nearby
Lebedyn Museum of Local Lore, St. Nicholas Church in Lebedyn, a city dominanta of red brick.
