A Soviet collectible postcard from 1984, depicting the exhibition of the Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Lviv (popularly known as Shevchenkivskyi Hai).
What is shown on the postcard
This two-panel postcard displays outdoor museum exhibits. The left panel shows traditional wooden peasant farmsteads with steep thatched roofs. The right panel captures a group of school-aged children holding yellow autumn leaves on an asphalt path next to a wooden fence, with a thatched-roof log cabin against an autumn forest in the background.
Historical note
The Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Lviv was officially established in 1971 within the historical landscape park area of Shevchenkivskyi Hai. Authentic monuments of wooden architecture, including residential houses, churches, and farm structures representing various historical and ethnographic regions of Western Ukraine (Boyko, Lemko, Hutsul, Podillya, etc.), were relocated here.
Present day
Today, the open-air museum is named after Klymentiy Sheptytsky and remains one of the largest skansens in Eastern Europe. The museum grounds are actively visited by tourists, hosting ethnographic festivals and ongoing restoration works to preserve its unique wooden heritage.
Location (map)
Address: 1 Chernecha Hora St, Lviv, Ukraine
Coordinates: 49.843600, 24.062800
(Google Maps)
Coordinate source: Klymentiy Sheptytsky Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life.
Questions and answers
- What is depicted on the postcard? The postcard features wooden architectural structures and visitors at the Lviv Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life during autumn 1984.
- When was this museum established? The Lviv open-air museum of folk architecture and life was officially opened in 1971.
- What is the modern name of the museum? Today, it is known as the Klymentiy Sheptytsky Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life in Lviv (informally Shevchenkivskyi Hai).
See also
The «Old Postcards» archive includes other views of Lviv from 1984.
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