Odesa History Museum — Attraction in Odesa Urban Hromada

What a shame. They could do so much with what they have, but instead they're mired in an old mindset.

No English. Some good stuff but no attempt to reach foreign visitors. This place is a tough sell unless pictures and artifacts with no descriptions are your thing.

If ever a museum sought to ensure visitors NEVER promote the museum on personal social media pages, Odessa History Museum nails it. A 30 UAH “Photo fee” to take pictures? Seriously? Yes, disincentivize people excited about what you do from sharing it.

Three separate sections of museum, and they charge three separate ticket fees. The sections are all small. The museum is small. Why are they making it complicated like this? I don’t know what I want to see, I want to see your museum. FOUR tickets to see the galleries and take photos? I wish someone from this museum visited another museum somewhere that is run normally and reported back how non-dysfunctional city museums operate.

This place has cool stuff and truly a story to tell. Unfortunately without English and with the introduction of unnecessary frictions to simply buy a ticket, this place is only for highly...

Unless you speak Russian or Ukrainian this place is a waste of time. As a lover of history, I wanted to take a look. One page of English per room and lots of tired artifacts. Mention is never made of Greeks or Jews in relation to cultural, economic or historical impact despite them making up over one third of the town and more than half the...

Потрясающее здание знаменитого архитектора Гансиоровского, построенного для купца Новикова, интересная коллекция экспонатов, относящихся к разным историческим периодам города от основания до современных дней. Но экскурсию нужно брать только для изучения одного конкретного периода и того экскурсовода, который этот период хорошо знает. Мы взяли экскурсию по всему периоду развития города и были в шоке: экскурсовод не мог связать и двух слов, на вопросы отмалчивался, только когда подошли к военному периоду, только тогда мы услышали какую-то более-менее интересную информацию. Работать в таком музее и не знать...