Mansion “Hunter's House”, Museum of the History of the City of Gomel
Belarus, Gomel

The hunting lodge is an urban mansion in Gomel, an architectural monument of the first half of the 19th century. Built in 1820 - 1822, in the Empire style as a summer cottage of the Paskevichs. The house is wooden, log cabin, faced with brick and plastered. The building of the house is rectangular in plan, one-story, covered with a gently sloping 4-pitched roof. Small stone volumes completed by stepped attics are attached to the main volume on the sides. The hunting lodge is a part of the Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble. It houses the Museum of the History of the City of Gomel, created in 2009. Today, the Museum of the History of Gomel houses permanent and interchangeable displays and exhibitions. The expositions “The History of Gomel from Antiquity to the Beginning of the 20th Century”, “Walks in the Old Gomel”, present a retrospective of the formation of the city. Here visitors have the opportunity to see objects found in the territory of Gomel, coins from the time of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, the Russian Empire, documents, photographs, building designs signed by the city architect S.D. Shabunevsky, works which determine the architectural appearance of Gomel of the late XIX - the first decades of the XX centuries and much more. Walking along the makeshift streets of Gomel, you can study the ethno-confessional composition of the city's inhabitants, find yourself in the bustle of the station, drop by a shop, a grocery store, or a bazaar. The expositions “Interiors of a city mansion of the late XIX - early XX centuries”: Small living room, Bedroom, Study, Dining room, allow the modern viewer to figuratively get closer to the living conditions of urban families who lived in such houses and feel the atmosphere of a bygone era. In total, there are seven exhibition halls in the Hunting Lodge.

Tourist Objects nearby
Gomel International Airport
Gomel International Airport
Railway station Gomel
Railway station Gomel
Gomel Bus Station
Gomel Bus Station
Art Gallery named after G.Kh. Vashchenko
Art Gallery named after G.Kh. Vashchenko
St. Nicholas Monastery
St. Nicholas Monastery
Cathedral of Peter and Paul
Cathedral of Peter and Paul
State Historical and Cultural Institution Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble
State Historical and Cultural Institution Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble
Chapel-tomb of princes Paskevich
Chapel-tomb of princes Paskevich
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