Rudniev Art Museum, Lebedyn
An art museum founded in 1918, in a mansion of 1912: over 2,000 works and a hall of the Krychevsky family.
The museum was founded in 1918 and opened in 1919 as the T. Shevchenko Art and History Museum. Its founder and director until 1944 was the process engineer Borys Rudniev (1879–1944), a native of Kharkiv; the museum has borne his name since 2008. Since 1939 the museum has been housed in a mansion of 1912 that Count Oleksii Kapnist built for the doctor Kostiantyn Zilbernyk. The collection numbers over 2,000 items; among the artists are Volodymyr Borovykovsky, Ivan Aivazovsky, Serhii Vasylkivsky and Fedir Krychevsky. The exhibition occupies seven halls: from the “Cossack Hall” to the memorial hall of the Krychevsky family.
17 Voli Square, Lebedyn; tel. (05445) 2-18-81. On the museum website (undated) — Tue–Fri 8:00–17:15, Sat until 16:00, admission 15 UAH for adults; there are no 2025–2026 sources on opening hours, and in 2026 the community allocated funds to repair the museum's roof (Sumski Debaty, 16.09.2026) — phone before your visit. The Lebedyn community is regularly shelled: on the night of 29.09.2026 — five Shahed drones (dancor.sumy.ua, 29.09.2026).