Unique collections

Vinnytsia Museum of Transport Models

The Museum of Transport Models is unique, as it has no analog in Ukraine. Its collection, which has been gathered for about half a century, includes more than 7000 mini-exhibits. The first exhibition hall features replicas of cars, airplanes, ships, tanks, motorcycles, trams, trolleybuses, buses, and trains. There are also mini replicas of military vehicles made of plasticine and real car engines.

The museum has a second hall with an exhibition of private collections and miniatures. Here you can see a pricked micro-art flea, a collectible suitcase with secrets, openwork glass coasters from different times, vintage dolls, a fantasy game exposition, miniature airplanes and sailing ships, and many other amazing things. The main object of this hall is a moving model of a part of the city with a railway, which recreates the Zamostia district of the last century.

The museum also has a library of specialized literature and a place for lectures.

Address: 64 Soborna St
Phone: +380 097 678-68-19
Social media page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100080591433484

Yakiv Balaban Museum of Ukrainian Postage Stamps

The museum houses the world’s largest collection of Ukrainian stamps. It was collected by New York philatelist Oleksandr Balaban, whose father Yakiv was born in Vinnytsia region. He was a sotnik of the Ukrainian People’s Republic and later emigrated to the United States.

Here you can see the stamps of the West Ukrainian People’s Republic, stamps of the Russian Empire, but with a Ukrainian trident, a 1919 stamp from Pokuttia – one of only eight still preserved in the world – and other unique pieces.

Address: 26 Soborna St
Phone: +380 99 534-30-20, +380 67 505-91-40
Social media page: https://www.facebook.com/Ukrainianstamps/

Pan Zawarkin and Son Cafe-Museum

A unique place that takes visitors back to the cozy atmosphere of the living room of the early 20th century. Among its exhibits are rare clocks and other interior items: a gramophone, a piano, samovars, boulottes, kerosene lamps, porcelain miniatures, and a lot of interesting trinkets of the time. There you can see one of the most amazing clocks in the world, patented in 1808, the Rolling Ball. While listening to the chiming of ancient clocks, you can eat delicious desserts, drink the author’s coffee or tea, choosing from several dozen presented varieties.

Address: 3 Soloviova St
Phone: +380 432 52-60-32, +380 98 176-67-28.
Website: zavarkin.vin.ua
Social Media Page: https://www.facebook.com/PanZavarkinTaSin/