What associates Barbara Radziwill with Joseph Goshkevich?

If you like to explore museums in Belarus, you have at least 5 reasons to visit Ostrovets Historical and Ethnographic Museum, located in Grodno region:

1. Here is a rich and meaningful collection that tells about the history of the emergence and development of Ostrovets and the district, starting from 1468. You will learn interesting facts from the life of Albrecht Gastold, who owned the city in those days, and Barbara Radziwill, the wife of his son Stanislav. The family tree is decorated here and the coats of arms of the Gashtolds and Radziwills are collected. You can also see the Statute of 1529, on which Albrecht Gastold also worked. True, this is a dummy, but nevertheless impressive.

2. You will meet the wealthy Korsak and Abramovich families, who later owned Ostrovets. You will find family portraits, coats of arms and other impressive relics that vividly characterize the spent era.

3. You will learn about the towns and estates of Ostrovets land, about its attractions. For the convenience of tourists, a special information kiosk has been installed where you can find out everything about the memorable places in the district.

4. You will the atmosphere in which Joseph Goshkevich, a scientist and diplomat, lived and worked; he lived in Japan and China for a long time. With his assistance, the first Orthodox church was built in Japan. He is the compiler of a Russian-Japanese dictionary published in 1837. He spent the last years of his life in Mali village near Ostrovets. The museum is equipped with his office. All interior items are original, unique, characterizing the era in which the scientist lived, worked and created.

5. You will also be introduced to the life of peasants at the beginning of the last century. In the center of the exhibition is Vornany town. This is the oldest settlement in Ostrovets region.

If you are passing through the city and don’t know how to organize leisure time, visit the historical and ethnographic museum - and you will not only find out when Ostrovets appeared and where you can go in Ostrovets, but also what Grodno region is famous for in general.

It also hosts rotating exhibitions and museum classes. The museum staff will be happy to tell you where the name of Ostrovets came from and the history of the exhibits kept by the ethnographic museum.

And yet: what associates Barbara Radziwill and Joseph Goshkevich? You probably already guessed - Ostrovets has united them. It's time for us to touch history.