Lviv History Museum

Lonely Planet review

The Lviv History Museum is split into three dotted around pl Rynok. The best part of this museum is at No 6. Here you can enjoy the Italian-Renaissance inner courtyard and slide around the exquisitely decorated interior. It was also here on 22 December 1686 that Poland and Russia signed the treaty that partitioned Ukraine. No 4 covers 19th- and 20th-century history, including two floors dedicated to the Ukrainian nationalist movement. No 24 expounds on the city's earlier history.

The highlight is an enormous painting depicting the old walled city of Lviv in the 18th century. Pr Svobody was a moat. None of the branches of this museum have English translations.