Two Levels of the Old Naval Barracks’ Underground Tunnels to Be Opened to Visitors in Mykolaiv

Participants in the author-led tour “The History of the Naval Barracks” will be able to see two levels of the cellars beneath the Old Naval Barracks in Mykolaiv. The event will take place on November 15 at 2:00 p.m. at the Mykolaiv Regional Museum of Local History, “Old Naval Barracks”.

The tour will be led by the museum’s senior researcher, Tetiana Hubska. Visitors will learn how the barracks were built, what makes their architecture distinctive, and what little-known events are connected with the building’s past. The tour will include stories that rarely make it into ordinary guidebooks.

The history of this well-known architectural complex in the city spans almost 200 years. At the invitation of Admiral Oleksii Greig, English architect Charles Ackroyd came to Mykolaiv. He is credited with designing several of the city’s landmark buildings:

• the Girls’ School;
• the Lutheran church;
• the Old Naval Barracks.

In addition to learning about the complex’s history, guests can look forward to:

• seeing the old arched ceilings and metal structures in the cellars, preserved from the 19th century;
• viewing a mysterious wall between the piers;
• strolling through the museum courtyard.

Tickets for the tour cost 60 hryvnias. The program lasts about one hour.

We previously wrote:

• Tours, a puppet show, and new exhibitions: October at the Mykolaiv museum
• Mysterious tunnels, drums, and chains: how Mykolaiv’s defensive heritage disappeared in the Korabelnyi district
• “The Wheel of Local History”: pensioners from Korabelnyi took a journey into the past
• The Old Naval Barracks welcomed guests from Korabelnyi
• NGZ ranks second among benefactors who contributed to the Old Naval Barracks