Lviv Museum of the History of Religion - a museum in Lviv , which highlights the history and world religions , as well as the activities of religious organizations.
The museum is located in a former Roman Catholic convent of the Dominican XIV-XVIII centuries.The museum was founded in 1973 as the Museum of the History of Religion and Atheism , and previously served as the premises of the Dominican church.
The fund has more than 50 thousand units of conservation. Among these exhibits , which have a significant cult , artistic and historical value .Lviv Museum of the History of Religion is the owner of a large collection of icons XVI-XIX centuries , Jewish treasure XVII-XIX centuries , a large collection of Bibles and Thor , a collection of valuable old books XVI-XVIII centuries , including - and Ostrog Bible Ivan Fedorov Trebnik Peter Graves reliquary of St. Arontiya XI century.Among the 150 000 copies - works of theologians Kiev , St. Petersburg and Moscow Theological Academy and periodicals , church and religious literature of Catholic institutions in Italy, Germany , Austria, France and Poland , a collection of religious books since the Crimean Khanate,publishing collections of works of Ukrainian Catholic University in Rome,
Lviv Museum of the History of Religion has a specialized library religievedcheskogo profile analogues in Ukraine does not exist.
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