ROKYNI OPEN-AIR MUSEUM

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Ukraine Culture Renovation Culture Renovation Fixed dates

About the project

📝 Detailed information

🏢 About the local organisation

Rokyni Open-Air museum was established around 37 years ago in a beautiful village with lake and picturesque surroundings. Today Rokyni Open-Air museum looks like a street of a small village of Volyn region in the XIX century. The outdoors exhibitions are some common Volyn mansions around which were created homesteading with barn, stables, wells and fences. There are windmill, bath and smithy dates from 1875 year. Volyn Skansen in Rokyni is a cultural-educational centre, that shows to visitors Ukrainian culture, exhibits of national heritage, protects architecture objects of the past times, keep folk Ukrainian traditions, customs and rituals. In 2017 there was first successful international voluntary camp. You can watch a short video about last-year camp:

💼 What the programme involves

Volunteers will provide help to museum staff doing different activities: to renew (painting, maintenance) outdoor look of Museum (mansions, informational signs, stands), to perform landscaping work, to braid fences of willow and another activities for improvement of Museum territory. As one of the main objectives of the project is to raise awareness of the local community on the issues related to the Ukrainian Heritage, so all volunteers will be invited to take part in planned workshops.

🏠 Accommodation on site

will be organized in a former summer children camp. Breakfast will be prepared by volunteers. Lunch and dinner will be provided.

📍 About the location

Rokyni (12 km from Lutsk).Leisure time: Lutsk has a lot of places of interests that is why you will not feel lack of historical places to visit: castle, monasteries, church. Bus trips to Lutsk can be organized. There are special squares for sport activities, so volunteers are welcomed to enjoy playing volleyball and football. You can do swimming and sunbathing near lake.

⚠️ Requirements

Extra fee: 30 EuroWhat to bring: working gloves, working clothes, CD s, DVD s etc., musical instruments, detailed information about your country, national games, good mood and motivation.

ℹ️ Additional information

Extra fee: 30 Euro

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📅 Available sessions

ALT-4

30/07/2017 → 12/08/2017

Closed

2 / 12

♂ 0/5 ♀ 2/6

UAALT-3

29/07/2018 → 11/08/2018

Closed

0 / 12

♂ 0/6 ♀ 0/6

ℹ️ Key information

Age required

18–99 years old

Solidarity donation

30.00 EUR

French tax residents may be eligible for a tax reduction of up to 66% of their costs (membership, plane tickets, solidarity donation).

📍 Location

Rokyni, Volyn Oblast, Ukraine

Ukraine

🌍 Location info

Local currency

Ukraine Hryvna (UAH / ₴)

Exchange rate

1 UAH = 0.019663 EUR

Rate as of 31/05/2026

Timezone

Eastern European Standard Time

Local time: 21:00 (12/11/2026)

🛡️ Before you leave

Security information

📞 Contact us

[email protected]

+32 2 888 67 13

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✅ Features

🗣️ Languages spoken

English Ukrainian