The reconstruction of the only in Europe Museum of Forestry and Timber Floating in Mizhhirya district will commence in the near future

Transcarpathia has received the first tranche of the funds for the restoration of the Museum of Forestry and Timber Floating on the Chorna River in Mizhhirya district. Tender procedures are completed, the winner has been determined, the contract will be signed and the work will commence soon. The museum restoration is funded by the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources.

Recall that the only in Europe (and one of the two in the world) Museum of Forestry and Timber Floating in Mizhhirya district, which belongs to the Ministry of Ecology and is a part of the Synevyr National Nature Park, is in an abandoned condition and collapsing. During the catastrophic floods of 1998 and 2001, the Museum suffered significant damage.

Local residents and the public did not allow to privatize the unique facility.   After the opening, the Museum of Forestry and Timber Floating, will become a gem of the Carpathians, one of the wonders of Ukraine, that thousands of tourists will be coming to see, – the press service of the Transcarpathian Regional State Administration informs