The Honey Museum in Mukachevo is a one-of-a-kind attraction in Ukraine, you won’t find another one in the country. For all lovers of honey, interested in its types and properties, other bee products, known for centuries for their healing effect on the body, a visit to the honey museum in Mukachevo will be an interesting and exciting event. And for other guests of the museum it is a wonderful opportunity to taste delicious Transcarpathian honey and honey drinks.
This attraction appeared in the ancient city of Mukachevo not so long ago — in 2010, but it has already become famous far beyond the country. The Honey Museum is part of the «Honey Route of Transcarpathia», it is one of the main points of the «tasty» tourist route «Sweet Transcarpathia».
The exposition of the museum familiarizes visitors with all aspects of beekeeping, here you can learn all about how honey is produced, how it is used and what are the benefits of this amazing delicacy, as well as — what is the most interesting for many — to try different types of honey and drinks prepared on its basis.
One of the most unusual and interesting exhibits of the museum is a real beehive with transparent walls. Visitors of the museum have an opportunity to see with their own eyes how honey appears — a fascinating and mesmerizing spectacle. Large collections of toy bees and various beekeeper’s tools also attract the guests of the museum. Having visited the Mukachevo Honey Museum, you can learn a lot about this delicacy, and even learn the skills of a beekeeper — for this purpose, a specially equipped platform for beekeeping training will be opened in the near future.
The pride of the honey museum in Mukachevo is the honey collection, which includes samples of honey from 27 countries, including Tibet, India, Moravia, Australia, Israel, Czech Republic, and Liechtenstein.
Visiting Mukachevo Honey Museum is not only a pleasant, but also useful event. Here you can buy any represented varieties of honey and bee products — «bee bread», royal jelly, tincture of wax moth larvae, zabrus, pollen, bee pollen and, of course, propolis. Tasting honey and drinks — the famous mead and honey balsam infusion on medicinal herbs — will definitely raise the mood of all visitors of this the only and unique attraction of Ukraine.
Such attraction of Mukachevo as the «Museum of Honey» is definitely worth paying time to — this fascinating excursion into the honey world will be remembered by both adults and children for a long time. It will not be difficult to find it in the city: the museum building is decorated with one more of its unusual exhibits — a huge bee «living» on its roof.