Because it has artworks of the most famous European artists. Thismuseum appeared thanks to a school history teacherAfanasiy Lunev. He came to Parkhomivka after World mWar and opened a small museum in the school. Theinterest in the school museum growed each day. So Lunev expanded his collection. In 1987, the museum became a department of Kharkiv Art Museum. The pupils ofsur school often one thousand one hundred went on excursions to this museum.