Bukovina developed within the legal framework of Austria (Austria-Hungary) for 144 years. From a remote Turkish-Moldavian Middle Ages, the region gradually rose to the level of modern society, combining features of Eastern and Western civilizations. Bukovina did not reach the level of the developed lands of the Austrian Crown, but it was ensured the greatest progress in all spheres of regional life.

An important role in this was played by the revolution of 1848–1849, which led to democratic changes in the Austrian Empire, where a constitution was adopted, changing Bukovina's legal status and forms of its governance. Gradually, European forms of administrative management and local self-government were established in the region.

Reforms of the second half of the 19th century created conditions for free enterprise and market relations. The exhibition presents materials on the development of the forest, woodworking, food, construction, and brick industries. Old photographs depict the first railway station, the first train tickets, and even the destruction of a railway bridge. A prominent place is occupied by materials dedicated to the development of municipal services: the Edict of 1895 "On the Commissioning of the Water Supply and Sewerage System", materials on the construction of the first electric power plant in 1896, the launch of electric public transport – the tram, in 1897, and the paving of city squares and streets.

Separate sections are dedicated to education, musical life, theatrical art, and architecture. Bukovina was the homeland and field of activity for numerous recognized artists, graphic designers, and sculptors. In particular, the art hall of our exhibition alone features over forty works by renowned masters of painting. On display are canvases by the master of easel painting Mykola Ivasyuk, portraitist Yustym Pihulyak, Bukovina's first female artist Augusta Kokhanovska, Yevzebiy Lypetsky, Epaminondas Buchevsky, Yevhen Maksymovych, and others.