▁Day ▁( 1 1 ▁April ) ▁Day ▁of ▁Fish erm en ▁( the ▁second ▁Sunday ▁of ▁July ) ▁Day ▁of ▁the ▁City ▁( the ▁second ▁Saturday ▁of ▁September ) ▁ ▁Education ▁ ▁Ker ch ▁hosts ▁( 2 0 0 4 ): ▁ 2 8 ▁schools , ▁ 9 ▁instit utes ▁and ▁branches ▁of ▁Ukrain ian ▁and ▁Russian ▁univers ities , ▁ship building ▁and ▁poly techn ical ▁colleg es , ▁medical ▁school , ▁ 6 ▁P T U ▁schools , ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁pre - school ▁child ▁institutions ▁ ▁Arch ae ology ▁ ▁Arch ae ological ▁dig s ▁in ▁Ker ch ▁were ▁launched ▁under ▁Russian ▁aus p ices ▁in ▁the ▁middle ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Since ▁then ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁ancient ▁P antic ap ae um ▁city ▁on ▁Mount ▁M ith rid at ▁has ▁been ▁system atically ▁exc av ated . ▁Loc ated ▁nearby ▁are ▁several ▁ancient ▁bur ial ▁m ounds ▁( k urg ans ) ▁and ▁exc av ated ▁cities . ▁Ker ch ▁takes ▁part ▁in ▁UN ES CO ' s ▁" Sil k ▁Road " ▁programme . ▁Tre asures ▁and ▁historical ▁find ings ▁of ▁Ker ch ▁ad orn ▁the ▁collections ▁of ▁major ▁museum s ▁around ▁the ▁world . ▁Such ▁as : ▁the ▁Herm itage , ▁the ▁Lou vre , ▁the ▁British ▁Museum , ▁the ▁Berlin ▁Museum , ▁the ▁Moscow ▁State ▁Museum ▁of ▁fine ▁arts ▁and ▁many ▁others . ▁Currently , ▁exc av ations ▁at ▁ancient ▁for tr esses ▁of ▁Ker ch ▁are ▁led ▁by ▁scient ists ▁from ▁Russia