MUSEUMS OF KIEV

At the turn of the 20th century the building number 13 on Reytarska Street, which is the present location for ARTEast Gallery, was considered the center of the cultural life in the capital of Ukraine. The building housed Ballet Studio and Opera Studio. Today a lot of art lovers consider ARTEast Gallery to be the best in Ukraine. More...

Kiev Art Gallery offering various works of art to everyone's taste is a modern American and Ukrainian joint project. The gallery works with similar companies in the field of art promotion and selling all over the world. The art presented here is suitable for home interiors, office decorations, as it helps to make a luxurious present. More...

From ancient times wax was used for various purposes - for mummy preservation or as a protecting for oil paintings and frescoes. The Romans made wax moulds of dead people's faces. The portraits of friends and relatives were also made of wax. Nowadays the exposition consists of more than 60 figures. More...

The Museum of Cultural Heritage was open on May 29, 1999. This museum presents the works by those Ukrainian artists who were compelled to live abroad. The collection of the museum is exhibited in eight halls. The museum building is the restored architectural monument dated to the end of the 18th century-the beginning of the 19th century. More...

The museum of the outstanding writer Mikhail Bulgakov is situated in one of the most beautiful streets of Kiev, Andreyevsky Spusk, which was mainly built up at the end of the 19th century. The street is also famous for some older constructions that are considered to be of great historical value. More...

The Museum of Art named after Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko, or the Museum of Western and Oriental Art, was founded in 1919 on the basis of their private museum. Now it keeps one of the best collections of foreign art in Ukraine. Since 1919 the number of exhibits has been more than 13 times increased - from 1,250 to 17,000 artworks. More...

To the southwest of Kiev, in the picturesque setting of Pirogovo village there is an open-air Museum of Ukrainian Folk Architecture, Rural Life and Folk Art, stretching on a vast territory of 150 hectares. In this village-museum the unique collection of folk architecture from all regions of Ukraine has been gathered. More...

The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine was founded in Kiev in 1973. It is located in the building of the former anatomical theatre of the University of Kiev, constructed in 1853 by architect A. Beretti. The building is considered to be one of the greatest and most famous architectural monuments of the 19th century. More...

One hundred years ago, at the beginning of the history of the National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was first called the City Museum of Antiques and Art, there was hardly any concept of Ukrainian professional art. The founders of the collections define the main representatives of Ukrainian fine art. More...

The State Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art has one of the largest collections of folk art in the ex-USSR countries. The museum's collections contain over 60,000 exhibits dating from various times. The museum exposition, which is continually being enlarged with new works of art, presents a vivid picture of the history of Ukrainian folk art. More...

Ukrainian Museum of Historical Treasures (Scythian Gold) is located in the Pecherskaya lavra, the Monastery of Caves, and has one the richest collections of golden articles in the FSU countries. The works of the jewelers from the earliest periods of Ukrainian history were gathered and carefully kept for years. More...

The State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema of Ukraine is the only museum of this kind in the country. The museum's collections feature unique exhibits of theater, music and cinema history. The collections were started in 1923 and became a basis for the scientific research and the documentation of cultural history of Ukraine. More...