Attractions of Kyiv

Cultural and entertainment complex "Mamaeva Sloboda" is a reconstruction of the Cossack village of the XVIII century. On the territory of 9.2 hectares there are 98 different objects, among which the wooden church of the Intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary occupies a prominent place. There is also a townhouse of a Cossack sergeant, a regimental treasury in the Ukrainian Baroque style, a palanquin (Cossack outpost), estates of a blacksmith and a potter, taverns and many other ethnographic objects that recreate the life of the Cossacks. The complex is named after the legendary Cossack Mamaia, one of the most popular characters in Ukrainian folklore. Folk festivals take place here on major holidays. It is possible to organize wedding ceremonies in the national style, as well as various corporate events.

The Kyiv Literary Memorial Museum of Maksym Rylsky opened in 1966 in a building next to Holosiivskyi Park in Kyiv, where the prominent Ukrainian poet lived for the last 13 years of his life, from 1951 to 1964. It was here that he wrote his most famous poetry collections "Roses and Grapes", "Winter Records", "Evening Conversations". The house preserves the living room, office and library of Maxim Rylsky. In three more halls the biographical exposition covering a life and a creative way of the poet is presented. In total, the museum has more than 10,000 units. It is possible to listen to recordings of the poet's voice. The house is surrounded by a garden and flower beds created by Maxim Rylsky. A monument to the poet has been erected in front of the house.

The residence of the Metropolitans of Kyiv and All Ukraine on the territory of the Sophia Monastery in Kyiv was founded in 1722–1730, during the time of Archbishop Varlaam Vanatovych. It was completed by his successors, Metropolitans Raphael Zaborovsky and Tymofiy Shcherbatsky. The three-storey palace in the Ukrainian Baroque style was built next to Sophia of Kyiv with the participation of architects Johann-Gottfried Schedel and Semen Antonov. At the end of the 19th century, an extension was made on the western side and a balcony with a staircase was installed, which led down to the metropolitan garden from the second floor. The interiors of the metropolitan rooms have preserved the authentic painting of the XVIII century, as well as authentic stoves, lined with tiles of the Kiev ceramic factory Andrzejowski. Among the original interior items of the XVIII-XIX centuries: floor clock, desk-cylinder, fireplace made of red marble. Old prints in Old Slavic and foreign languages of the XVI-XVIII centuries are presented. The gallery of portraits from the collection of the Kyiv Orthodox Theological Academy of the Orthodox Church of Ukraine introduces the former residents of the Metropolitan's House.

A unique monument of architecture and monumental painting. The church was founded by the Kyivan prince Vsevolod Olhovych in the first half of the 12th century and was the ancestral tomb of the Olhovichs. In the XVII-XVIII centuries it acquired the features of the Ukrainian Baroque, the frescoes of the XII century have been preserved almost completely. Services are provided.

Since 1975, the Museum of Books and Printing of Ukraine has been located in the building of the monastery printing house of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, which has been operating continuously for over 300 years - from the beginning of the 17th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The exposition covers the history of domestic books and book business from the times of Kievan Rus to the present day. Among the oldest manuscripts are the "Gospel of Reims" (XI-XIV centuries), the "Ostromir Gospel" (1056) and an integral attribute of the inauguration of the Presidents of Ukraine "Peresopnytsia Gospel" (1556-1561), examples of translation and orig. literature of Kievan Rus. Among the unique monuments of printing are the first Ukrainian printed book "The Apostle" (Lviv, 1574) and the first Slavic "Bible" (Ostrog, 1581), published by Ivan Fedorov. You can also get acquainted with rare editions of Ukrainian printing houses: fraternal, monastic and private. The two exhibition halls periodically display art, book and illustration, photo exhibitions, as well as events dedicated to important events in the cultural life of Ukraine and abroad. The institution offers a museum-pedagogical event "Game in a fairy tale" for children's groups.

The Museum of Contemporary Fine Arts of Ukraine (MSIIU) is the first private museum in the country to present the work of contemporary Ukrainian artists. The museum was created by patron S. Tsyupko on the basis of a personal collection of paintings, graphics, sculpture and decorative and applied arts. The museum collection has more than 4,500 unique exhibits and is located on an area of 3.5 thousand square meters. It is based on modern non-figurative painting. In addition, exhibitions of Ukrainian artists are constantly held in the halls of the museum.

The Museum of Hetmanship in Kyiv is dedicated to the history of state formation of Ukraine during the Zaporozhian Cossack Army and the Hetmanshchyna of the XVII-XVIII centuries, as well as the Hetmanate of the early XX century. The exposition reveals the essence of a specific Hetman form of government and the structure of the military-civil administration in the then Ukraine, tells about the history and traditions of the Cossack-Hetman era.

The museum was founded in 1993 and is housed in an architectural monument of the late seventeenth century, known to the people of Kiev as "Mazepa's house". In fact, this two-story mansion in the typical Baroque style of Cossack architecture was built during the reign of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, although there is no direct evidence of his stay here. From 1717 the house was owned by the Cossack-bourgeois Sychevsky family, whose representatives were part of the city magistrate. Among the few Podolsk mansions, this house survived the fire of 1811, as indicated by its location at an angle to later street planning. During the reconstruction of Podil, the architect Andriy Melensky completed the second floor and the pediment with columns. In Soviet times, there were communal apartments. In 1992, the Ivan Mazepa Foundation carried out a restoration to create the Museum of the Hetmanate.

The museum has more than 9,000 museum items. In the hall of Bohdan Khmelnytsky the banner of the hetman with his family coat of arms is presented. The scientific exhibitions "Hetman Ivan Mazepa", "Philip Orlyk – Hetman, the author of the first democratic constitution of Ukraine" and "Pavlo Skoropadsky and the Ukrainian state of 1918" are constantly open. Among the exhibits: an engraving of 1706 "Mazepa among his good deeds", a map of Ukraine by Johann Baptist Homann in 1716, items from the personal collection of the Skoropadsky family. The museum periodically holds meetings of the discussion club "Hetman's Living Room".

A magnificent building in the style of the Italian Renaissance was built for the Kyiv office of the State Bank. It was originally two-story, but 30 years later two more floors were added. The central place in the building is given to the operating room with colored stained glass windows and a glass ceiling. Excursions to the Museum of Money are held on Wednesdays and Fridays after 14:00 (prior written request required). His exposition tells about the money circulation in the Ukrainian lands from ancient times to the present day. Here are primitive forms of money, antique, medieval coins, money of the Russian Empire, banknotes of the Ukrainian People's Republic, as well as money of the Soviet period and modern independent Ukraine. A special permit is required to visit the Treasury Museum of Ukraine.

The Museum of One Street is dedicated to the history of Andriyivsky Descent, the most famous and colorful street in Kyiv. Founded by the literary search association "Master", whose activists decided to reveal to visitors some secrets of Andrew's Descent, to acquaint with its most famous inhabitants, to recreate and preserve a special aura that surrounds this romantic street - Mecca of artists, writers and other creative people. The interiors of some typical rooms have been reconstructed, showing the peculiarities of Kyiv life in the 19th century. Separate exhibitions are dedicated to M. Bulgakov, F. Krasitsky, I. Kavaleridze and others. In 2002, the One Street Museum was named one of the best museums in Europe. Historical, documentary and art exhibitions are held regularly.

The large museum quarter between Saksaganskoho, Zhylyanska, Pankivska and Lva Tolstoho streets in Kyiv unites museums of several prominent Ukrainian families who lived here at the same time in the late 19th and early 20th centuries: Kosach, Lysenko, Starytsky, Tobilevych. The Pankivshchyna district was then called the Latin Quarter because the Kyiv intelligentsia lived here: professors and students of St. Volodymyr's University, doctors, engineers, and artists.

Mykola Lysenko, a prominent composer and founder of Ukrainian classical music, was the first to settle in the house at 95. In the apartment where he lived the last 18 years of his life and wrote his main works, the interiors of the hall, study, dining room and living room were recreated, where even today you can hear the magical sounds of Lysenko's piano.

The writer and theatrical figure Mykhailo Starytsky lived in the neighboring house № 93 with his wife Sofia, daughter Maria and son Yuri. The exposition of the Starytsky Museum consists of a memorial apartment, which recreates the interiors of the living room, dining room, Starytsky's office and the room of the eldest daughter Maria, as well as the exposition "Continuation of Family Traditions", dedicated to the life and work of children and grandchildren.

The Lesya Ukrainka Museum was established in the house № 97, where the Kosach family lived for a decade and Lesya herself visited from time to time. In fact, the editorial board of the magazines "Ridny Krai" and "Moloda Ukraina" was based here, the editor-in-chief of which was the mother of the poetess Olga Kosach from the Drahomanov family (literary pseudonym - Olena Pchilka). Seven halls of the literary exposition tell about the life and creative way of Lesya Ukrainka, about the Drahomanov and Kosach families, among the poet's friends and like-minded people.

The museum of one of the luminaries of the Ukrainian theater Panas Saksagansky from the Tobilevych family will be opened in the memorial building № 96 on Zhylyanska Street after its restoration.

The Museum of Popular Science and Technology "Experimentanium" in Kyiv is a scientific and entertainment center, where the laws of science and the phenomena of the surrounding world are clearly and easily demonstrated. The permanent exposition of the museum has about three hundred interactive exhibits and covers the main sections of physics studied at school: mechanics, molecular physics, electricity and magnetism, optics, acoustics. The exhibits are designed so that visitors can conduct experiments that illustrate the work of a law of nature. One of the most interesting exhibits is a Tesla plasma ball, which demonstrates crisp experiments with high voltage. On the second floor there is a cozy cafe.

The Museum of Public Transport of Kyiv was established in 2015 on the basis of the historical exposition and restoration center of KP "Kyivpastrans". Located on the territory of the former bus fleet №3 near the metro station "Brest" (entrance from the lane Yuri Matushchak). The exposition presents rare buses, trolleybuses, trams and cars that have worked on passenger routes in Kyiv in different years. Among them: ZIS-155, LAZ-695M, Skoda 8Tr, LiAZ 677 and others. There is a workshop for restoration and restoration of old equipment. It is planned to create excursion routes by retro transport, excursions in existing parks and depots.

The Museum of Secondary Raw Materials near the Livoberezhna metro station in Kyiv is called the "Museum of Antiques" or the "Museum of Unnecessary Things." It was opened in 2007 on the territory of the Kyivmiskvtorresurs plant, which is engaged in procurement and processing of secondary raw materials. Back in the middle of the XX century. here they began to systematically select interesting things from the garbage, and later, learning that the factory accepts antiques, people began to take them here. Among the unique rarities - the first in the Russian Empire vacuum cleaner, an ancient set of hairdressing tools, a set of tools for torture of the tsarist gendarmerie, a sleigh-gringol, a machine for processing hemp. A whole stand with about 40 different figures of the leader of the revolution is dedicated to Soviet themes, and the famous 7-meter statue of Lenin, brought from the Crimea, is installed in the yard of the plant. The large exposition is located on the street under a canopy, and the small one - in a wooden house for antiques.

The Kyiv Museum of the History of Fire Engineering was opened on the basis of the 25th State Fire and Rescue Unit of the Obolon district of Kyiv, which at the time of its opening in the 1970s. was the largest in Europe. A unique collection of special equipment, fire and rescue equipment and tools from the tsarist era to the present, badges and awards of firefighters are presented. In particular, you can see the first fire truck, which appeared in Kiev in 1913, as well as the famous Soviet-made fire truck based on the ZIS-130 truck. The Fire Museum receives guests free of charge by appointment.

The oldest of the surviving civil buildings in Podil, which has undergone many reconstructions. According to legend, in 1706 Peter I, who directed the construction of the Pechersk fortress, stopped here. Later, the house belonged to the Kyiv viit Bykovsky, who kept a tavern in it. Then there was a "house of humility", a parish school, an orphanage. Now the premises are occupied by the Museum of the History of Kyiv Charity. One of the most valuable exhibits is a rare baroque icon "Mother of God with a baby" of the XVIII century.