Museums are usually the best places to reveal the history of the country in a way it is described in books. So let’s learn a little bit about the museums you can visit while staying in Kiev.

he first one worth mentioning is the State Museum of Ukrainian History. The expositions of this museum are to show the development of Ukrainian society from the primitive one to that one we see today. Here you can learn about the world-known Trypillian culture, Polovtsi armour and weapon, different things preserved from Kiev Rus period and from Soviet times. The very museum has its history too, as it was founded in 1904 and met with the political and cultural changes of the XXth century.
The archeological collections of the museum are considered to be one of the most valuable. They include even the materials which belong to the beginning of the Stone Age. The valuable collections of weapon, coins, books, articles of glass and porcelain will not leave you disappointed. And for those who like extraordinary things, there are various thematic exhibitions, such as ‘Trypillian World’, ‘World Awards’, ‘The History of Money in Ukraine’ and ‘Serge Lifar: The World of Dance’.

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o learn the contribution of Ukraine into the victory in the Second World War, you should visit the National Museum of the Great Patriotic War’. This museum is one of the biggest and most significant in Ukraine. Its collection consists of more than 300, 000 items. There are several thematic exhibitions – ‘The Tragedy and Heroism of Afghan’, ‘The Foreign Wars’ and other temporary exhibitions. The main exhibition occupies 16 halls and comprises more than 15, 000 items.

he third museum which we would like to present is the Museum of Ukrainian Historical Treasures. The articles displayed here are mostly archeological finds, such as jewelry, armour, clothes, ritual items representing the culture of Kimmerians, Scythians and Sarmatians, who lived on the territory of Ukraine between the IX B. C. and IV A. D. and played an important role in the history of this country. As the territories of Ukraine were often invaded by foreign aggressors, there are the exhibitions dedicated to their culture. Among them there are Huns, Eurasian Avars, Pechenegs, Polovtsi, Mongols and Tartars. For those who love art there are a lot of masterpieces of different epochs and styles.

he next museum in our list is the one dedicated to one of the gravest tragedies happened in Ukraine, the Chornobyl disaster. The National Museum of Chornobyl will throw light on the unknown details of this catastrophe and give you the most dramatic picture of what happened. The museum is not only informative, but also creatively different, as it is organized in a special way. It resembles a long road with 76 road signs of those inhabited localities which got into the exclusion zone around the Chornobyl nuclear power station. The exhibition demonstrates the reasons and the results of the tragedy, describes the actions of those heroes who gave their lives and health for rescuing people. You will see here the first publications about the tragedy, the costumes which were used for elimination of the results of it, the first notes in the registers of fire-fighting departments, the photos of the heroes and a lot of other information.

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o cheer up after such a hard issue, you should visit Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Art Museum. It is a treasury of Ukrainian and foreign art known for its priceless collections and separate items. At the beginning this was a private collection of Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko who appeared to be worthy competitors to the world famous collectors. At this museum you will find the masterpieces from Ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, Asia and Europe. They belong to different epochs.

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he National Art Museum of Ukraine will continue our fine arts topic. One hundred years ago, when this museum was founded, Ukraine was known as a country of folk decorative art, but not of fine arts. The creators of the museum decided to change this stereotype. Now the museum has a remarkable collection of works by Ukrainian masters, including those who lived abroad, and by the foreign masters who lived in Ukraine. This is a museum which meets the world standards. It will definitely make you fall in love with Ukrainian culture.

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ne of the most extraordinary museums in our list is dedicated to water. This museum is placed in the old water tower which is 130 years old. The stairs will lead you to the vaults where you will find huge aquariums, acting model of water-well hole, gigantic toilet, fairy tale looking cavern with waterfall, thunder-storm. Children will enjoy making soap bubbles, creating a river themselves and playing with fairy tale fish.
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ollowing our route we get to the Kiev Fortress Museum. This is a group of fortifications built during different periods of time. When it wasn’t used as fortification any more it played the role of hospital and jail for political prisoners including those who made an important contribution into the history of Ukraine. The museum has more than 17, 000 of exhibits, which depict the history of this mysterious institution.

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he last but not the least museum in the list is Pinchuk Art Centre which is an international museum of modern art. Here you can enjoy combinations of different styles, experiments with colours, new vision of the world and really creative ideas. The exhibitions of world known masters will make you forget about the time and feel the spirit of modern life with its light and shades.

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