Attractions of Kyiv region

Victoria Museum of Costume and Style in Kyiv was founded in 2017 by private collector Victoria Lysenko.

The exposition is located in a restored eclectic style profit house, which was built at the end of the 19th century by Lazar Chornoyarov, a merchant of the first guild.

All the demonstration halls on two floors present more than 1,500 authentic exhibits of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including clothes, shoes, accessories, valuables and ordinary household items used by the inhabitants of the cities of Ukraine and Europe at that time.

In the first hall, costumes from 1900-1920 are presented, reflecting the pre-revolutionary style of Kyiv residents. The second hall is used for temporary exhibitions. In the third hall, clothes from the end of the 19th century are exhibited, a characteristic feature of which was mandatory women's corsets. The exhibits of the fourth hall reflect the fashion of the first half of the 19th century, which was characterized by women's dresses with crinolines. In the fifth hall there is a rest area and photo locations. The sixth hall gives an opportunity to see some exhibits in detail almost up close. In the seventh hall, there is a cinema hall and another photo area.

Among the unique exhibits of the Victoria Museum is the only dress in Ukraine from the Charles Worth Fashion House of the beginning of the 20th century. A collection of fans of the XVIII-XX centuries is also presented.

Museum of the archaeologist Vikentiy Khvoyka in the village of Khalepya near Trypillya is dedicated to the discoverer of the Trypillya archaeological culture, which some researchers consider a civilization. It was here, in the building of the former literacy school, that an outstanding archaeologist worked in 1896-1898.

The museum was opened on the birthday of the outstanding archaeologist - February 20, 2009. It is still the only museum in Ukraine dedicated to his activities. Most of the exposition consists of models of the excavation sites of Trypillya hillforts and originals of various documents.

Particularly valuable exhibits are Vikentiy Khvoyka's hand-drawn sketches of finds and pages from his diary.

In the same year, in the premises where the museum of Vikentiy Khvoyka was already located, a museum of the outstanding Ukrainian writer and philosopher Ivan Franko was opened in a separate hall.

The Vikentiy Khvoyka Museum is a branch of the Kyiv Regional Archaeological Museum.

The memorial museum-apartment of the composer Viktor Kosenko was founded in 1938 by his widow Anhelina Kanep-Kosenko.

The museum recreates the interiors of Kosenko's living room and office as they were during his lifetime. Among the personal belongings of the composer presented in the exposition, the oldest is the name silver spoon from Kosenko's parental home. An album made of crocodile skin with sheet music of themes from Kosenko's symphonic works attracts attention. Books from Kosenko's personal library are presented with the authors' gift inscriptions.

Now the Museum-apartment of Viktor Kosenko is a branch of the Museum of Theater, Music and Film Arts of Ukraine.

The Shandra Village History Museum was opened in 2001 at the Shandra Gymnasium on the initiative of the local historian Ivan Redko, who became the first director of the institution.

The exhibition in eight halls tells about the foundation of Shandra village, important moments in its history, famous people who were born or lived in the village.

One of the halls is decorated in the style of a Ukrainian hut with a traditional oven, where old dishes and other household items are presented.

A separate exposition is dedicated to the memories of the residents of Shandra, who were eyewitnesses to the terrible events of the Holodomor of 1932-1933.

The Shandra Village History Museum is a branch of the Myronivka Historical and Local Lore Museum.

VIP Ostrich Farm was opened near Kyiv in 2001. The main activity of the farm is the breeding of African ostriches for the further sale of young animals and the breeding of an adult herd. Technologies of ostrich farms in the USA and Canada are used, which are adapted to Ukrainian conditions.

According to previous agreements, informative and entertaining tours of the farm territory are held. You can also buy commemorative souvenirs made of feathers and eggshells of African ostriches, take pictures with the birds and get a commemorative photo of the ostrich.

The "VyshHora" complex is located in Vyshhorod in a picturesque location, on the steep banks of the Kyiv Reservoir, next to the old bobsleigh track.

In winter, the mountain, which is about 200 meters long, has three different slopes and snow tubing for riding on inflatable tubes. A modern conveyor belt, snow cannons, and night lighting are in operation. Equipment can be rented, instructors work. Visitors are offered tandoori meat dishes, hot mulled wine, tea and coffee. The complex works in snowy weather, or when the average daily temperature allows the use of snow cannons.

In the summer, the complex includes 200-meter-long water slides, a 20x20-meter pool with a pool bar, and a sunbathing and relaxation area with an area of more than 400 square meters.

In July 2020, the administration of the "VyshHora" complex announced the complete cessation of activities.

The historical and local history museum of the Vyshneve city was founded on the initiative of the local historian Kateryna Sereda, and received official status in 2004.

The museum does not yet have a permanent premises, part of the exposition is temporarily located in the building of the State Statistics Service. In particular, on the second floor, the grand piano of the Becker company is exhibited, on which the outstanding composer Ihor Stravynskyi played when he came to Vyshneve to visit the Myhay family.

"Vysotsky" Gallery is the first museum of the poet, singer and actor Volodymyr Vysotskyi in Ukraine.

It is located on Vozdvyzhenka in Kyiv, next to Andriyivskyi Uzviz. Valuable exhibits, as well as unique memories of Vysotsky's contemporaries are collected here. In particular, rare photos of Arkadiy Hershman's work, books with poems by and about Vysotsky, discs with films in which Vysotsky starred are presented.

There is a cafe "Tahanka", where recordings of Vysotsky's songs are constantly played. In memory, you can buy souvenir products - t-shirts, mugs, etc.

WARNING! Since the beginning of 2020 due to quarantine, and since 2022 due to martial law, the museum exposition has been temporarily closed.

The Vytachiv Museum of Local Lore was opened in 2008. It is located in the premises of the Vytachiv village club.

A small ethnographic collection and works of local masters of folk art are presented.

The large complex of water mill buildings in the village Horodyshche-Pustovarivske is a unique monument of industrial architecture.

It was built in the second half of the 19th century by the landowner Ivan Pidhorsky, who owned the Horodyshche-Pustovarivske sugar factory.

The complex consists of two buildings separated by a dam across the Ros River. On the right bank there is a three-story building, which is now partially destroyed (part of it is equipped for a residential building). On the left bank, there is a large four-story building preserved in good condition.

It is still used for its intended purpose - it is a functioning mill (although it is now electric) with working equipment from a century ago.

The picturesque picture is complemented by ledges of granite on the banks of the river and a metal suspension bridge.

The water mill in the village of Syniava in the Kyiv region was built in the middle of the 19th century, when the village was owned by Count Oleksandr Branytskyi. At the same time, a sugar factory was built in the village. In 1904, the mill was rebuilt, significantly increasing in size.

The four-story brick building of the mill is located next to the dam near the threshold on the Ros River. An architectural monument of local importance.

In 2015, the Stary Mlyn hotel and restaurant complex opened in the reconstructed building.

The water mill was built in Shamraivka in the 19th century. In 1907, the three-story building of the mill was reconstructed, and an oil mill was completed.

The complex still works as intended, the original equipment has been preserved.

The massive stone water mill in the village of Pivni was built on the right bank of the Unava River in 1909. Located on the outskirts of the village near the central road.

From a distance, the mill building resembles a small castle. Despite some damage, the mill still works, but no longer as a water mill.

The water mill on the Berezanka River in Antoniv was built by Polish magnates Pidhirski, who owned the village since the end of the 18th century.

The mill is still used for its intended purpose. The object is in satisfactory condition.

The House of Creativity of the Union of Writers of Ukraine in Irpen is located on the territory of the former house of the head of the Kyiv merchant assembly, yeast manufacturer Mykola Chokolov, after whom the Kyiv district of Chokolivka was named.

The build, built at the beginning of the 20th century in the neo-modern style, resembles a fairy-tale house.

In 1936, on the initiative of the poet Ivan Honcharenko, the "Irpin" House of Creativity of the Writers' Union of Ukraine was opened on the territory of Chokolov's house. Oleksandr Dovzhenko, Pavlo Tychyna, Mykhaylo Stelmakh, Mykola Bazhan, Ostap Vyshnia, Oles Honchar, Maksym Rylsky and others worked and rested here.