Attractions of Kyiv

The State Museum of Aviation named after Oleh Antonov in Kyiv is the largest technical museum of Ukraine, a structural subdivision of the National Aviation University. Located near Zhulyany airport.

The museum was created for the 100th anniversary of aviation. Almost all major types of aircraft and helicopters that were in the service of the USSR Air Force or flew in civil aviation were collected on the territory of 14 hectares. The historical collection includes models of aircraft, prototypes of which have not survived: the world's first aircraft of the Wright brothers "Flyer-1", a light bomber "Anatra-Anasal", a YAK fighter. In the collection of ANs - the three most popular aircraft: An-2, An-24, An-26.

The exposition of the design bureau of Mikoyan and Hurevych includes four generations of MiG combat aircraft. The Tu-22M strategic supersonic missile bombers are impressive. Civil aviation is also represented by Tupolev's planes.

In total, the museum has more than 70 planes and helicopters, as well as missiles, weapons and engines.

It is possible to rent exhibits (holding events inside the aircraft: filming, presentations, etc.).

The State Historical and Memorial Lukyanivskyi Reserve in Kyiv was created in 1994 on the basis of the complex of historical and cultural monuments of the Lukyanivske Civil Cemetery, founded in 1878.

On the territory of more than 20 hectares, tombstones made at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th centuries in the workshops of pre-revolutionary Kyiv have been preserved. The authors of some tombstones are famous sculptors and architects Ivan Kavaleridze, Vasyl Krychevsky and others. The ancestral tombs of many prominent families have been preserved: the Symyrenko, Polubotko, Leontovych, Samoilovych, Hrushevsky, Ohievsky, and others.

Many Kyiv artists, scientists and public figures are buried at the Lukyanivske cemetery. The burials of the victims of the repressions of 1918-1944 have also been preserved. In 2017, the remains of Ukrainian writer Oleksandr Oles and his wife Vira Kandyba were reburied at the Lukyanivskyi Cemetery.

Excursions are conducted around the territory, the museum room is open.

The State Museum of Toys in Kyiv is a division of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. The collection, with more than 15,000 exhibits, was assembled for about 70 years.

Toys from different years are presented: policeman dolls from the 30s, the first transformers from the 30s, celluloid figures from the 40s, retro teddy bears from the 50s, stuffed animals from the 60s, clockwork animals from the 60s.

In addition to industrial samples, you can see original and Ukrainian folk toys.

The only collection of printed board games in Ukraine is exhibited here.

The world's only copy of the high-speed pre-war Soviet steam locomotive FDP 20-578 (IS).

Developed in 1932, the IS (Yosyp Stalin) mainline steam locomotive became the most powerful passenger steam locomotive in Europe at that time, for which it received the Grand Prix at the World Paris Exhibition (1937).

The first IC locomotives served long-distance passenger trains "Red arrow" on the route Moscow - Leningrad, then worked on such important routes as: Moskva - Kursk - Kharkiv - Synelnykove, Kharkiv - Mineralni Vody, Moskva - Smolensk - Minsk and others. During the Second World War, most of the IS locomotives were transferred to the eastern regions of the USSR.

In the early 1960s, during the struggle against Stalin's personality cult, the designation of the series changed to FDp. At the same time, with the transition to diesel and electric traction, the sunset of the era of steam locomotives began. Most of them were disposed of in the 1970s.

The sample, installed on a pedestal near the entrance to the locomotive depot, near the South Railway Station in Kyiv, was preserved at the initiative of the head of the South-Western Railway, Petro Kryvonos.

Syretsky Park in Kyiv is a monument of garden and park art of national significance.

It was established at the end of the 19th century by the German Meyer as a demonstration park for ornamental crops in flower farming. The yews, thuja, spruces, maples and lindens planted at that time are still preserved.

Work on expanding the park territory, forming decorative tree-shrub groups, as well as expanding the collection of ornamental plants was continued in the 50s and 60s of the 20th century by the famous dendrologist, a great enthusiast of his work, Mykola Ptitsyn.

Currently, the park covers an area of 6.5 hectares.

The Arboretum does not have its own entrance. To get to its territory, you need to go through the transit agro-firm "Flowers of Ukraine".

The Syrotkin House - an elegant building in the Renaissance style at the corner of Volodymyrska and Prorizna Streets was once the tallest residential building in Kyiv.

Once upon a time there was a small building that belonged to the nobleman Andriy Tarnovsky. In 1898, he sold the plot to the merchant Mykola Hryhorovych-Barsky. Soon, the construction of a profitable building started here according to the project of the architect Karl-Johan Szyman.

Construction was completed in 1902 by the new owner, merchant Oleksandr Syrotkin. On the first floor of the new building was the famous Marquis cafe in Kyiv, which is mentioned in the novel "The White Guard" by Mykhaylo Bulhakov: "The lamps, wrapped in gypsy shawls, cast two lights - a white electric one down, and an orange one up and to the side. The ceiling was covered with a star of blue dusty silk, big diamonds sparkled in blue beds and reddish Siberian furs shone."

In Soviet times, the popular restaurant "Leipzig" operated.

After the recent restoration, the building is preserved.

The Literary Memorial House-Museum of Taras Shevchenko sheds light on the Kyiv period of the poet's life.

It is located in the house of the official Ivan Zhytnytskyi, built in Kyiv in 1835 on the former Goat Swamp (now Maidan Nezalezhnosti). The poet lived here from the spring of 1846 until his arrest on April 5, 1847.

The Kobzar Museum was created in 1928, now it is a branch of the Taras Shevchenko National Museum. The fund collection consists of unique values: memorial items of Shevchenko, his etchings, autographs, photographs, the first works of the poet.

Mykhaylo Sazhyn's watercolors, unique engravings of Kyiv landscapes, 19th century photos, works of outstanding artists on the Shevchenko theme, works of decorative and applied art are presented.

According to the memories of contemporaries, the room in which Shevchenko lived has been recreated. Special attention is drawn to the poet's desk, where unique exhibits are presented: a pen, a quill, an inkwell, a coffee pot, Taras Shevchenko's flask, a pipe given to the poet by Mykola Kostomarov.

The monument to the outstanding Ukrainian poet and public figure Taras Shevchenko in Kyiv was erected in 1939. - 75 years after his death.

The question of perpetuating Shevchenko's memory in Kyiv has been repeatedly raised since 1904, but due to bureaucratic red tape, the project was never implemented before the Soviet-Ukrainian war. It was not until the 125th anniversary of the poet's birthday that a decision was made to erect a monument opposite the Red Building of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, on the site of the monument to Emperor Nicholas I.

The monument was created by sculptor Matviy Manizer and architect Yevhen Levinson. The height of the bronze figure is 6.45 meters. It is installed on a red granite pedestal with the inscription: "T. H. Shevchenko. 1814-1861" and words from the "Testament".

The monument is located in the park named after Taras Shevchenko, which is considered the most comfortable and orderly in Kyiv. In the park you can see a fountain in the shape of the Black Sea. This is a favorite place of amateur chess players of Kyiv. Here is the oldest public toilet in the city, built even before the Soviet-Ukrainian war.

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv is one of the best higher education institutions in Ukraine, the largest university in terms of the number of students and majors. This is a classical research-type university, a leading modern scientific and educational center of the country.

The Imperial University of Saint Volodymyr was founded in 1833 on the basis of the Polish Kremenets Lyceum, which was moved to Kyiv, and was opened in 1834 on the day of commemoration of St. Equal-to-the-Apostles Prince Volodymyr. The main (red) building, built in 1842 in the form of classicism according to the project of the architect Vikentiy Beretti, received colors that corresponded to the color of the ribbon of the Order of Saint Volodymyr. Symmetrical library buildings (1914, 1940) are located on the sides. The yellow building was built in 1850 as a male gymnasium building.

The first rector of the university was the outstanding Ukrainian scientist Mykhaylo Maksymovych. Kyiv University received its current name in 1939 in honor of the outstanding Ukrainian poet Taras Shevchenko, who worked in 1845-47 in the University's Archaeological Commission. Mykola Kostomarov, Mykola Hrushevskyi, Volodymyr Antonovych, Mykola Starytskyi, Mykola Lysenko, Maksym Rylskyi, Mykhaylo Bulhakov, Viktor Hlushkov, Vyacheslav Chornovil and many other outstanding scientists and public figures studied and taught here.

The Kyiv National University History Museum, the Zoological Museum, the Archaeological Museum and the Linguistic Educational Museum of KNU are located in the Red Building. In addition, the museum complex of the university includes the Geological Museum, the Astronomical Museum and the Museum of the Oleksandr Fomin Botanical Garden.

Taras Shevchenko Park with a monument to the poet, a fountain in the shape of the Black Sea, and a "five" for chess players is located between the buildings of the university. Behind the Red Building is the Oleksandr Fomin University Botanic Gardens (8,000 varieties of plants).

Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv History Museum is located in the Red Building of the educational institution, in the premises of the former Catholic Church.

The exposition on two levels consists of seven thematic sections reflecting the history of the development of Kyiv University from 1834 to the present day. You can see the interiors of prominent university professors' offices, the reconstruction of a 19th-century chemical laboratory, the working corner of a methodist from the beginning of the 20th century, old student desks, etc.

Among the unique exhibits: a student uniform and a badge of a graduate of the Imperial University of Saint Volodymyr, a 19th-century clock from the reception room of the first rector Mykhaylo Maksymovych, instruments from the astronomical observatory and physical laboratory of the 19th century, a globe of the starry sky at the beginning of the 20th century, personal belongings and scientific works of teachers, government awards and university honors, university anniversary gifts.

The Zoological Museum, the Archaeological Museum and the Linguistic Educational Museum of KNU are located in the same building. In addition, the museum complex of Taras Shevchenko Kyiv National University includes the Geological Museum, the Astronomical Museum and the Museum of the History of the Fomin Botanical Garden.

The building of the Teacher's House was built especially for the pedagogical museum at the beginning of the XX century.

In 1917-1918 pp. The sittings of the revolutionary Ukrainian parliament, the Central Rada, which proclaimed the independence of Ukraine and the creation of the Ukrainian People's Republic, took place here.

Today, the Teachers' House of Ukraine and some organizations are located in the Teacher's House.

In 2009, the Museum of the Ukrainian People's Republic was opened, which tells about the events of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917-1921. The center of the exposition is the 4th Universal of the Central Rada, which proclaimed the full state independence of the UPR on January 22, 1918.

A monument to the outstanding historian, chairman of the Central Rada, Mykhaylo Hrushevskyi, was erected next to the Teacher's House. On April 29, in the premises of the Teacher's House, the Central Rada elected Hrushevskyi the president of the Ukrainian People's Republic, which gives reason to consider him the first president of Ukraine, but Hrushevskyi did not work for a single day in this position - as a result of the coup d'état, power passed to Hetman Pavlo Skoropadskyi.

The Television Museum of the National Public Television and Radio Company of Ukraine (NSTU) was opened in 2006, to the 55th anniversary of Ukrainian television broadcasting. It is located in the premises of the Kyiv TV Center "Olivets", opposite the Kyiv Television Tower.

The 24-story building of the TV center in Syrka was erected in 1983-1992 on the site of the old Jewish cemetery. The Kyiv TV Center was planned as a backup for the central television of the USSR, in case of failure of the Moscow TV Center, which explains the excessive scale of the complex, given the needs of Ukrainian television at the time. In addition to the central office building, which resembles a pencil with its contours, there is a powerful equipment and studio complex for 8 television studios, an unfinished movie concert hall and a protected underground storage for broadcasting in conditions of martial law.

The Museum of Television is located on the lower level of the central lobby of the TV Center. The exposition visualizes the history of Ukrainian television with the help of a series of installations. In particular, the interior of the first television studio of the 1950s in the old television center at 26 Khreshchatyk Street has been recreated.

The permanent exhibition includes more than 800 exhibits, including a television with a magnifying lens KVN-49 and other tube televisions, old film and television cameras, video recorders of various periods and standards, editing equipment, etc. A gallery of sketches and mock-ups of scenery for famous TV programs, made by artists of the TV channel, is presented. A separate section is devoted to the participation of Ukrainian television broadcasters in coverage of the Chornobyl disaster.

The museum has an interactive film set, thanks to which you can try yourself as a presenter or cameraman. The permanent exhibition is complemented by an exhibition area in the main lobby.

Excursions introduce visitors to the exposition of the museum, the programs of the "UA: Public Broadcasting" TV channels, the production units of the TV center, the behind-the-scenes kitchen, television professions and interesting people. Pre-registration is required to visit.

Museum in the Dark "Third after midnight" in Kyiv - the first museum in Ukraine, where all tours are held in complete darkness and accompanied by blind guides.

The museum space with an area of 150 square meters recreates in 5 locations typical real-life places - a street, an apartment, a park, an art gallery. But everything that surrounds visitors, they can perceive only by touch, as well as hear sounds and smells.

During the 90-minute tour, visitors are invited to go through all 5 rooms, experiencing ordinary everyday situations, but without using eyesight, which gives the opportunity to learn more about the capabilities of the human body and how blind people live.

The museum also offers tours of the city "Feel Kyiv" with a blind guide and an online quest for children "5 senses", which in the format of the game helps children develop senses and empathy.

In 2023, the museum "Third After Midnight" opened in Lviv.

The Kyiv Museum of Toilet History is a unique exposition that tells about the sanitary history of mankind and the development of toilet culture.

It is located in Pechersk, in Tower G5 of the Kyiv Fortress. The collection was collected by businessman Mykola Bohdanenko.

The museum presents various modifications of the water closet of different eras: from night pots to a toilet with touch control. All exhibits of the museum are divided into several sectors in chronological order.

The exposition covers almost all periods of civilization. There is a collection of souvenir toilets, which has more than 550 copies and is certified by the Guinness Book of Records.

The precious chronicle of Ukraine in jewelry made of precious metals and precious stones from the Bronze Age and Antiquity to modern times is offered for viewing by the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in Kyiv.

This is a museum of Ukrainian historical jewels, which is a branch of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. It is located in the Kovnir building of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra - an architectural monument of the Ukrainian Baroque era, built in the middle of the 17th century according to the project of the Kyiv architect Stepan Kovnir.

The treasury was founded in 1963 as the Golden Chamber of the State Historical Museum. The basis of the exhibition was a collection of gold jewelry found by archaeologist Oleksiy Terenozhkin in 1954 during the excavation of a Scythian mound of the IV century BC in Melitopol. About 1,500 exhibits from different eras came from the collection of Kyiv patron Bohdan Khanenko.

The work of Ukrainian, Russian, and Western European goldsmiths is introduced through jewelry, tableware, and church items made by talented craftsmen in the styles of Baroque, Rococo, and Classicism. A unique collection of Jewish ceremonial silver is also presented.

Now the museum's funds include more than 56,000 objects of archeology and applied art made of gold, silver and precious stones. The exposition in nine halls is built according to the historical-chronological principle.

The pride of the museum is the largest collection of Scythian gold, in particular the famous gold pectoral of the 4th century BC from the excavations of the mound of Tovsta Mohyla. sights of jewelry art of the early Middle Ages, Ancient Rus, Ukrainian jewelry art of the 16th - the first quarter of the 20th century are also presented.

In addition to a sightseeing tour of the exposition, visitors to the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine are also offered a theatrical tour of the "Secrets of the Steppe Mounds."