The National Museum of Ukrainian History

National Museum of History of Ukraine, which is located in Kiev , was founded a long time ago, in 1899. It has an interesting history and becoming.

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First opened as the Museum of Antiquities and Arts. The founders were sufficiently well-known scientists: Scherbakovsky D., V. and N. Hvoyka Belyashevsky. At first it was quite difficult, as the money for the museum was not, he was detained by donations.

The main guardians of the museum were two families: Tereshchenko and Hahnenkamm. They helped the institution to develop and find new exhibits and just provide the content. Many materials Museum received a gift from different people, lovers of antiquities.

In 1909, the museum received a state subsidy for the first time. When the First World War, some of the staff called in the army and the establishment has suspended its operations. After the October Revolution, the number of copies increased due to the nationalization of many private collections. When it was the Soviet government, the museum became state property and gets the name of the first National Museum.

In 1924 it was renamed and is now known as the All-Ukrainian Historical Museum. Shevchenko. During this period the life of institutions is actively developing and Museum replenished with new and unique materials.

In the early 30s the museum moved into one of the buildings of Kiev-Pechersk Lavra . During the Second World War, the most valuable items were taken to the city of Ufa, and the rest transferred to the Pedagogical Museum. Many of the materials have taken the Germans in 1941 and 1943. Return museum treasures held in 1947, though not all the exhibits come home.

The museum re-opened in 1943, and a year later got a room that is used now. For all the remaining years of the museum`s name changed several times, and only in 1991 it became the National Museum of History of Ukraine.

Museum Exhibits

National Museum offers visitors to get acquainted with the history of Kievan Rus periods here exhibitions devoted to work of fishermen, carpenters, blacksmiths and other craftsmen.

Special attention is paid to the exhibits, telling about the history of culture, life, military affairs and daily life of ancient times.

In other rooms of the museum collection of antiquities, about the life of the peasants, nobles and urban residents. It combines visual art exhibits that complement the gallery filled with thematic content. It is necessary to highlight the exhibition "Catherine Age" and the telegraph system of Hughes, which is the advanced technology of the late 19th century.

In the museum you can see the unique furniture, made ​​in the style of the Victorian era and represents the collection exhibition of the noble house of the 19th century, as well as many other exhibits, noteworthy and telling about the history of the country at different times.

How to get to the Museum of History of Ukraine

Get simple, using the trolley number 18 or 16. It is necessary to get to the Sofia area , get off at `Independence Square` and walk to the museum. It is open from 10:00 to 17:30, off - Wednesday.