National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life of Ukraine

 

It is the largest skansen (open-air museum) in Europe which offers a great collection of Ukrainian ethnographical heritage.

Museum covers the territory of more than 130 hectares and represents all historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine. In museum, the visitors can find out the way the whole Ukraine looked hundred years ago.

National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life of Ukraine is located at the southern end of Kyiv, near Holosiivskyi forest and Pyrohiv village, which gave the name to this place.

           

Currently, more than 300 unique pieces of folk architecture of the 16^th−20^th centuries have been gathered in the museum: from the house in Semar village, Volynska region (1587) to modern Ukrainian houses of the 20^th century. 

Architectural ensemble of the museum covers all historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine: the Dnieper region, Southern Ukraine, Slobozhanshchyna, Poltavshchyna, Polesye, the Carpathians, Ukrainian villages, dating from the 60-70’s of the 20^th century.

The museum’s exposition includes a unique collection of windmills, water mills, forges, a steam room, a parochial school, a priest house, a pot-house, a pearling mill, Ukrainian houses, barns, chicken coops, and cellars.

Three Orthodox churches (two churches of the Kyivan Patriarchate and one Greek Catholic church) operate within the territory of museum. Thanks to them, celebration of the following holidays has gained spiritual significance: Christmas, Epiphany, Pancake Week, Palm Sunday, Easter, Holy Trinity Day, Ivana Kupala, etc.

One of the main distinctive features of the museum is its numerous festivities, performances and festivals that are carried out every weekend. During such open air celebrations, visitors can attend ethnographic fairs and traditional crafts workshops, listen to the Ukrainian music and learn folk dances.

Apparently, you will not be able to go round the whole museum in one day. So, we advise You to come back and discover the ancient Ukraine in the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life of Ukraine!

 

         

            Price:

• for adults - 30 UAH;
• for students aged from 10 up to 17, full-time students and retired persons - 15 UAH;
• for preschoolers and school children up to 10 years - 5 UAH.

            Hours of service: 10-00 a.m. - 06-00 p.m., daily , except Wednesday

            E-mail:  nmnapu@ukr.net
            Tel.:       +38(044) 526 2416

            In order to get to the museum you may take:

• Minibus № 172 (3) which runs to the main entrance of the museum; 
  Route: Leninhradska Square - Paton Bridge- Metro Station "Druzhby Narodiv" - Metro Station "Lybedska" - Metro Station "Dymiivs’ka" - Metro Station "Holosiivska" - Metro Station "Vasyl’kivska" - Metro Station "Vystavkovyi Tsentr" – Odesskaya Square - Pyrohiv Museum.
• Minibus № 156 that departs from Moscow Square;
• Trolleybus № 11, minibus № 156 - from Metro Station "Vystavkovyi Tsentr";
• About 1 km walking from  Zabolotnoho Street to the entrance of the museum.