On the occasion of International Museum Day, which will be celebrated this Sunday, May 18, the capital’s museums will open their doors to all visitors.
Guests will have a unique opportunity to visit Kyiv museums free of charge and take part in various festive events, exciting guided tours, educational lectures, workshops, and themed interactive activities.
List of locations:
• Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine, where a free quiz through the museum halls will take place upon prior registration (details)
Address: 9 Lavrska St.
• National Museum of the History of Ukraine, where the free quest "Museum Code" will be held (details)
Address: 2 Volodymyrska St.
• National Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art, where all museum exhibitions will be available free of charge: "Ornamental Motifs of the Ukrainian Embroidered Shirt of the 19th–20th Centuries," "Tree of Life," "Ivan Honchar," "Lviv School of Studio Glass" (details)
Address: 9 Lavrska St.
• Kyiv History Museum, where a number of free events will be held – historical quests, lectures on the history of Kyiv, express tours (details)
Address: 7 B. Khmelnytskoho St.
• National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, where various free interactive programs, educational game demonstrations, workshops, guided tours, and practical sessions will take place (details)
Address: 15 B. Khmelnytskoho St.
• National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine, where the opening of a renovated heritage site will take place (details)
Address: 1 Akademika Tron’ka St.
• National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery", where all museum exhibitions will be available for free visit (details)
Address: 9 Tereshchenkivska St.
• Taras Shevchenko National Museum, where the exhibition project "The Space of Still Life", guided tours, and a digital quest around the museum will be free of charge (details)
Address: 12 Shevchenko Blvd.
• Hetmanship Museum, where a lecture by D. Hordiienko "The Black Council of 1663: The Triumph of Disaster" and an overview tour of the museum will take place (details)
Address: 16B Spaska St.
• National Art Museum of Ukraine, where entry to the museum halls will be free of charge (details)
Address: 6 M. Hrushevsky St.
• Mykhailo Hrushevsky Historical and Memorial Museum, where the presentation of the publication "Under the Starry Sky" will take place, and the exhibition "TRANSFERO (on the 90th anniversary of Ukraine's capital returning to Kyiv)" can be visited for free (details)
Address: 9 Pankivska St.
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Photo: anton_cherkio.