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National Fine Arts Museum
Hrushevskoho 6.
Open from 10am to 5pm except Mon
The museum was built in 1900 in a Greek Doric style. It has a huge collection of icons of 12-18 century, paintings and sculpture of Ukrainian masters of 19-20 century.
The State Museum of Ukrainian Decorative and Applied Arts
I. Mazepy 21 (Kyiv-Pechrska Lavra)
Open from10am to 5 pm except Tues
Extensive Collections of folklore: icons, embroideries, "pysanky" (Easter eggs), pottery, etc. Folklore costumes. The most extensive collections in Ukraine .
The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko Museum
(formerly Museum of Western and Oriental Art)
Tereshchenkivska 15/17
Open from 10am to 5 pm except Mon and Tue
Houses the Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko collection dating to 1870's containing such chefs d'oeuvre as Bellini's "Madonna with Child" and Velasques' " Portrait of Infanta Margarita", Perugino, Rubens, Goya, Weenix, Tiepolo and a huge Oriental collection.
Taras Shevchenko National Museum
bul. T. Shevchenka 12
Open from 10am to 5 pm except Mon
A collection of 4,000 items displayed in 24 halls of Shevchenko's manuscripts, first editions, rare photographs, personal items, his autographs and paintings. Constantly changing exhibits.
Museum of Ukrainian literature. Wax figures
Khmelnytskoho 11
Open from 9 am to 5 pm except Sun
Special collections display the development of national literature from the times of Kiev Rus till today .
Wax figures on display.
Chornobyl Museum
Provulok Khoryva 1
Open from 10 am to 6 pm except Sun
Over 7,000 items on display: documents, photos, maps, videos, computer programs about the catastrophe and its consequences.
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