The National Historical Museum Of Ukraine
http://www.nmiu.org.ua
2, Volodymyrska Str. Kiev
10:00 - 17:00 exc Wed
The National Historical Museum Of UkraineIt is one of the most famous and oldest museum centres in Ukraine. It was founded in 1899. The Museum is located on the Starokievska (Old Kiev) hill where the remains of the Desiatynna (Tithe) Church and other constructions dating from the 10th to the 13th centuries have survived to the present day. The collection of the Museum amounts to more than 600,000 original exhibits - the archaeological monuments of the primeval society, the Trypillia culture, the Scythians, early Slavs, from the Old Rus and the Cossacks times to modern ones of the 20th c.
Among the new museum acquisitions are the first documents of new independent Ukraine and specimen of state decorations of the independent Ukraine.

National Fine Arts of Ukraine Museum
    6 Grushevskogo Str. Kiev
10:00 - 18:00 exc Mon
National Fine Arts Museum The museum was founded in 1899 on the initiative of the Association of Antiquities and Fine Arts. The building itself is an architectural monument of the late 19th century, it was constructed by famous Kiev architect V.Horodetsky. The present display occupies 18 rooms. The collection totals 20,000 works of art.
The most valuable exhibits of the Museum are:
    * the icon "St.George with Scenes from His Life" (12th c.);
    * the icon "Volynska Bohomatir" (Virgin of Volyn) (14th c.);
    * icons of the Berezniansky iconostasis (18th c.);
    * the realistic paintings by T.Shevchenko, M.Pimonenko, S.Vasylkivsky, O.Murashko, F.Krychevsky (the late 19th-early 20th centuries);
    * the Ukrainian avant-garde paintings by K.Malevich, O.Ekster;
    * the modern art paintings by V.Maksymovych, A.Manevych, I.Trush, O.Novakivsky, P.Kholodny;
    * monumental paintings of M.Boichuk school;
    * the 20th century classical paintings by H.Svitlytsky, A.Petritsky, O.Shovkunenko, V.Kasian, A.Erdeli, J.Bokshai, V.Kostetsky, T.Yablonska, H.Yakutovych, etc.

Ukrainian Folk Architecture and Life Museum 'Pyrogovo'
Pyrogovo village Kiev
10:00 - 18:00 daily
    Pyrogovo is a picturesque open-air museum of old Ukrainian lifestyle and folk culture. The museum is divided into areas representing different regions of Ukraine, recreating authentic village atmosphere: clay huts roofed with grass or wooden shingles, archaic barns and wells - everything is meant to bring you back to Ukraine of 16th to 19th century. At Pyrohovo you will find wooden churches, windmills, and even a school building typical of rural areas from recent centuries. Different kinds of structures: water-mills, cattle-sheds and granary, threshing floors and 'stodota' for storing cereals, apiaries and hen houses, cellars and wells. All this will tell you how Ukrainians lived in Ukraine centuries ago. Most of the buildings are original and were moved here piece by piece from villages all over Ukraine. There are represented different regions of Ukraine and you will have the opportunity to notice how different they were. It's very interesting to compare the churches and the bell towers, they are silent witnesses of the spiritual growth of Ukraine, its customs and traditions. The exposition of village cottages or huts (khatas in Ukrainian) here is unique for their age (1587 to 1687). Every item is displayed in its natural environment and you could even see them in operation, as museum employs people to play different roles of the ancient village life.

Ukrainian Museum of Folk Decorative Art
    21 Mazepy Str. Kiev
10:00 - 18:00 exc Tue
http://mundm.iatp.org.ua
   This Museum represents one of the best collections of decorative art and original work Ukrainian craftsmen. There are several permanent exhibitions, among them are: 'Porcelain, Ceramics, Glass'; 'Katheryna Bilokur' and 'Maria Prymachenko'.

Ukrainian Museum of Historical Treasures
    25 Mazepy Str.
10:00 – 17:00 exc Mon
The Museum Of Historical TreasuresThe Museum of Historical Treasures possesses one of the richest systematised collection of the jewellery manufacturing history during about three millennia. The collection includes the chefs d'oeuvre of the world value, such as a Scythian pectoral from the Tovsta Mohyla kurhan (grave-hill) dating from the 4th century B.C., a silver vase from the Haimanova Mohyla, dating from the second half of the 4th century B.C. It reveals the aesthetic ideals and mentality of the tribes and peoples who lived in this land.
The collections of the 16th-20th centuries Ukrainian jewellery are most interesting. One of the most fascinating possessions of the Museum is a collection of the Judaic ritual silver objects (18th-20th centuries). A separate department represents the contemporary jewellery.

The Museum of The Spiritual Treasures of Ukraine
 12 Desiatynna Str.
    Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday
    11:00 - 19:00
    This museum is the first private art museum in Ukraine. The icon paintings have deep roots in Ukraine. Moreover the icons are signs of spirituality and devotions. In bright spacious halls of museum more than 300 first class works of Ukrainian icon-painters of 15th-19th centuries are presented from almost all regions from West to East of Ukraine and more than 100 iconographical images and themes. The museum has also the collection of the works of the world-known Ukrainian painter Maria Prymachenko. 50 of her best works of native art are presented at the museum.

Kyiv Fortress Museum
    24 A,Hospital'na Str. Kiev 
10:00 - 17:00 exc Fri
    This part of the city's fortifications was built in 1844. Although the structure's history probably has more do with defenseless people. It was here that supporters of the tsar carried out executions of political prisoners, including the leaders of a Polish rebellion, in the 1860s. At the beginning of the 20th century, participants in a revolt of the Kyiv Pioneer Regiment met the same fate. Also during this time, ammunition and weapons were stored in this semi-underground fortress with brick and stone walls.

Museum of the Great Patriotic War
http://warmuseum.kiev.ua
44 Mazepy Str. Kiev
10:00 - 17:00 exc Mon
The National Memorial Museum Of The Great Patriotic War 1941/45The museum was opened in 1981. The complex combines the Museum building with the monument to Motherland (62 m gigantic titanium female figure with a sword and shield in her hands in the style of Soviet "Socialist Realism" symbolising the Victory over the nazi Germany); a gallery of sculpture compositions commemorating the heroes of the battlefields and the rear front, the Glory Fire Cup; the alley of the hero cities and the exhibition of the arms from the World War II times. The major exposition is located in 14 rooms and includes more than 12,000 exhibits.

National museum 'Chornobyl'
    1 Khorevyi Lane
10:00 – 18:00 exc Sun
    This museum is the concentration of pain and regret about the national tragedy for Ukrainian Nation. Museum consists for 3 halls with witnesses and always alive traces of this horrible event. One hall is dedicated to the tragedy itself and first action against it. The second tells us about consequence of this terrible catastrophe. The whole atmosphere of the museum with movie fragments, photos from the place of the tragedy and musical accompaniment are created to convey the core problem to all people in the world - we shall do everything not to repeat this horror once again. It is very touching especially the photos of the children, the innocent victims that suffered of the tragedy

One Street Museum
2b Andreevski Spusk Str. Kiev
12:00 - 18:00 exc Mon
    Fascinating little museum near the bottom of Andriivs'kyi uzviz (descent) tells the rich history of this important street through the years. Special attention is paid to recreating the atmosphere of this thoroughfare during the turn of the 20th century

Museum Of Russian Fine Arts
9 Tereshenkivska Str. 
10:00 - 17:00 exc Wed, Thu
Museum Of Russian Fine ArtsThe Museum is located in the house built in mid-1880s by the famous sugar producer and patron of arts F.Tereshchenko. The collection amounts to 12,000 pieces of paintings, graphics, sculpture, applied arts dating from the times of Kiev Rus to the present day. The Museum is famous for its considerable collection of works by D.Levitsky, V.Borovykovsky, V.Tropinin, O.Kiprensky, I.Aivazovsky, L.Perov, M.Ghe, V.Vereshchagin, I.Repin, I.Kramskoi, M.Vrubel, M.Nesterov, E.Lanceret, M.Antokolsky, V.Polenov, I,Shishkin, O.Deineka, V.Mukhina, S.Konenkov, Yu.Pimenov. Such world-known masterpieces as the icon "Saints Borys and Hlib" (12th c.); "Players" by P.Fedotov; "The Merchant Women" (1912) by B.Kustodiev; "Nicholas" (1914) by M.Rerikh etc. are displayed.

St. Cyril Church
It is an architectural monument of the 12th c. It was used as a family burial site for Princess Olga's descendants. The visitors can see the tomb of Prince Svyatoslav Vsevolodovych, one of the characters of the ancient Slavic literary masterpiece "The Sayings of Prince Igor". The walls were covered with frescoes out of which 800 sq. m have survived. In the 17th and 18th cc. the church was rebuilt in the Ukrainian Baroque style. The paintings by famous Russian painter M.Vrubel and other unique objects have also been preserved. Mainly it operates as a museum. Services are held on major religious holidays.
Address: 12, Oleny Telihy St.

Bulgakov’s Museum
http://www.museum-bulgakov.iatp.org.ua/russian/bulgmus0.html

13 Andriivskyi uzviz Str.
10:00 - 18:00 exc We
The celebrated Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov lived in this house from 1906-1916 and again from 1918-1919. It was here that he wrote the novel The White Guard and the play Days of Turbins. The old Bulgakov family house is the Bulgakov Museum, which displays the author's personal things and family photos. Literary memorial museum of M. Bulgakov is the attempt to combine the real life and fictional world of Bulgakov's characters.

St. Sofia’s Cathedral Museum
24 Vladimirskaya Str. Kiev
10:00 – 17:00 exc Thu
http://www.sophia.org.ua

Kiev-Pechersk Lavra Museum Complex
21 Mazepy Str. Kiev
09:30 - 18:00 daily
http://www.kplavra.kiev.ua

Ukrainian State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema  
21 Mazepy Str. Kiev
10:00 - 17:00 exc Tue
http://www.tmf-museum.iatp.org.ua

Waxworks Museum  
11 Pushkinska  Str. Kiev
10:00 - 18:00 daily
http://www.wax.com.ua/

National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine  
37B. Khmelnitskogo Str.  Kiev
09:30 - 16:30 exc Sun
http://www.histomed.kiev.ua

National Heritage Museum
40b Moskovskaya Str. Kiev
10:00 -17:00 exc Fr
http://www.museum-ks.kiev.ua

Aircraft Museum
1 Medova Str. Kiev
 Daily 10:00 – 16:00
http://www.avia-museum.org.ua

Ivan Honchar’s Folk Art Museum  
29 Mazepy Str. Kiev
10:00 - 17:00 exc Mon
http://honchar.org.ua

Michael Hrushevsky’s Museum
9 Pankivska Str. Kiev
10:00 – 17:00 exc Mon
http://museum.iatp.org.ua/MUSEUMS/GRUSHA/INDEX.HTM

Water Museum (water information center)
1b Grushevskogo Str. Kreshatyk Park Kiev
10:00 - 17:00 exc Mon Tue
http://www.aqua-kiev.info

Hetman’s Museum
16b Spaska Str. Kiev
10:00 – 17:00 exc Fri
http://www.getman-museum.kiev.ua

Pavlo Tychyna’s Museum
5/1 Tereshenkovska Str.
09:00 – 17:00 daily
http://www.tychyna.com.ua