The best museums in Ukraine: everyone should see them

Ukraine's cultural heritage is rich and diverse. Thousands of years of our nation's spiritual development are collected in museums across the country. Find out about the best museums in Ukraine and prepare for your own unforgettable journey

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Ukraine is strikingly rich in cultural and historical heritage. For many centuries, the country has been tested in the struggle for independence - and in this struggle, a completely new, unique, unsurpassed national heritage was born, which resulted in songs, folklore, decorative and applied arts and fine arts. Each region of Ukraine is unique, and this uniqueness is reflected in the exhibits of dozens of museums. Here, everyone can see not only traditional paintings, clothes and weapons, but also interesting examples of Easter eggs, jewellery and old prints. We have collected the unique museums of Ukraine for tourists in the article - go on a trip to an incredible country with Visit Ukraine and find hidden treasures in the museums of Ukraine

Top museums in Ukraine for foreign tourists to visit

National Museum of History of Ukraine - visit the best museums in Ukraine

At the moment, this museum is considered the leading historical museum and one of the largest in Ukraine. The museum's collections include more than 800,000 exhibits: archaeological collections, ethnographic collections, collections of weapons and coins, samples of decorative and applied arts, manuscripts and the first printed samples. The history of the museum dates back to 1899, when it was called the Museum of Antiquities and Arts. The museum's branch, the Treasury of the National Museum of History of Ukraine, contains the most valuable examples of Ukrainian jewellery over the past millennium.

Address: 2 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv

Opening hours: daily from 10:00 to 18:00

Ticket price: general admission: UAH 100, discounted ticket: UAH 50.

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Lviv National Gallery of Art named after Voznytskyi - original museums of Ukraine conquer Europe

Lviv is home to the largest art museum in Ukraine, which has collected more than 60,000 exhibits. They can date back to antiquity - some of them are more than 2000 years old. The most popular exhibits are collections of European art paintings, samples of Lviv sculpture and Ukrainian portrait art of the 16th-19th centuries, and collections of icons from Ukrainian churches made in various styles. The museum has been operating for more than a century - the first exhibition in 1907 was the collection of I. Yakovych, a sugar magnate from Podillia. Currently, the museum consists of 16 departments that function as separate complexes and cover the history of Ukraine and Europe over the centuries.

Address: Lviv, 3 Stefanyka St.

Opening hours: S-Sun from 11:00 to 16:30

Ticket price: UAH 150 for adults, UAH 80 for students, UAH 50 for schoolchildren and pensioners.

Photo: Lviv National Gallery of Art named after Voznytskyi

The National Museum of Literature of Ukraine is a unique museum that you should definitely see in 2025

At the moment, this museum is a centre for the study of literary heritage. Currently, visitors are presented with more than 85,000 exhibits, including lifetime editions of Ivan Kotliarevsky, Taras Shevchenko, Mykola Kostomarov, Ivan Franko, manuscripts by Lesya Ukrainka, Pavlo Tychyna, Maksym Rylsky, and many other Ukrainian writers. Here, tourists can also see the library of Pavlo Halahan, which was preserved almost in its original form.

Address: 11 Bohdana Khmelnytskoho St., Kyiv

Opening hours: Mon-Sat from 10:00 to 18:00

Ticket price: UAH 50 for adults, UAH 40 for pensioners and students, UAH 30 for pupils

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Lviv Historical Museum ‘Arsenal’ is one of the best museums in Lviv

The museum, which has 380,000 exhibits, is of national and international importance. One of the oldest museums in Ukraine has many areas of expertise: numismatics, orders and medals, fabrics, metal products, leather and horn weapons, sculptures, wood exhibits, archival materials, sphragistics, collections of insignia, archaeological achievements, the heritage of Kyivan Rus, collections of photographic materials, glassware, porcelain and clay, collections of rare books (including old prints and manuscripts), posters and graphic images, reproductions of paintings and original paintings, collections of weapons, watches and musical instruments, memorabilia of the liberation struggle and lists of Honorary Citizens. A special place is occupied by exhibits dedicated to the history of Lviv.

Address: Lviv, 6 Rynok Square

Opening hours: temporarily closed

Ticket price: UAH 50 for adults, UAH 30 for children and students.

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The Museum of Easter Egg Painting is a unique museum in Ukraine that has no analogues

The museum in Kolomyia is known worldwide primarily for its 13-metre-high building in the shape of a pysanka egg. This extraordinary architecture has become the hallmark of the entire city. Initially (it opened in 1987), the museum was located in the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, built in the 16th century. At the moment, tourists can see a collection of more than 12,000 Easter eggs from all regions of Ukraine and many countries of the world, including Poland, the Czech Republic, the USA, Sri Lanka, China, and Egypt.

Address: Lviv, 6 Rynok Square

Opening hours: Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 18:00

Ticket price: UAH 30 for adults, UAH 15 for children and students.

Photo: 24 Channel

Pirogovo Open Air Museum is the best museum to visit in Ukraine

The Pirogovo Open Air Museum is an architectural and landscape complex of all historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine: Polissia, Slobozhanshchyna, Poltava, the Carpathians, Naddniprianshchyna, Podillia, and the South. Today, the museum has about 300 monuments of folk architecture dating back to the 16th-20th centuries: houses, barns, wells and other buildings of the ancient Ukrainian village. The oldest architectural exhibit is a hut from the village of Samara, Volyn region (1587).

Address: 1 Akademika Tronka St., Kyiv

Opening hours: daily from 90:00 to 18:00

Ticket price: 130 UAH for adults, 65 UAH for children from 6 years old, pensioners and people with disabilities of groups 2 and 3, 90 UAH for schoolchildren from 10 to 17 years old and full-time students.

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Hutsul Citizenship Museum promotes cultural tourism in Ivano-Frankivsk region

In 1955, a museum was built in the village of Kryvorivnia to recreate the Hutsul ethnic house, the hrazhda. Visually, the hut looks like a small fortress: a fence has been erected around the house and outbuildings, which can only be accessed through a gate that is locked at night. The interior of the hut is also traditional: two rooms separated by haylofts.

Address: Kryvorivnia village

Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00

Entrancefee: UAH 30 for adults, UAH 20 for students, UAH 10 for children.

Photo: Verkhovyna.life

The Roman Kumlyk Museum is a unique set of musical instruments that can be seen only in Ukraine

Roman Kumlyk is the first director of the world-famous Cheremosh ensemble, which originated in Verkhovyna. In 2000, the musician opened this museum in his family estate on the basis of materials collected over 30 years. Among them are household items, tools, and banknotes of different times. Tourists should pay special attention to the collection of musical instruments, including ancient ones (for example, the horn) and ceremonial ones (trembita). The tours are conducted by Natalia Huzak, Roman Kumlyk's daughter.

Address: Verkhovyna village

Opening hours: by prior arrangement

Ticket price: 25 UAH for adults, 20 UAH for children.

Photo: IGotoWorld

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Top 7 reasons to visit Ukrainian museums with Visit Ukraine

1. To join the culture of an indestructible state that has been developing its spiritual heritage for centuries.

2. To refute the Russian narrative of the ‘little brother’ with your own eyes.

3. To draw parallels between the development of various areas of art, not only in Europe and Ukraine.

4. To witness the historical past and plunge into the whirlpool of epochs.

5. Explore the new world and develop cultural tourism on your own.

6. Quickly and easily gain new knowledge with qualified guides who speak several languages.

7. Create your own list of places to see in Ukraine.

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