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Topic 16 Museums

There are many interesting places to visit in our country. Among them one can find lots of museums, art galleries and exhibition halls. Kiev, the cultural center of Ukraine, boasts plenty of museums and art galleries that are of an exceptional cultural and historical value. Treasuries of national art, they represent the rich culture of Ukraine from the old days to the recent past and present. With over 60 museums to choose from, one is sure to select something to his taste.

There are different types of museums. Aviation museums concentrate on military or civil aviation, or on the aviation history of a particular period of time. Museums of wax figures consist of lifelike wax figures representing famous people from history and personalities of the present. Historical museums hold items, including photographs, drawings, diaries, letters, costumes, textiles, sound recordings, films, books, newspapers and so on, that help to reflect historical events in this or that region. Museums of arts usually present numerous works of talented artists and you can find real masterpieces of old and modern art there.

ARTEast Gallery
ARTEast Art Gallery is considered to be one of the best art galleries in the whole country. It holds a leading position in representing the best of national art to Ukrainian public and foreign guests as well. All exhibits represented in the gallery are the works of the members of the Ukrainian Union of Artists.

Kiev Art Gallery
Kiev Art Gallery is located in the 19th century building in Podol, a historical district of the Ukrainian capital. A lot of ancient cultural monuments and famous landmarks of great tourist interest are located there. Podol was always an artistic district, one of the most favourite places of artists, actors and musicians.

Kiev Museum of Wax Figures
The idea to establish a museum of wax figures in Kiev appeared after its founders saw the exposition of London museum branch in Amsterdam. After this they questioned themselves - if there are such museums in Moscow and Saint Petersburg why not to create one in the capital of Ukraine. Nowadays the exposition consists of more than 60 figures.

Kiev Museum of Western and Oriental Art
The Museum of Art named after Bogdan and Varvara Khanenko was founded on the basis of their private collections. The museum is also known as the Museum of Western and Oriental Art. Now it keeps one of the best collections of foreign art in Ukraine. From 1919 the number of exhibits has been more than 13 times increased, from 1,250 to nearly 17,000 artworks.

Literary Memorial Museum of Mikhail Bulgakov
The museum of outstanding writer Mikhail Bulgakov is located in one of the most beautiful streets of Kiev, Andreyevsky Spusk, which was mainly built up at the end of the 19th century. The street is famous for some older constructions that are considered to be of great historical value. The Memorial Museum was founded in 1989 as a branch of the State Museum of Kiev's History.

Museu m of Cultural Heritage
The Museum of Cultural Heritage was opened on May 29, 1999. This museum presents the works by those Ukrainian artists who went to live abroad. The collection of the museum is exhibited in eight halls of the old restored house. The museum building is the architectural monument dated to the end of the 18th century-the beginning of the 19th century.

Museum of Folk Architecture and Rural Life
To the southwest of Kiev, in the picturesque setting of Pirogovo village there is an open-air Museum of Ukrainian Folk Architecture, Rural Life and Folk Art. The museum was founded in the late 1960s. There we can see the unique collection of folk architecture from all regions of Ukraine. In summer and autumn there are special craft festivals in the museum.

National Art Museum of Ukraine
It is a real treasury of canvases by prominent Ukrainian and foreign painters. This museum also contains a priceless collection of unique icons. Now there are thousands of exhibits presented in the museum's collections. The 1990s, the first decade of Ukrainian independence, were the time when museum came to an international level. For the first time in the museum's history its collections were exhibited in famous museums of Canada, France, Denmark, Croatia and they became real sensations.

National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine
The National Museum of Medicine of Ukraine was founded in Kiev in 1973. It is located in the building of the former anatomical theatre of the University of Kiev. The building is considered to be one of the greatest architectural monuments of the 19th century. The museum represents medicine development in Ukraine from the oldest times until the present day.

State Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art
The State Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art has one of the largest collections of folk art in the ex-USSR countries. The history of the museum's collection goes back to the late 19th century when a group of prominent Ukrainian and Russian cultural figures sponsored the foundation of the Kiev Museum of Art, Industry and Science.

Ukrainian Museum of Historical Treasures
Ukrainian Museum of Historical Treasures is located in the Pecherskaya lavra, the Monastery of Caves, and has one the richest collections of golden articles. The museum has exhibits, representing Ukrainian goldsmiths and silversmiths from the 14th to 16th centuries. Ukraine has an old tradition of jewelry, gold and silverware making.

Ukrainian State Museum of Theatre, Music and Cinema
The State Museum of Theater, Music and Cinema, founded in 1923 by the artistic union "Berezil", is the only museum of this kind in Ukraine. The museum's collections feature unique exhibits of theater, music and cinema history. The collections were started in 1923 and became a basis for the scientific research and the documentation of cultural history of Ukraine.

Надіслано вчителем Міжнародного ліцею Гранд Афанасьєва Л.А.