Branch Manager:
Kateryna Vasylivna Borovyk
Phone:
38 044 520 2822
Email:
1000_100@ukr.net
Year of creation:
2012
Address:
Kyiv, Bohdan Khmelnytskyi St., 7
Field of activity:
History, Culture, Art
Work schedule:
The Museum and Exhibition Center is one of the main centers of cultural life in the capital of Ukraine. The museum building is a modern museum and exhibition complex for recreation of Kyiv residents and guests of the capital, located in the very center of Kyiv at 7 Bohdan Khmelnytskyi St. This is one of the best cultural, educational and scientific research institutions in the capital of Ukraine. It presents an exhibition that tells about the brightest pages of the city’s history, and historical thematic exhibitions represent various spheres of city life: production, trade, education, everyday life, science, art, etc.
The Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv was founded on November 14, 1978 and opened in 1979, and is currently a union of 10 branch museums that organically complement the general concept of the Museum.
1978 – 1982
The “Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv” was established on November 14, 1978 and opened in the first quarter of 1979 in the “House of Peter I” in Podil (Kostyantynivska St., 6/8). The museum collection at that time consisted of archaeological materials transferred by the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR, ethnographic and numismatic collections, a collection of icons, old prints, postcards, gifts from enterprises, institutions and residents of Kyiv. In a short period of time, the museum’s funds increased to 36 thousand items.
1982 – 2004
Due to the lack of exhibition space, only 5-6% of the exhibits could be exhibited, so the museum was moved to the Klovsky Palace (an architectural monument of national importance of the 18th century at 8 Pylypa Orlyka Street) and opened on May 26, 1982, during the celebration of the 1500th anniversary of the city. The Museum was located in the Klovsky Palace for more than twenty years and had 18 exhibition and assembly halls, administrative premises and storage facilities. During this time, the Museum gained fame as one of the best cultural and educational institutions of the capital of Ukraine and became a visiting card of ancient Kyiv.
2004 – 2012
However, by order of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine No. 506 of August 11, 2003, the building of the Klovsky Palace was transferred to the Supreme Court of Ukraine. Since March 10, 2004, the Museum has been closed for visits and “moved” to the 4th and 5th floors of the Palace of Arts “Ukrainian House” at 2 Khreshchatyk St.
2012 – Our Days
On June 6, 2012, under public pressure, the building of the shopping and office center near the “Teatralna” metro station at 7 Bohdana Khmelnytskyi St. was transferred to the “Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv” for use, where since August 22, 2012, the Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv resumed its exhibition activities, and now functions as the Museum and Exhibition Center “Museum of the History of the City of Kyiv”.
Важливою складовою МВЦ є функціонування тимчасових тематичних та художніх виставок, арт-проєктів, які висвітлюють всі сторони сучасного мистецтва як вітчизняного, так і міжнародного рівнів. У просторі Музейно-виставкового центру презентують і важливі соціальні проєкти, наприклад, Chernobyl VR Project – перший віртуальний 3-D тур Чорнобилем, арт-проєкт сучасного мистецтва «Мене тут немає» в рамках Kyiv Art Week, «CRIMEA is HERE». Тимчасові виставки доповнюють розповідь про минуле і сучасне столиці України.
Відвідавши МВЦ «Музей історії Києва», кожен гість має можливість знайти для себе те, що його цікавить найбільше: послухати лекції, взяти участь у дискусіях і майстер-класах, побувати на творчих вечорах та концертах, переглянути фільми, взяти автографи у відомих митців сучасності тощо. На базі Центру також створений проєкт «Cultprostir. Hub» для спілкування прогресивної молоді і соціальний проект «PURVital – для літніх людей та осіб з інвалідністю».
Динамічна структура музейно-виставкового центру завжди дивує відвідувачів чимось новим, цікавим та креативним.
