Museum of Ukrainian Decorative Folk Art

The museum, which is located in the premises of the former metropolitan chambers and the Church of the Annunciation on the territory of the National Kyiv-Pechersk Historical and Cultural Reserve, is one of the largest art museums in Ukraine. The museum collection consists of more than 75,000 works of traditional folk and professional decorative art of Ukraine, from the 15th century to the present day. The collection contains household items transformed by the hands of talented craftsmen into highly artistic works of art.

The exposition of the museum, covering an area of 1,500 square meters, presents all types of folk art of Ukraine: carpet weaving, weaving, carving, embroidery, ceramics, carving and painting on wood, artistic processing of leather, horn and metal, glass, porcelain, pysankari, folk painting and iconography.

The museum systematically holds various exhibitions that acquaint fans of folk decorative art with the works of modern artists and works stored in the museum's collections.