At the exhibition, you will see several hundred art objects - a creative reflection on the events of the revolution, as well as many objects presenting the arrangement of the tent city, the life and defense of the protesters. All these things were saved during the stormy events of the Maidan, and they have already survived the evacuation with the beginning of the large-scale phase of Russia's war against Ukraine.

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Here is a selection of 10 exhibits that you should not miss at the exhibition. Some of them are presented for the first time.

1. Top of the "Yolka"

This exhibit of the museum collection is presented for the first time. On December 16, 2013, climbers installed the top of the "Yolka" structure, and at the same time, the EU flag was placed here. The author of the multi-pointed star with a trident, Olga Gavrilova, wanted to give "Yolka" as a symbol of protest a little more New Year's mood and warmth, since the structure was completely covered with posters, slogans and party symbols. The author called the ornament a "star of hope". Verkhivya lasted until August 2014, when "Yolka" was dismantled. It was preserved for the future museum by members of the "Maidan Museum" initiative.

2. Bars with the names of cities

94 days of protest fell on the winter months. The tent city was supposed to warm and feed everyone who stood on the barricades and defended the Territory of Dignity. Therefore, there was a lot of firewood in the center of the capital at that time. On separate bars, the protesters wrote the names of settlements in Ukraine and the countries from which they came to the Maidan. And so a kind of wall with the geography of support for the Maidan emerged impromptu. The bars with inscriptions presented at the exhibition are an exceptional exhibit in the collection. After all, during the most tragic days of the Maidan - February 18-20, 2014, most of them were destroyed by fire. The 45 surviving tablets were handed over to the Museum by Viktor Karpov in the fall of 2019.

3. Bicycle cinema

In one of the exhibition halls, where we talk about the initiatives of the Maidan, a bicycle that produces electricity was recreated. There was a similar one on the Maidan near the stage. Now everyone can try to turn the pedals so that the video appears on the projector.

On the footage, you will see the Independence Square in early December 2013 in the clip of host Michael Shchur with his hit "Guitar Bust" ("This is a bust, Viktor"). Journalist Roman Vintoniv (Michael Shchur) was an active participant in the Revolution of Dignity, and with the beginning of the full-scale invasion joined the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

4. Paintings by Olexandr Roitburd

In the most tragic and difficult days of the confrontation on February 19 and 20, the famous Ukrainian artist Oleksandr Roitburd wrote two of his works - "Massacre on Chios" and "The One Who Raises the Flag".
Shots were heard in his studio while he was working on the first painting. The artist embodied his pain and sorrow on canvas. The day after the shootings, he began work on the second work. This picture seems to call on the survivors to accept the flag from the hands of the dead, despite the fact that there is so much fear and pain around. However, there is hope - the Maidan survived.

5. Helmet of Yulia "Tyra" Paevska

Paramedic Yuliya "Tyra" Paevska, who was captured by the Russians in occupied Mariupol in the spring of 2022, saved lives on the Maidan, is now known throughout the country. According to her, it was during the events of the Revolution of Dignity that she became a "tech med", acquired her first skills, and the war for her began "on January 19, from Hrusha". To the funds of the "Tyra" Museum, she donated a white helmet with a red cross, in which she helped the wounded on the Maidan. You can see this helmet at the exhibition.

6. Plate-sculpture "New Ukraine"

This sculpture is the first exhibit that will meet you at the exhibition. We advise him to take a good look and catch his emotions and feelings.

Ukraine is coming out of its past and freeing itself from the regime that has restrained our people for too long - this is the main idea of the work.

The sculpture was created by the French street art artist Pierre Amir Sasson, who was impressed and captivated by the events in Ukraine. In December 2013, during the Euromaidan in Kyiv, the artist realized his idea for 13 days, using a huge slab of pink marble. The facial features engraved in it belong to one of the performers of the Ukrainian band "Dakh Daughters Band". It was to their musical accompaniment that the sculpture was installed on Independence Square in January 2014 as a gift to Ukrainians.

After the fire on the Maidan, the sculpture ended up under the remains of the barricades. Later, it was restored and transferred to the Maidan Museum for safekeeping.

7. Piano

A piano at a protest in front of a bench of security forces is a photo that circulated the world media in 2013 and testified without words: Euromaidan in Ukraine is a non-violent protest action of people defending their civil and universal human rights. The original instrument can be seen at the exhibition. The exhibition recreates an episode from the life of the Maidan: a piano, in front of it a wall of security forces, and next to it is a real cobblestone from the time of the Revolution of Dignity. Piano against security forces, music instead of aggression. The Maidan's strength lay in non-violent methods of struggle.

8. Artistic work of Tetyana Cheprasova 

In the winter of 2014, the artistic initiative "Artil Maidan" took place in the Ukrainian House. Professional artists and amateurs met here and joined the Maidan tradition of painting helmets and shields. The idea of creating canvases that recreate the history of the Revolution of Dignity belonged to Tetyana Cheprasova, an artist from Luhansk. Her first reflection on the Euromaidan were sketches that eventually transformed into paintings and original drawings on the shields and helmets of the Maidan activists. Tetyana Cheprasova worked on the painting "Fresh Apple" throughout the Maidan, layering on it various episodes and emotions from what she experienced and saw.

9. Drawings from the series "Portraits from the Maidan" by the artist Olesya Khomenko

Dozens of faces on the Maidan are real portraits of demonstrators painted in the open air by the Kyiv artist Olesya Khomenko. She wanted to join the protest in her own way and did what she did best. Quickly, in a reportage style, the artist created portraits of protesters on copy paper, and gave the original to the person she was drawing. Copies of the drawings are now kept in the Maidan Museum. Among these works is a portrait of one of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred - Serhiy Nigoyan.

"Once upon a time, I had the opinion that I, as an artist, appropriated reality. But on the Maidan, I didn't want to appropriate anything, I wanted to give back," the artist said in one of the interviews.

10. The public sector of Euromaidan

In one of the showcases of the exhibition, you can see familiar, at first glance, things - a logbook in which demonstrators left notes, questionnaires for participation in the Public Sector and a pink marker.

It was with this marker that the first inscription "Euromaidan SOS" was made on the banner created by the participants of the initiative.

The shift log kept a record of shifts from midnight to five in the morning. The volunteer who volunteered to be on duty in the most difficult hours of the day was Alina Mykhaylova, a participant of the Revolution of Dignity, known today as a deputy of the Kyiv City Council, a volunteer and a paramedic. During the full-scale war against Russia, Alina Mykhaylova is the head of the "Ulf" medical service of the 1st separate battalion "Da Vinci Wolves" named after Dmytro Kotsyubail.

There are also questionnaires that can be filled out by all those who wish to join the Public Sector of Euromaidan - a community of activists united to help protesters and support a non-violent form of protest.