Tour of the National Art Museum
We invite all art-lovers to join us on 1-2 hour tour through unique collection of the National Art Museum of Ukraine – the most extensive and complete collection of the native Ukrainian art in the world!
Located in a historical building constructed in 1898, Kyiv’s National Art Museum keeps a great collection of masterpieces of Ukrainian painting, sculpture and graphics created in the period of fifteen centuries.
Book our expert guide to learn how historical events influenced art in Ukraine, how artists followed the official lines or tried to find the way to express their ideas with colors and forms. Take a cultural tour from the great altar pieces in the Byzantine style, Mannerist religious wooden sculptures, classic portraits of Ukrainian notables to beautiful pastoral scenes from peasant and urban life, and into more experimental work – socialist realism of the 1930s and a bizarre return to formal painting in the 1970s. Fascinating journey through the treasures of Ukrainian fine art!
Highlights:
1. National Art Museum of Ukraine
Designed by the famous architect Vladislav Gorodetsky in 1899, National Art Museum of Ukraine is an architectural gem of Kyiv. Ukraine was always famous for its folk art, but the founders of the museum’s collections decided to prove that Ukrainian artists leading in fine art as well. After more than a hundred years of hard...
