Museum of Folk Architecture and Household Traditions in Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi from Kiev
Kiev, Ukraine
Trip Type: Cultural Tours
Duration: 10 hours
Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi an ancient city in the Kiev Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located on the confluence of Alta and Trubizh rivers some 95 km (59.03 mi) south of the nation's capital Kiev. Until 1943, the city was known as Pereyaslav. Serving as the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion (district), Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi itself is designated as a city of regional significance and does not belong to the Raion. With its current estimated population around 30,000, and over 20 museums, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is often described as a "living museum" and granted status of a History and Ethnography Reserve of Ukraine.
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Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi an ancient city in the Kiev Oblast (province) of central Ukraine, located on the confluence of Alta and Trubizh rivers some 95 km (59.03 mi) south of the nation's capital Kiev. Until 1943, the city was known as Pereyaslav. Serving as the administrative center of the Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi Raion (district), Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi itself is designated as a city of regional significance and does not belong to the Raion. With its current estimated population around 30,000, and over 20 museums, Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is often described as a "living museum" and granted status of a History and Ethnography Reserve of Ukraine.
The most significant landmark of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is Museum of Folk Architecture and Household Traditions in Middle Naddnipryanschina. On the 30 acres located 185 objects, including 104 monuments of folk architecture of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Including 20 yards of houses and outbuildings, 23 different settings and workshops, over 20 thousand works of folk art and implements, household items, collected in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine. Beautiful decoration of the museum are two handmade bids Park with tens of thousands of trees and shrubs, carefully maintained gardens and yards Museum presenting the architecture and traditions of Ukrainians from ancient times up to the 19th century, which includes submuseums: Museum of Bread, Museum of Land Transportation, Museum of Rushnyks (Ukrainian Decorative Towels), Museum of Space Exploration, Museum of Postal Services, Museum of Bee-keeping, Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Rituals, Museum of Archeology, Museum of the Cossack Glory, Museum of Trypillya Culture, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Dress, etc. Also you can accept the Excavated ruins of buildings from the 10–11th centuries, St. Michael's church (1646–66), Ascension monastery (with cathedral built in 1695–1700) and more.
The most significant landmark of Pereiaslav-Khmelnytskyi is Museum of Folk Architecture and Household Traditions in Middle Naddnipryanschina. On the 30 acres located 185 objects, including 104 monuments of folk architecture of the seventeenth and nineteenth centuries, Including 20 yards of houses and outbuildings, 23 different settings and workshops, over 20 thousand works of folk art and implements, household items, collected in the forest-steppe zone of Ukraine. Beautiful decoration of the museum are two handmade bids Park with tens of thousands of trees and shrubs, carefully maintained gardens and yards Museum presenting the architecture and traditions of Ukrainians from ancient times up to the 19th century, which includes submuseums: Museum of Bread, Museum of Land Transportation, Museum of Rushnyks (Ukrainian Decorative Towels), Museum of Space Exploration, Museum of Postal Services, Museum of Bee-keeping, Museum of Applied and Decorative Arts, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Rituals, Museum of Archeology, Museum of the Cossack Glory, Museum of Trypillya Culture, Museum of Ukrainian Traditional Dress, etc. Also you can accept the Excavated ruins of buildings from the 10–11th centuries, St. Michael's church (1646–66), Ascension monastery (with cathedral built in 1695–1700) and more.
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