The National Center for Folk Culture “Ivan Honchar Museum” is an open cultural and artistic institution of educational, scientific and recreational type, which promotes the continuity of experience and knowledge in the field of traditional folk culture. The museum was founded on the basis of a private collection and the principles of the artist and ethnographer Ivan Honchar's work.
The museum is located in the center of Kyiv on one of its picturesque hills above the Dnipro River. The main exhibition is closed for reconstruction. However, the museum promotes traditional culture through various platforms, including many digital initiatives: part of the museum collection is available online, and there are online exhibitions.
Top 5 exhibits:
Crimean Zaporozhets. Cossack Mamai, by an unknown author. XVIII - first half of the XIX centuryPoltava region. Velykobahachanskyi district, Ostapie village Oil on canvas 77 x 131
Icon “St. Stephen, Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and John the Theologian, St. Barbara” second half of the nineteenth century Provenance unknown Oil on canvas 61.4 x 142.5
A woman's wedding dress. XIX - early XX centuries Poltava region, Myrhorod district
Towel “monk” embroidered with red and black threads second half of the nineteenth century Cherkasy region, Chyhyryn district, Shabelnyky village Woven hemp cloth, backing; towel seams
297 x 43
Ceramic bowl 1920s-30s Khmelnytskyi region, Dunayevets district, Smotrych village Clay, glaze, angobes; potter's wheel, painted h=10.2; d2=29.3; d=10.3
