Pedagogical Museum 
Address: 57 Volodymyrska St., Kyiv
Tel.: 234-36-66
Days off: Saturday, Sunday
One of the oldest Kyiv museums. Was founded as a collection in 1901, formally opened in 1911. In 1912 the famous Kyiv architect Pavlo Alyoshin built a separate building for the museum.
In 1917 a few rooms of the building were used by the Tsentralna Rada (Central Council) with M. Hrushevsky at head. It was here that on 7 (20) November 1917 the Ukrainian National Republic was proclaimed and at night on 24/25 January 1918 the 4th Universal was adopted which declared the independence of Ukraine. On these premises were also held ceremonies on the occasion of opening of different educational institutions; in spring and in autumn in 1917 two first congresses of Ukraine’s teachers took place here too.
Since 1921 here was the Proletarian Museum, since 1924 – the Museum of Revolution. From 1937 to 1982 the Ukrainian branch of Moscow’s Lenin Museum. Nowadays in front of the building there is a monument to the head of the Tsentralna Rada M. Hrushevsky.
The museum stock counts more than 40 thousand pieces. Here are kept unique books – textbooks of the 15 – 17th centuries: The Manual on Philosophy, Geography, History (1488, The Lithuanian Statute (1570), Phraseologic Dictionary (1598), Apostol (1654), The Chronicle of Sarmatia of Europe (17th cent.), Evangelion (1670), Illustrated Geographical Atlas which contains 100 maps (1699-1777), Teaching Evangel(1670), Pietic Rules (1705) and many other printed publications used in the course of studies at brotherhood schools, collegiums of Ukraine and at the Kyiv Mohyla Academy.
The museum has collections of textbooks, documents, photographs, periodical pedagogical publications, pedagogical manuals of the 19-20th centuries, materials about teachers under reprisals and scientists-teachers of Ukraine, methods manuals and educational technical aids of different epochs. The unique feature of the Pedagogical Museum lies in the fact that its exhibits vividly show the process of foundation and development of education in Ukraine. The exposition of the Pedagogical Museum is built up on the thematical and chronological principle:
- ethnic pedagogics of ancient Slavs;
- schools of “pedantic teaching” in Kyiv Rus;
- from the history of Ukrainian book printing;
- activity of brotherhood schools in Ukraine in 14-16th cent.;
- pedagogical principles of the Kyiv Mohyla Academy;
- the Cossack pedagogy;
- philosophical and pedagogical views of H. Skovoroda (1724-1794);
- development of higher education of Ukraine in the first half of the 19th cent.;
- pre-school education and educational and pedagogical activity of Sofiya Rusova (1856-1940);
- education and pedagogical ideas in Ukraine in 1920-1930s;
- education in Ukraine during the Great Patriotic War.
There are very few museums of this kind in the world: there is The Museum of Childhood in France, museums of didactical toys in Russia and in England, pedagogical museums in Vilnius, Tbilisi, Sofia. And the Kyiv museum.
