Museums in Ukraine

Discover 13 unusual museums in Ukraine.

Pereiaslav, Ukraine

Museum of Space Exploration

A century-old church is now a space museum with a treasure trove of Soviet space items.

The wall of executions

Lonsky Prison National Memorial Museum

This museum explores the tumultuous history of Lviv under Nazi and Soviet occupation.

A lard heart.

Salo Art Museum

This cheeky restaurant has a serious devotion to lard sculptures.

Toilet History Museum.

Toilet History Museum

A quirky collection flush with information on commode culture from ancient times to modern day.

The entrance to the museum.

Kharkiv, Ukraine

Museum of Sexual Cultures of the World

It's the only museum of its kind in Ukraine.

Honka

Vyshhorods'kyi district, Ukraine

Mezhyhirya Residence

Marvel at the excessive luxury of the ousted Ukrainian president's former estate.

In the pharmacy cellar.

Under the Black Eagle Pharmacy Museum

Ukraine's oldest operating pharmacy now offers guests a fascinating walk through apothecary history.

Ukrainian National Chornobyl Museum

This unassuming museum's slogan translates to “there is a limit of sadness, anxiety has no limits."

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarhankut. (Panoramio)

Olenivka, Ukraine

Underwater Museum at Cape Tarkhankut

Submerged busts of communist and socialist figures from the USSR.

Kolomyya, Ukraine

Pysanka Museum

Welcome to the world's only museum dedicated to the Ukranian Easter egg.

Museum of the Great Patriotic War

Museum of the Great Patriotic War

One of the largest museums in Ukraine remembers the story of the German-Soviet War in iconic, brutalist style.

Permanently Closed

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One Street Museum Death Mask Collection

The largest collection of death masks in Ukraine.

Nicolaï Syadristy’s Micro Miniature Museum

One of the world’s best microminiaturist, Nicolaï Siadristy displays his lifetime of tiny creations in this museum.

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