National Taras Shevchenko Museum, Kyiv
The Tereshchenko palace on Shevchenko Boulevard: over eight hundred original works by the poet.
The house was built in the early 1840s, and in 1875 the sugar manufacturer and patron Mykola Tereshchenko bought it and rebuilt it in the Italian Renaissance style. The museum opened on 24 April 1949 and received national status in 2001. The holdings number about 85,000 items, among them over eight hundred original paintings and graphic works by Shevchenko; the original manuscripts are kept by the Institute of Literature, and the display shows reproductions.
Wed–Sun 10:00–18:00, ticket office until 17:15; closed Mon and Tue (Kyiv.info, 26.08.2026). 12 Tarasa Shevchenka Boulevard; Universytet, Teatralna and Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv metro stations are a 7–10 minute walk away (Kyiv.info, 26.08.2026). On 30.09.2026 russia launched a massive ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv, and people were killed (Suspilne Kyiv, 30.09.2026), so during an alert go to a shelter.