Museum of Folk Architecture, Pereiaslav
Ukraine's first open-air museum, founded in 1964: houses, churches and mills of the Dnipro lands.
Work on the Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of the Middle Dnipro Region began in 1964; according to the Pereiaslav reserve and the city council, it is the first open-air museum in Ukraine. Its founder was Mykhailo Sikorskyi, who headed the Pereiaslav history museum from 1951 to 2008. The exhibition is built on the principle of the evolution of folk dwellings from the earliest times to the 20th century. According to the reserve's website, 25 ha hold about 300 structures, including 122 monuments of folk architecture of the 17th–19th centuries, and over 20 thousand exhibits; according to the city council's website, 30 ha, 185 structures and 104 monuments. Among the buildings are the Church of the Intercession of the early 17th century, a bell tower and St George's Church of the mid-18th century, 20 peasant farmsteads, windmills and watermills. After russia's full-scale invasion in 2022 the exhibits were evacuated to protected premises; in May 2022 the grounds were opened as a park area.
Daily 9:00–17:00, no days off (reserve website, 2026); the hours of the themed museums may change. An unhurried circuit takes half a day; wear comfortable shoes.