Khanenko Museum. A late 19th-century patrons’ mansion with lavish interiors and art exhibitions

The facade of the Khanenko Museum mansion
A painted hall interior at the Khanenko Museum
The grand staircase lined with paintings at the Khanenko Museum
The Khanenko Museum mansion on Tereshchenkivska Street
A painted wooden ceiling at the Khanenko Museum
The Khanenko Museum mansion seen from the square
The facade of the Khanenko Museum mansionA painted hall interior at the Khanenko MuseumThe grand staircase lined with paintings at the Khanenko MuseumThe Khanenko Museum mansion on Tereshchenkivska StreetA painted wooden ceiling at the Khanenko Museum

An art museum in the lavish mansion of patrons Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko on Tereshchenkivska Street. For more than 40 years the couple collected the art of Europe, Asia and Ukraine, and in 1918 Varvara Khanenko gave the house and the collection to the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences. Today it hosts temporary exhibitions, and the mansion’s historic interiors are the real star exhibit.

Why visit

  • The lavish late 19th-century mansion of the Khanenko patrons, right in central Kyiv on Tereshchenkivska Street
  • The Don Quixote Hall with tapestries, the Rococo “Golden Study” and a massive oak staircase
  • A single admission ticket opens all current exhibitions and the historic interiors of the Khanenko mansion
  • The story of a family of patrons who collected the art of Europe, Asia and Ukraine for more than 40 years
  • On weekends – tours of the mansion’s historic interiors, and creative “Read in the Courtyard” workshops for kids
  • The cozy museum courtyard is open to visitors on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 to 17:00

Good to know

Ticket prices
The single ticket costs UAH 250 and covers all current exhibitions and the Khanenko mansion interiors. A reduced ticket for UAH 125 for school and university students and pensioners is sold at the museum box office with ID.
Opening hours
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday – 10:30 to 17:30, last entry at 17:00. Thursday – 12:00 to 19:30, last entry at 19:00. Closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
What’s open now
Under martial law the main collection is in safekeeping and temporarily not on display. Temporary exhibitions, the historic interiors, tours, educational programs and workshops are open.
Photography
Photos for personal use are allowed without flash, selfie sticks or tripods.
Children and groups
Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Group tours must be booked in advance: up to 20 people for adults and university students, up to 15 for school students.
During an alert
In case of an air-raid alert, visitors are directed to the shelter at Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv metro station.

The museum’s story began in the 1870s, when Bohdan Khanenko married Varvara Tereshchenko. The couple traveled widely in Europe, bought works at auctions and gradually built an encyclopedic collection – from Old European Masters to the art of the Islamic world and Asia, ancient icons, Ukrainian archaeology and Cossack antiquities. The mansion on Tereshchenkivska Street became the setting for this collection. Its lavish historic interiors have survived: the Don Quixote Hall with tapestries, the Rococo “Golden Study”, painted ceilings, a massive oak staircase and walls with exquisite wallpaper. Under martial law the main collection is in safekeeping and temporarily not on display. Instead the museum lives through exhibitions, events and educational programs, and a single ticket opens all current exhibitions and the mansion’s interiors. On weekends there are tours of the historic interiors and “Read in the Courtyard” workshops for kids, and the museum courtyard is open from 12:00 to 17:00. The museum is in the city center, near Ploshcha Ukrainskykh Heroiv metro station.