Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture
- Address
- vul Chervonopraporna S of City Centre
- Phone
- 044 526 2416
- Price
- admission 10uah
- Hours
- museum 10am-5pm, grounds sunrise-sunset
Lonely Planet review for Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture
Ukraine is dotted with ‘open-air’ museums like this, full of life-size models of different rustic buildings. However, the Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture is one of the most fun and best maintained.
Traveller reviews for Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture (1)
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Pyrohovo Museum of Folk Architecture - well worth a visit
katfo recommends this,
I visited Pyrohovo earlier this month. Having a guide definitely improved the experience, because there aren't many signs anywhere. You can hire English-speaking guides on-site.
It costs 10 hryvnias to enter, and another 15 if you want to take photos. (A Canadian dollar is worth about 8 hryvnias.)
Plan to spend most of a day here It would be a good place to take children.
Pyrohovo reminded me of Fort Steele in B.C. It's an outdoor site, but you can look into the various buildings. The houses, which are furnished, range from very basic to relatively grand, the latter being owned by wealthier members of the community, or the local priest. One of the villages has always been there. Many buildings in the other villages are authentic, moved here from other regions of the country. The setting is very beautiful, rolling countryside and lots of trees. There are flowers everywhere.
Gorgeous traditional clay figurines, along with embroidery, woodcarving etc. are for sale on site The work is really good, a cut above some of the souvenirs you see in Kyiv. You'll pay more for it, but you're getting what you pay for, and helping to support a Ukrainian artisan.
There were various dogs wandering around. They do have homes on the site and were quite friendly - one attached himself to us for part of the tour!
NOTE:
The church in the first village you come to is a working church - women should cover their heads out of respect for those who worship there.
There are toilets at a small cafe on the site, but they are "traditional" - women have to stand or squat with feet on either side of a trough. This is very difficult to do if you're wearing trousers....
The walkways are reasonably flat, but of course not paved. Someone in a wheelchair might need a push here and there, and would not easily be able to go inside many of the structures because there are usually steps.
