National Museum of History of Ukraine
The museum began its activities with an archaeological exhibition in 1899 as the Museum of Antiquities and Arts in an unfinished building on the street. Oleksandrivska (Hrushevskoho Street, 6). The building for the museum was designed by a prominent Kyiv architect Vladyslav Horodetsky, and the funds for its construction were raised by Kyiv residents.
The archeological department was the first to be formed in the museum, headed by the well-known Ukrainian archaeologist Vikentiy Khvoyka.