Visit the museum
Work schedule:
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
So that you can better plan your visit to the National Museum of the Holodomor-Genocide, we suggest you learning with some useful information in advance.
Entrance fee:
- Adults: 30 UAH
- Students: 20 UAH (with a valid student ID)
- Pensioners (by age): 20 UAH (with a pension certificate).
- School pupils: 15 UAH
Prices for tours:
- tour in Ukrainian (for a group of up to 5 people): 230 UAH
- tour in Ukrainian (for a group of 6 to 12 people): 600 UAH
- tour in Ukrainian (for a group of 13 to 20 people): 900 UAH
- tour in English (for a group of up to 2 people): 700 UAH
- tour in English (for a group of 3 to 5 people): 1000 UAH
- tour in English (for a group from 6 or more people): 1200 UAH
Free entrance for
- Persons with disabilities of groups I and II (for information regarding visitors requiring assistance, see here);
- Preschool-aged children;
- Orphans;
- Children of combatants, as well as children whose parents died during military operations;
- Combatants;
- Conscripts;
- Cadets;
- Employees of museums and reserves, as well as ICOM members. (Upon presentation of a document confirming eligibility for the benefit).
On every last Sunday of the month the entrance is free for
- Pensioners;
- Students;
- University students; (Upon presentation of a document confirming eligibility for the benefit).
Free admission days:
- May, 18 – International Museum Day;
- The fourth Saturday of November – Holodomor Remembrance Day.
For schoolchildren and students, the museum offers interactive lessons, activities, and workshops.
- Interactive lesson “The Hiding Place” (for children 6–12 years old.
- Workshop “Let’s Not Extinguish a Candle of Memory!” for children 5-12 years old.
- Workshop “Tree of Life”.
- Educational lesson “LOOK INTO HISTORY THROUGH PHOTO” (for students of grades 5–8)).
- Interactive lesson “How to Distinguish Between Fake and Truth in the Media” for students of grades 10–11.
- Interactive lesson “History of One Diary” for students of grades 9–11).
- Interactive lesson “What is a genocide?” (for students of grades 9–11).
- Educational class the “Art” of Propaganda: Poster vs History”.
Phone number to book the tour: (044) 254-45-12; (044) 254-45-11.
Recommendations for Visitors During an Air Raid Alert
Pay close attention to the signals from the warning system and announcements from the Museum administration; In case of an air raid alarm, leave the Museum building and proceed to the nearest shelter (the underground passage at the Glory Square or the “Arsenalna” metro station); Do not leave minors unattended. Strictly follow the instructions of the Museum administration; During evacuation, do not use lifts, take the stairs, and proceed to the designated shelters; If necessary, assist those in need.
Visit us online!
Video tour of the Holodomor Museum is a unique opportunity to get to the museum just from home or from anywhere in the world (available in Ukrainian and English). Registration – https://cutt.ly/bGSS36z
Interactive lesson “What is Genocide?”: participants learn about the origin and meaning of the term “genocide”; review documents from 1932–33, analyse events in Ukraine to trace exactly how genocidal actions were implemented, and review eyewitness accounts of the Holodomor (available in Ukrainian).
Registration – https://cutt.ly/bGSDtQ3
Training “In Search of Law”: participants are told about modern human rights enshrined in international and national legislation, as well as about human rights violations in the USSR, in particular about the crime of genocide of Ukrainians – the Holodomor of 1932–1933 (available in Ukrainian).
Registration – https://cutt.ly/bGSDtQ3
A video tour for children (grades 1–6). A video tour using sand animation in the format of a schoolgirl’s story about a visit to the Museum will make it easier to get acquainted with the topic and will not traumatise children. During the tour, participants will see the Museum’s exposition and unique exhibits, learn their stories, hear memories of the Holodomor, and learn the events of 1932–1933. The main focus is on the story of humanity, which helped Ukrainians survive those cruel times.
Registration – https://cutt.ly/bGSDtQ3
Interactive lesson “The History of a Diary” (for students in grades 9–11)
During the lesson, students work with personal sources (diaries) and visual sources (photographs), learn about the main aspects of the policy of the communist totalitarian regime (the processes of collectivisation and dekulakisation) and the situation of Ukrainians in 1930–1933 (in particular, during the Holodomor-genocide of 1932–1933) through the prism of the memoirs of a teacher from the Kharkiv region, Oleksandra Radchenko. Participants learn to analyse primary historical documents, think critically, form a personal attitude to history, understand its lessons, and develop historical thinking.
Registration – https://cutt.ly/bGSDtQ3
To book a tour or online lessons
Other paid services
- Holding cultural and mass events in the museum premises (up to 50 participants) – cost 1600 UAH/hour.
- Curator’s tour (1 person) – 55 UAH.
- Preparing and providing oral thematic, factual, analytical, address-bibliographic and other references for individuals and legal entities (oral on-site consultation within Kyiv up to 1 hour) – 600 UAH.
- Preparing and providing thematic, factual, analytical, address-bibliographic and other references for individuals and legal entities (written consultation up to 2,500 characters) – 400 UAH.
- Preparing and providing thematic, factual, analytical, address-bibliographic and other references for individuals and legal entities (oral consultation in the museum premises for up to 1 hour) – 300 UAH.