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One of the most important museums of national art and cultural treasures, the museum was founded by Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky in 1905.

The collections in the museum total more than 140,000 unique items. The museum takes special pride in presenting the largest and most complete collection of medieval sacral art of the XII-XVIII centuries: icons, manuscripts, rare ancient books, decoratively carved pieces of art, metal and plastic artworks, and fabrics embroidered with gold and silver.

The museum also boasts a unique monument of Ukrainian Baroque style: the Bohorodchansky Iconostasis. 

Exhibits include:  Ancient Ukrainian art from the XII – XV centuries; Ukrainian art from the XVI – XVIII centuries; and Ukrainian art from the end of the XVIII – to the beginning of the XX centuries. 

Admission: general ticket – 9 UAH; children – 3 UAH; temporary exhibitions – 3 UAH, ordinary ticket for children – 1 UAH; permanent exhibition – 5 UAH; general ticket for children – 1 UAH.

Excursions: 10 UAH for schoolchildren and students; 15 UAH for a group of 15 adults; 20 UAH for a group of 20 adults; 50 UAH for excursions in foreign languages: English, Polish, or Russian. 

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