Kyiv, Ukraine Republic
Region: next Kontraktova Square
Theme: Nuclear Disaster
Visit: September, 2019
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The National Museum “Chernobyl” is located in the historical part of the city of Kyiv on Podil, on the territory of the local archeological site “Cultural layer of Podol, IX-XVIII centuries”, landscape and local historical site “Historical landscape of the Kyiv mountains and the Dnipro valley” ” (III-II millennia BC – XI-XIX centuries) and on the territory of the State Historical and Architectural Reserve “Ancient Kyiv”.
Talking about Chernobyl is very vast and imprecise as much information still needs to be clarified in what was considered the biggest nuclear plant accident in the world history. More than just a Museum, this place serves as a Memorial with photos, news in magazines and newspapers, as well as personal items from the victims of the accident. Pure memorabilia organized to offer visitors a sense of what this event was like and how it impacted the lives of thousands of people.
The National Museum “Chernobyl” is a state research and cultural and educational institution, created for the preservation, study, use and popularization of museum objects and museum collections related to the Chernobyl disaster and its consequences, for scientific and educational purposes.
The National Museum “Chernobyl” is a departmental museum and performs a representative function as one of the brand museums of Ukraine. This entrusts the Museum with the important mission of presenting Ukraine and Ukrainians, who have the inherent ability to recover and become stronger after deep historical upheavals.
The peculiarity of the Museum is that in Kyiv and Ukraine, only this Museum can most fully present to the visitor materials about the history of the Chernobyl NPP, the development of the nuclear industry of Ukraine, cult relics, as well as historical and ethnographic objects of the Chornobyl Polyssia.
Today, the National Museum “Chernobyl” is:
⇀ The place of memory of the heroism and dedication of liquidators of the Chernobyl accident;
⇀ A repository of unique relics related to Chernobyl Polissy;
⇀ Laboratory of modern research and experiments;
⇀ A space for free dialogue about atomic energy, radiation safety, the government’s responsibility to its citizens;
⇀ The starting point of large-scale projects related to the Chernobyl theme.
The Mission is to help understand the consequences of the world’s largest nuclear disaster through the opportunity to get to know the fates of thousands of people – participants, witnesses and victims.
⇀ To help understand the need for reconciliation between society, science and technology, which threaten the existence of our planet.
⇀ Not to let the world forget the lessons of the Chernobyl tragedy, which should serve as a warning for us and our descendants.
⇀ To debunk the myths surrounding nuclear energy, radiation and Chernobyl.
⇀ To play a leading role in the transformation of people’s attitude to the Chernobyl disaster and nuclear safety — from overcoming the traumas of the past to creating a safe future.
⇀ To warn the world community against possible catastrophic consequences of nuclear terrorism.
HISTORY OF THE MUSEUM
1992
The museum was created on the basis of the photo-documentary exhibition “Memory of Courage and Glory”, organized on the first anniversary of the tragedy by the participants in the liquidation of the consequences of the accident at the Chornobyl NPP – the firefighters of the Kyiv region.
1996
Decree of the President of Ukraine dated April 25, 1996 No. 288/96 “About the Chernobyl Museum” granted the museum the status of “national” and updated the permanent exposition.
1997
The largest addition to the museum collection is 1,446 exhibits.
2010
The museum implemented the project of grant aid in the field of culture from the Government of Japan “Improvement of exhibition equipment in the National Museum “Chernobyl”, which allowed for the first time to introduce interactive technologies into the exhibition space: sensory information terminals with multimedia scientific and auxiliary information and search systems.
2019
The highest number of visitors to the Museum was recorded – 79,000 guests.
2022
The Order of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine dated 05.10.2022 No. 635 approved the Concept of Modernization and Development of the National Museum “Chernobyl” for the period until 2025.
Photo-α: Ukrainian National Chernobyl Museum
Further information at: IAEA.org/Chernobyl | WorldNuclear.org/Chernobyl | Chernobyl Serie | History.com/Chernobyl
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