Maxym Rylsky Museum, Literary memorial museum in Holosiiv, Ukraine.
The Maxym Rylsky Museum occupies a two-story house with an attic on the slopes of Holosiiv, built to a design by architect Ariadna Loboda with the poet's involvement. Its eight rooms preserve the living room with Rylsky's grand piano, his study with a hunting corner, and his personal library, which fills two rooms. The collection includes manuscripts, correspondence, artworks from the 1940s–1960s, and about 10,000 volumes, many signed by their authors.
The house opened as a museum in 1966 and served as the poet's residence during his final years. It stands as a protected site marking an important chapter in twentieth-century Ukrainian literary history.
The museum shows how a notable Ukrainian poet lived and worked, preserving his personal belongings and the spaces where he created literature. Visitors can see the day-to-day surroundings that shaped his writing and artistic life.
The museum is at Maksyma Rylskoho Street 7 in Kyiv's Holosiiv area, in the house where the poet lived from 1951 to 1964. It is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00, but closed every Friday and the last Thursday of each month. Guided tours are available for an extra fee. The garden and flower beds planted by Rylsky surround the house.
The museum's collection numbers about 10,000 items, including the poet's manuscripts, his correspondence, art from the 1940s–1960s, and film and photo documents. Recordings of Rylsky's own voice can be heard in the halls. His study keeps a hunting corner with guns and stuffed animals, since he was a keen hunter.
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