Teacher's House description and photo - Ukraine: Kiev (Topic)

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The Teacher's House began its history in 1899, when the Ministry of Public Education made a decision to found a Pedagogical Museum in Kiev. In 1901, the museum was opened, although at first the museum did not have its own premises, and the exposition was located in the Trinity People's House, and after it was "sheltered" in its premises by the Higher Women's Courses. The museum's collection contained various textbooks, visual aids, materials on the history of Ukrainian enlightenment, etc.

Exhibits were generally donated to the museum, and some were purchased by a philanthropist and entrepreneur, actual state councilor Mogilevtsev. Gradually the collection of the museum became more and more extensive. There were school desks, atlases, globes, reproductions of famous paintings, children's compositions, crafts, drawings, etc. The museum had a rich library, teachers from different parts of the country came here to exchange experience.

Gradually the museum in the rented premises became cramped, and after lengthy negotiations, the City Duma decided to give part of the garden area belonging to the First Men's Gymnasium for the construction of its own museum building. The author of the project was the architect Alyoshin, the construction was carried out in 1910-1911, and it was led by the famous Kiev contractor Ginsburg. In the fall of 1911, the museum acquired its own premises, which later became an architectural monument of the 20th century. The building of the museum was made in a classical style with elements of antiquity. Soon, the museum began to operate an exhibition, concert, reading and lecture halls, a library, the best equipped natural science classrooms, physics and chemistry. Until now, the Teacher's House regularly hosts all kinds of performances, concerts and other cultural events.

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