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The Shevchenko National Museum is located on the Kiev boulevard of the same name. Due to the fact that the personality of Taras Shevchenko is very ambiguous, the museum has to narrate about him as a poet and as an artist. The first visitors came to the museum in 1949, when an exhibition was opened dedicated to the poet's biography, as well as the use of his works during the Second World War. Since then, the exposition has been changed several times. So, in the 80s of the twentieth century, during the repair and restoration work, an idea arose to change the concept of the museum. Now considerable attention was paid to the artistic talent of the poet, and the works of Soviet artists and quotations of the classics of Marxism-Leninism, the existence of which Taras Shevchenko did not even suspect, disappeared from the exhibition.

Today, the Shevchenko National Museum houses about 4,000 exhibits that are somehow connected with the work and life of Kobzar. Included in this number are several hundred paintings and drawings written by the master. The personal belongings of Taras Shevchenko - pencils, pens, sketchbook, easel and other materials - are of great interest. Books are presented separately in the museum - there are about 34,000 of them. It is here that the complete collection of Shevchenko's editions is collected, starting with “Kobzar” in 1840 and ending with the last copies. On some books, you can even find dedicatory inscriptions. In the halls of the museum there are also striking examples of Ukrainian embroidered shirts and kobz.

The halls in the museum are arranged according to a thematic principle: the first one contains materials telling about the birth and childhood of Shevchenko, the rest - materials, associated with his work. A separate exposition includes works by world famous artists that tell about Taras Shevchenko. The exhibition ends with a hall dedicated to the poet's death.

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