Pyrohiv

National Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine
Національний музей народної архітектури та побуту України
	This ensemble of authentic windmills is the centrepiece of a 1.5-square-kilometre (0.58 sq mi) open-air Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine
Established	1969
Location	1 Akademika Tronka St, Kyiv, Ukraine
Type	Open-air museum
Collection size	300 architectural exhibits, 70,000 artifacts
Director	Oksana Starak-Poviakel
Website	http://www.pyrohiv.com/

50°21′16.34″N 30°30′44.03″E

Pyrohiv (Ukrainian: Пирогі́в), originally a village south of Kyiv, now the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Folkways of Ukraine, is a 133.5 hectare open-air museum located at 1 Laureatska Street, Kyiv, Ukraine. An architectural and landscape complex representing the major historical and ethnographic regions of Ukraine, it is dedicated to the preservation and study of regional Ukrainian folkways.

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