The Pedagogical Museum, also known as the Teacher's House, is located in Kyiv. The building was constructed in 1901 under the guidance of architect P. F. Alyoshin. Today, it houses the Kyiv City Teacher's House and a small Pedagogical Museum.
In 1899, the Ministry of Public Education of Russia granted permission to the Kyiv Educational District to establish the Pedagogical Museum. Its collection included visual aids, textbooks, and paintings dedicated to the history of education. The museum did not have its own premises, so the exhibits were placed in the buildings of the First Kyiv Noble and Fifth Kyiv-Pechersk Male Gymnasiums, and later, in the Higher Women's Courses on Fundukleevskaya Street. Most of the exhibits were acquired at the World Pedagogical Exhibition of 1900 with funds from S. S. Mogilevets, chairman of the Kyiv Stock Exchange Committee and a patron.
Over time, the museum's collections accumulated numerous student essays, drawings, embroideries, and crafts, leading to a lack of space. After lengthy negotiations with the City Duma, it was decided to allocate part of the territory of the garden of the First Kyiv Noble Male Gymnasium for the construction of the museum.
The foundation stone of the Pedagogical Museum was laid in 1910 thanks to funding from Mogilevets, who allocated over 500,000 rubles. In the autumn of 1912, the museum moved to its new building, which became an architectural masterpiece of early 20th century Kyiv. Thanks to contractor Ginzburg, the construction was completed in a short time.
After the completion of construction and finishing works, on August 28, 1911, the building was visited by the Prime Minister of Russia, Stolypin. On the same day, the building was consecrated with the participation of Metropolitan Flavian and other high-ranking officials.
On the pediment of the building was the inscription "For the good enlightenment of the Russian people," which was removed in April 1918 by the decision of the Ukrainian authorities of that time.
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