National Museum of Natural History

National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine is a natural history museum in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. It is one of the biggest scientific research museums of the type in the world. The museum is housed in a former Olgynska school built in 1914–1927 in neoclassicism style. It was granted the status of the National Museum of December 10, 1996, according to the decision of the President of Ukraine. It was established in 1966 as a unified complex comprising five museums: the Geological, Paleontological, Zoological, Botanical and Archaeological. There are approximately 30,000 exhibits in 24 halls with a total area of 8,000 m².