A Fascinating Tour to the Pirogovo Museum

During the summer holidays our Foundation tries to diversify leisure time for the children from multi-child families. This time, under the Road to Life for Every Child program and the Good Cause Every Day! promo event a tour to the National Museum of Folk Architecture and Life of Ukraine Pirogovo for large Cheberyak, Misyura, Danyuk, Sulimenko and Shvets families was organized. In general more than twenty children visited the historic place. The overview of the museum began on a hill with two old windmills; hence the participants of the tour saw a beautiful view of the valley.

During the walk boys and girls not only acquainted with the architecture of Ukrainian villages of 17-20 centuries, but also saw the usual household items of Ukrainian house.

Walking through the vast territory of the museum everyone enjoyed the beautiful nature, fresh air and listened to folk music. Mostly children liked to look through the collection of traditional costumes, wooden dishes and pottery, musical instruments.

The highlight of the trip in the open-air museum was a visit to an ostrich farm. The little guests and their parents were able to observe the life of ostriches, learn more about the habits and characteristics of these exotic birds. The children were showed and could hold large ostrich eggs; it turned out that ostrich eggs are the largest in the world. The kids were pleasantly surprised by the fact that one ostrich egg is equal to 25 of chicken!

In the Pirogovo museum the large families felt connection with the past, learned a lot of useful information about the history of our country and just mentally rested on the fresh air.

Happy faces of the children and smiles of the adults meant that the tour was successful. For those happy moments with love in our hearts we are building a new world!