From Mazepa’s saber to Usyk’s championship belt: Ukraine WOW exhibition to open in Kyiv

25 September 21:28

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On Friday, September 26, Ukraine WOW, the largest interactive exhibition dedicated to Ukraine, will open at the Kyiv railway station. This was announced on her Facebook page by the founder of the art project, Yaroslava Gres, reports "Komersant Ukrainian".

You can visit the exhibition until November 9, 2025. It will be located in a hangar on track 14. More than 100 exhibits and dozens of interactive zones will be available to visitors.

A whole hangar of love and pride. Five years of my waiting. It was a dream. It was a plan. It was an idea. It was a leap. 4000 square meters are dedicated to Ukraine. And to each of you,” Gres wrote.

It is known that part of the proceeds from ticket sales will be used to support

Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine,
Museum of Archeology at the Institute of Archeology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,
Cherkasy Archaeological Museum of the Middle Naddniprianshchyna,
National Museum of History of Ukraine,
Chernihiv Regional Historical Museum named after V. Tarnovsky.

What visitors will see at Ukraine WOW

The exhibition consists of five thematic blocks:

“Land”
“Rulers/Warriors,
“Thinkers,
“Artists”,
“Independence.

Among the interactive zones and exhibits available to the public are a wheat field under a blue sky, a pond with water lilies, a 20-meter Cossack “chayka” (a type of boat – ed.), a saber of Hetman Ivan Mazepa, and a sword from the times of Kyivan Rus.

*One of the areas of the interactive exhibition is a pond with water lilies*

Here, Oleksandr Usyk’s championship belt peeks out from behind Ivan Mazepa’s saber. Here, the Golden Ball, the Nobel Prize, and the Oscar look at the restored Boryviter. Here, the residents of the Slovo House and the Sixties echo each other. The trophies of Ukraine, which have never gathered together like this anywhere else. MUR plays here and the Konotop Witches sit on the porch,” Hres told us about the concept of her project.

“In addition, thanks to VR technology, everyone will be able to fly over the Carpathians, Bakota, and the pink lakes of Syvash.

It will also be possible to approach the “Tree of Memory” and tie a ribbon in honor of a loved one and someone important in their life.

*An exhibit at the Ukraine WOW exhibition – a Cossack gull boat*

Ukraine WOW: who created the project and how

According to the founders Yaroslava Gres and Yulia Solovey, the key idea behind the exhibition was to immerse visitors in the Ukrainian heritage and historical continuity that give strength to create the future.

*Project founder Yaroslava Hres at one of the locations of the interactive exhibition*

The idea was developed by historian Yaroslav Hrytsak, teacher Valerii Pekar, philosopher Anton Drobovych, curator Ksenia Malykh, and historian Oleksii Sokyrko. The exhibition was curated by Ksenia Malykh and edited by Mark Livin, a writer and host of the Prostymy Slovo (In Simple Words) podcast.

In total, more than 200 people contributed to the project.

The project was implemented by the NGO Ukraine WOW and the Gres Todorchuk agency in partnership with Ukrzaliznytsia. The main partners were the Aurora Multimarket chain, ROZETKA, and the Visa payment system.

Exhibits for the exhibition were provided by museums and private collectors.

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