Chocolate house (Mogilevtsev's Mansion)

Chocolate house is a favorite place for Kyivans and visitors of the city. Its name is due to the design and color of the facade - indeed this building is like a work of chocolate. The house of chocolate is a two-story mansion of the Kiev merchant Semen Mogilevtsev.

Chocolate house is a favorite place for Kyivans and guests of the city. Its name is due to the design and color of the facade- indeed this building is like a work of chocolate.

The house of chocolate is a two-story mansion of the Kiev merchant Semen Mogilevtsev. It was built in the early 20th century with elements of the Renaissance palace architecture, the author of the project - Vladimir Nikolaev. The interiors of the halls are made in a wide variety of architectural styles, here are baroque (white hall), modern, renaissance, Russian, Moorish and other styles. The walls and ceiling of the Chocolate House are decorated with stucco, paintings, Venetian mirrors, beautiful windows on the windows.

In Soviet times, here was the central registry office of the city of Kiev, then the Children's Art Gallery was settled, and in 2009 the mansion was transferred to the possession of the Kiev Museum of Russian Art.Restoration was carried out, the walls, stucco molding, parquet were put in order and a new stage began in the history of the chocolate house. Today there is a permanent exhibition of children's paintings,art criticism lectures, classical music evenings.

In the Chocolate House excursions are organized. If you are going to visit this mansion, then come from 11:00 to 18:30. The weekend is Monday and Thursday. Nearby, on Shelkovichnaya Street, there is an equally interesting building - the Ikskul-Gildenband House.