The last time he was in Kyiv, Taras Grigorovich Shevchenko wished to stay on the outskirts of the city. From the center, all Podil passed on foot until he was in the Priorc. Then Shevchenko mentions:
“I went and went - I see the hut standing, not so manlike, not manly, white and white, like sour cream, and even overgrown with a garden, and children's shirts hanging out in the yard and waving their sleeves, as if calling me to themselves...”
Here the poet stopped. All her life, the hostess of this house, Varvara Pashkovskaya, was proud that Taras Shevchenko himself lived in her apartment. For two weeks Shevchenko enjoyed the friendliness of the locals, the surrounding garden, the Ukrainian song, the Priorcan children. And the feast of delicacies arranged by a strange tenant for his little friends became one of the brightest local legends. Kobzar in the Priory was called simply — “Uncle Taras”. Shevchenko's last refuge in Kiev became a solace and a real home for him, and the common people with whom he managed to become friends - a family. From here, the poet walked to his friend the artist Ivan Soshenko, who lived in a house on Velyka Zhytomyr. After Shevchenko's departure to St. Petersburg, the house of Varvara Pashkovskaya began to be called “Tarasova”.

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Until recently, the house under the strip, in which Taras Shevchenko lived, still stood, living out its age. Near it stood a memorial plaque with a bas-relief and inscription, which has survived to this day. The now existing house was built on the site of the hut, where in 1989 the exposition of the memorial house-museum of T. G. Shevchenko.

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The excursion range of the museum offers to delve into the following topics:

Shevchenko Kiev
Shevchenko on the Priory
Third trip to Ukraine
History of the Kiev outskirts of Kurenivka and Priorka of the times of Taras Shevchenko
Walking tour of the park: from Taras oak, which is already 400 years old, to the cottage “Kin-Grush”, mentioned in Shevchenko's works
Ecological excursion through the territory of the park.
Excursions are conducted in Ukrainian and foreign languages.

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In addition, scientists conduct specially designed excursions for visitors with visual impairments.

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In the “Hut on the Priorka” exhibitions of children's drawings on the Shevchenko theme, exhibitions of Christmas and Easter cards, personal exhibitions of talented children dedicated to Kobzarov are held. Every year the museum also holds a children's competition for the best reading of poetry by Taras Shevchenko.

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“The Hut on the Priorc” often gathers elderly people for “Shevchenko in my life” evenings.

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In the museum Shevchenko Days, March 9 and 10 and May 22, poetry, songs and performances honor Kobzar. On March 10, the day of Taras Shevchenko's death, the museum hosts a memorial service and a memorial dinner is held.

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Since the 1960s, doubts were expressed about the possibility of Shevchenko's residence in the Priory. Relatively recently, scientists have proven that the memories of S. Krapivina, on which the version of the poet's stay in the Priory is based, is largely falsified and that purely chronologically he could not have lived there for two weeks.

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