On June 17, 2005, the first private Museum of Contemporary Art in our state hospitably opened its doors to visitors.It is located in the historical part of Podil on two floors of a building on Bratska Street, 14, and immediately got a large circle of admirers.Initially there was a small collection, which its owner is a famous businessman and philanthropist Serhiy Tsyupko began collecting 20 years ago. The basis of it was non-figurative painting of contemporary Ukrainian artists. Then there was a clear desire to expand the temporal and geographical boundaries of the collection, focusing, however, on the art of Ukraine of the second half of the twentieth century, which, unfortunately, is almost absent in domestic museums. When the number of works, their authors and the artistic directions they represent increased significantly, the decision was made to “museify” the collection.In December 2009, the Museum was moved to a new three-story premises on the street. Hlybochitskaya, 17. Large areas (more than 3.5 thousand square meters) made it possible to form the first permanent exhibition of the best works of the collection (it occupied the second and third floors of the Museum). For 5 years of the Museum's life, many interesting exhibitions, projects, etc. were held on Hlybochitskaya. In September 2014, the Museum opened its doors on the street. Kirillovskaya, 41Today it is three exhibition spaces for permanent and temporary exhibitions (all 1st floor). Today it is the only museum in our country, where the works of many representatives of different art schools and directions of all regions of Ukraine from the 1930s to the present day are kept. The collection includes more than five thousand works of painting, graphics, sculpture and decorative arts. The collection contains more than five thousand works of painting, graphics, sculpture and decorative arts. The collection contains more than five thousand works of painting, graphics, sculpture and decorative arts. 700 authors.Among them are prominent representatives of regional art schools widely known in Ukraine and the West: Mykola Glushchenko, Sergey Grigoryev, Mikhail Deregus, Vladimir Kostetsky, Georgy Melikhov, Tetyana and Elena Yablonski, Ivan Kavaleridze, Yevhen Volobuyev, Boris Rapoport; Kharkiv — Adolf Konstantinopolsky, Oleksandr Khmelnytskyi, Ashat Safargalin, Grigory Tomenko, Yevhen Tregub, Serhiy Besedin; Odessa — Mykola Pavlyuk, Volodymyr Zavlyuk Ouze, Vyacheslav Tokarev, Volodymyr Filatov, Konstantin Lomikin, Vladimir Vlasov, Adolf Loza, Mykola Sheluto, Mykhailo Bozhiy, Albin Gavdzinsky, Yuriy Yegorov; Lviv — Ivan Trush, Olena Kulchytska, Oleksa Novakivskyi, Roman Selsky, Karl Zvirinsky, Lyubomir Medvid, Roman Petruk, Emannuil Mysko; Crimea — Fedir Zakharov, Petro Stoliarenko, Valentin Bernadsky, Viktor Tolochko, Valentina Tsvetkova, Anna Oleynyk; Transcarpathia — Adalbert Erdeli, Fedir Manailo, Anton Kashshai, Andriy Kotska, Ernest Kontratovych, Volodymyr Mykyta, Viacheslav Prykhodko. As well as works of famous “Ukrainian Parisians” - Vasytl Khmelko and Nikolai Vaker; New Yorkers Abram Manevich and Mikhail Turovsky; Muscovites Sergey Bazilev and Sergey Geta; modern artists of the older and middle generations, young authors.The museum has a library the lecture hall hosts theoretical and practical events: master classes, lectures, seminars, round tables, conferences with the invitation of Ukrainian and foreign art critics, artists, curators, gallerists and anyone interested in the state and problems of contemporary art in Ukraine and its presentation abroad of our state. In the future, it is envisaged the opening of an art studio, the introduction of educational programs and programs for working with children of preschool and school age, because the museum is a place where children should feel comfortable, comfortable and relaxed, gain knowledge and create.According to the founder of the Museum Sergey Tsiupko, “the purpose of the Museum is not only to collect and exhibit the artistic heritage of our people, but also to return Ukrainian values to Ukraine. To return for those who consider themselves a citizen of Ukraine, love it and want to see it strong and developed, cultured and educated. We dream that our Museum will be visited by a large number of fans of Ukrainian art, so that our children will receive aesthetic pleasure in the world of artistic images and feel respect for artists of the past. Perhaps one of you just wants to relax, chat or meet people close in spirit. We are open to everyone and invite you to plunge into the harmony of paintings, which will certainly help to give birth to thoughts and feelings...”.