It is one of the largest and numerous compilations in Ukraine and represents the art and traditions of the Easter eggs painting of the turn of 19-20th centuries. The painted Easter egg is an original phenomenon of the folk art that concentrated the pinnacle motifs of the Ukrainian Folk ornaments with extremely harmonious system of color association and high level of painting culture.

Ukrainian people used to decorate the birds eggs long before they adopted the Christianity. The national ritual ceremonies were related to the egg symbol that personified the Sun, life, beauty, protection and health. They transferred to the Christian liturgy and became symbols of revival and resurrection.

In addition to the folk pysanka where the craftsmen used the natural hens’ eggs and painted them with wax and natural paints or scrabble technique, the exposition is famous for wooden pysankas that are encrusted with metal, glass beads, mother-of-pearl, etc.; ostrich eggs (with religious plots); glass and wreathed round with glass beads.

There are also objects of worship and Easter eggs manufactured at the Kyiv-Mizhgirya porcelain factory (1798 – 1877) that are decorated with plants motifs, religious scenes and landscapes printed on the surface.

The museum displays folk painted Easter eggs (19-20th centuries) from Kyiv, Chernihiv, Podillya, Carpathian and Bukovyna provinces. The options of ornament motifs within every region are presented too.

The author’s painted Easter eggs (late 20th century) are works created by Yu. Bezpalko, Ya. Ratushniak, G. Kobyuk, G. Vintonyak, L. Pashkevych, A. Pushkaryov, L. Ktytorova, T. Vlenenko and diaspora painters like T. Osadtsa, K. Nikolayenko, D. Karluka (USA) as well as Yu. and M. Syrotyuk (Brazil).