PolyITAN-1 nanosatellite in the KPI Museum

On April 12, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Rocket and Space Industry Workers and the International Day of Aviation and Astronautics, which is dedicated to the first human space flight. On this occasion, our museum received a new exhibit - a prototype of the PolyITAN-1 nanosatellite.

In Remembrance of Oleksandr Serhiyovych Boltenko

Two years ago, on October 26, 2020, Oleksandr Serhiyovich Boltenko, the Head of the Department of History of Aviation and Cosmonautics of the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute during 2008–2020, passed away.

Support for the State Polytechnic Museum

An event dedicated to humanitarian support for museums of Ukraine took place in the Metropolitan’s Residence of the National Conservation Area “St. Sophia of Kyiv”. More than thirty museum workers took part in it.

75 Years Ago, the First An-2 Aircraft Hit the Sky

A temporary exhibition "75 Years Ago, the First An-2 Aircraft Hit the Sky" was opened on the initiative of Serhiy Ivanovich Grachov at the department of aviation and cosmonautics of the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum.

Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute – “Open Space” KPI

The international exhibition “Open Space”, which took place in the Republic of Lithuania in 2021, has ended. At the invitation of the Lithuanian Museum of Ethnocosmology, the Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (SPM) participated in the event.

A Wrench at Borys Paton State Polytechnic Museum

People have created so many various objects. However, there are very few things that surprise us with their simplicity. It is when a genius borders on everyday necessity and ubiquity. At the same time, these items reflect the technological advancement of the society of their time. One such example is an ordinary wrench

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