Taxacom: Damage to natural history and art museums in Kyiv

[Nancy Ruth Morin]

The news from Ukraine today was horrible.  Many scientific institutions were damaged.  This is like having bombs dropped on the Smithsonian Mall.  

Sergei Mosyakin, Director, M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine; President, Ukrainian Botanical Society, sent this report:  
The missile strikes at the Taras Shevchenko Park and the crossroad of Taras Shevchenko Boulevard and Volodymyrska Street hit the very center of Kyiv's cultural, scientific and historical heritage. One missile hit the children's playground in the park, another came to the crossroad. Photographs of the area are available online.  

The damaged buildings and facilities are (info is preliminary): 
Ministry of Education & Science of Ukraine (the building with mainly science departments and offices) - severely damaged, almost destroyed;
Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - two famous buildings of the 19th century: the Main (Red) Building - moderately damaged; the Humanities & Philology (Yellow) Building (formerly the First Gymnasium of Kyiv, which was Alma Mater for many famous people) - severely damaged;
some (probably considerable) damage to the nearby hospital (former Kyiv University Hospital and Clinic);  
two art museums: Khanenko Museum of Western & Oriental Art and the National Museum "Kyiv Art Gallery" (formerly the Museum of Russian Art) - both severely damaged;
Taras Shevchenko Museum - some damage; 
Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - severely damaged;
Main Conference Hall of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - damaged;
the House of Teachers (educational museum and conference center) - damaged;
M.G. Kholodny Institute of Botany of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - considerably damaged;
National Museum of Natural History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - damage to backyard windows;
I.I. Schmalhausen Institute of Zoology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine - just a few windows;
several monuments,
etc.

These are mostly educational institutions, museums and other units of the national historical, scientific and art heritage, no military targets at all.  
More info and photos here:
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