The opening of the Literary Memorial Apartment Museum of Mykola Bazhan in Kyiv, subsidiary of the National Museum of Literature in Ukraine, was timed to the centennial of the poet in October 2004. (1904-1983)The museum is located in the apartment where the family of Mykola Platonovych and Nina Volodymyrivna Bazhan lived for 40 years. The basis of the collection was formed with the things, documents, materials, art collection and the library of M. Bazhan which were demised to the country by the will of N.V. Bazhan-Lauer .The apartment museum presents reconstructed interior appearance of rooms where this famous poet, philosopher, brilliant translator, literary scholar, art critic and scriptwriter lived and created. Poets work-room, sitting-room, library, rooms of the poets wife and father re-create atmosphere of the second half of the century, the world of artists spirit, manifoldness of his life. Exhibition includes personal belongings and documents of Mykola Bazhan, his manuscripts and autographs, original photographs, original publications of his works and translations, unique library and art collection.The apartment museum exhibits collection of works of pictorial and decorative arts of Western European and Oriental craftsmen collected by the poet himself and his wife. Collection of paintings comprises pictures by Ukrainian and Russian artists, such as K. Trutovskyi, S. Vasylkivskyi, M. Pymonenko, V. Krychevskyi, I. Trush, K. Bilokur, M. Deregus, M. Glushchenko, I. Makogon, as well as works of West-European artists of V-V centuries. Collection of graphic art shows deep knowledge and interest of the poet in this form of pictorial art. Walls of entrance hall and corridor are decorated with Italian engravings of V and centuries, graphic art works of Ukrainian artists, Central Asian miniature paintings of V- centuries. By virtue of classic taste of the mistress, the atmosphere of cosy home is created by antique furniture and dishware, arts-and-crafts ware made by Ukrainian craftsmen and well-known Western European manufacturers. Visitors can see antique ceramics from North Black Sea region, Ukrainian glassware, Italian majolica, old Ukrainian faience ware and Kosov ceramics.The Bazhan apartment museums stock comprises twelve thousand pieces.A fragment of the memorial exposition _Michael Bazhan's restaurant.Mykola Bazhan was born on October 9, 1904 in the city of Kamianets-Podilskyi of Khmelnytskyi region in the family of a military topographer. He spent his childhood years first in Kamianets-Podilskyi, and later in Uman two ancient Ukrainian towns with rich history. He studied in Uman Boys Gymnasium and later in the Cooperative Institute and the Institute of International Relations in Kyiv. However, he didnt graduate from any of them. The first one he didnt graduate because he took dislike to commerce, and the second one due to its closure.His first verse Let the treacherous sea ruffle he wrote when he was fifteen. His first book of poetry called Contrasts of the mood with the dedication To my mother is dated 1920-1921. These poetries reflect not only memories about distant thunder of cannons, but also his boyish feelings excited by first love and first bitter disillusions.Mykhayl Semenko, a leader of the Ukrainian futurists, was the person who led Mykola Bazhan into the life of literature. But expressionistic