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Ukrainian Museum A Museum dedicated to the preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of Ukraine.
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The Ukrainian Museum is the largest museum of its kind in North America and is dedicated to the enjoyment, understanding, and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of Ukraine. For centuries Ukraine has been an epicenter for creative output - from traditional folk art to the birthplace of modern art and cinema. Today Ukraine celebrates its cultural impact on the world for people of all backgrounds. Located in the East Village in New York, the Ukrainian Museum has something for everyone.

Today, we invite you to become part of our vision: one that forefronts the preservation and strengthening of Ukrainian c...
10/15/2026

Today, we invite you to become part of our vision: one that forefronts the preservation and strengthening of Ukrainian cultural agency and sees Ukraine not as a monolith but as a cosmopolitan culture that embraces diversity and cross-cultural dialogue.

By joining our 50th Anniversary Gala, you support the mission that has become more urgent than ever.

Fifty years ago, the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America and a community of supporters founded the Ukrainian Museum in the heart of Manhattan’s East Village. Today, it holds the largest repository of Ukrainian cultural heritage outside of Ukraine. The museum’s history inspires us to keep building connections within and beyond our communities, and creating spaces for conversations that bring us together. We hope you’ll join us on this journey.

Ticket sales for the Ukrainian Museum’s 50th Anniversary Gala close tomorrow. Get yours via the link in bio.

Photos: Opening of the Ukrainian Museum, April 10, 1976

Bring the whole family for our second Kids & Family Day, an afternoon of hands-on fun inspired by our bold and colorful ...
10/14/2026

Bring the whole family for our second Kids & Family Day, an afternoon of hands-on fun inspired by our bold and colorful exhibition “A Living Canvas”.

The art-making workshop is led by Ukrainian-born American artist Irina Rodnikoff. Right in the exhibition gallery, kids are invited to create a shared artwork, drawing inspiration from the patterns, lines, geometry, and storytelling of the works on view.

Irina Rodnikoff is a Ukrainian-born multi-disciplinary artist working in installation, sculpture, and painting and balances her studio practice with work as a scenic artist in film and television production.

There’s more to explore. Set off on a scavenger hunt through the galleries, then head to the craft stations for painting, sculpture, collage, and more.

Best for ages 3-12, and everyone is welcome. Drop in anytime between 1 and 4 pm. $5 per family member.

The first slide image is generated by AI to visualize the interactive art-making workshop of the day.

Thank you to our supporters, trustees, and friends in the academic community who joined us for a dinner conversation wit...
10/13/2026

Thank you to our supporters, trustees, and friends in the academic community who joined us for a dinner conversation with Chus MartĂ­nez, curator of the US chapter of Pedagogies of War, the upcoming exhibition at The Ukrainian Museum.
The exhibition brings to New York the first North American museum presentation of work by Kyiv-based artist duo Roman Khimei and Yarema Malashchuk, filmmakers and visual artists whose multi-channel video installations examine how conflict reshapes civil society, democratic life, and everyday experience beyond the battlefield.

It was a great New York evening, bringing international thinkers together. Chus generously shared her experience of working on this exhibition with Thyssen-Bornemisza and spoke about how the US chapter will be reimagined, in a conversation about wars waged at a distance. We were delighted to have with us thinkers and interlocutors who are in the US for a few months and were able to join us, contributing greatly to the conversation, Somalian writer Nurudfin Farrah, writer on artificial intelligence Bogna Konior, artist Molly Gochman and others...

10/09/2026

On November 8, we invite you to join us to commemorate five decades celebrating culture worth fighting for.

For fifty years, the Ukrainian Museum has preserved and elevated Ukraine’s cultural legacy. Our mission has never been more urgent. Every purchased ticket helps write the next chapter.

Learn more via link in bio.

New in the shop! Just arrived from Ukraine, from Old Khata Project (old khata project)KVITKY: the largest printed collec...
10/08/2026

New in the shop! Just arrived from Ukraine, from Old Khata Project (old khata project)

KVITKY: the largest printed collection to date of materials on traditional Ukrainian house paintings from the first third of the 20th century.

💌 Postcard set: 20 assorted postcards with high-quality color photos of old houses and decorative details from every oblast of Ukraine.

Available in our shop and online!

Our 50th Anniversary Gala is just shy of a month away! The evening is dedicated to culture worth fighting for, and on No...
10/05/2026

Our 50th Anniversary Gala is just shy of a month away! The evening is dedicated to culture worth fighting for, and on November 8th we’ll be joined by honorary guests from Ukraine, “cultural heroes” whose work safeguarding Ukrainian cultural heritage we want to celebrate. Check our website to learn more!

Can’t make it to the full program? You can still join the celebration at 6 PM with a special Twilight Lounge ticket: enjoy Ukrainian desserts, live jazz, and a premium open bar.

The Ukrainian Museum presents a screening of the documentary Sand Castles with Q&A by experimental engineer Mitya Zinovi...
10/05/2026

The Ukrainian Museum presents a screening of the documentary Sand Castles with Q&A by experimental engineer Mitya Zinoviev. After the screening, guests are invited for a reception in the Museum lobby.

Sand Castles is a documentary about Ukrainian artists and engineers who create large-scale sculptures for Burning Man – a unique site of large-scale sculptural experimentation. The documentary details the construction of sculptural projects created under Zinoviev’s Kyiv-based “Wonder Workshop” that include projects such as Hedgehog Temple, Phoenix, I’m Fine, Blue Bull, Merman.

The documentary is a vivid exploration of Zinoviev’s fabrication process across borders, depicting how “Wonder Workshop” has become a technical hub for Ukrainian artists, designers and sculptors. This documentary was made by Fozzy Media Group in partnership with Wonder Workshop.

Photos and videos from Burning Man by Andrii Ivanchenko, Mitya Zinoviev, Mykyta Vashchenko.

Fifty years ago, on October 3 of 1976, The Ukrainian Museum opened its inaugural exhibition, “An Introduction to Ukraini...
10/03/2026

Fifty years ago, on October 3 of 1976, The Ukrainian Museum opened its inaugural exhibition, “An Introduction to Ukrainian Folk Art”, a showcase to the regional diversity and cultural influences reflected in folk art from Ukraine.

“Usually the term [‘folk’] refers to art that is domestically produced (in the village) and is parallel to ‘high’ or ‘elite’ art […] it does not, however, apply all that clearly to the Ukrainian situation,” the foreword to the exhibition catalogue notes. Ukrainian folk art reflects a remarkable exchange between village traditions and the craft of urban workshops. Across textiles, embroidery, woodwork, and metalwork, makers drew on shared patterns, techniques, and materials, resulting in works of striking technical and aesthetic sophistication.

The nucleus of the Museum’s collection began with 600 folk art objects purchased by the Ukrainian National Women’s League of America in 1933 for the Ukrainian pavilion at the Chicago World’s Fair—the only pavilion not backed by an independent national government and funded entirely by the Ukrainian community in the United States. The collection has grown, 50 years after the Museum’s founding, into the largest collection of Ukrainian cultural heritage outside Ukraine.

Last Saturday, the Museum was transformed by Molly Gochman’s Memory Collage, an artwork bringing together scanned fragme...
10/02/2026

Last Saturday, the Museum was transformed by Molly Gochman’s Memory Collage, an artwork bringing together scanned fragments from our collections—fine and folk art alongside archival photographs collected throughout the Museum’s 50-year history.

Printed on vinyl, Memory Collage adorns our windows and entrance, offering visitors and passersby a glimpse of the works and stories held within.

As part of the installation unveiling, we invited neighbors, long-term supporters, and those newly connected to the community to bring a special memento to be scanned into a shared Memory Collage, a collaborative artwork, a reflection on the cultural heritage and living memories of our communities.

1-4: Installation of Memory Collage: Materials from The Ukrainian Museum Collection by Molly Gochman. Image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Alex Mctigue.

It was deeply meaningful to welcome Tetyana Filevska, Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, to the museum last Friday.A...
10/01/2026

It was deeply meaningful to welcome Tetyana Filevska, Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, to the museum last Friday.

As part of the 81st session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tetyana visited New York and stopped by the museum to see our exhibitions on view and spend time in conversation about Ukrainian culture, art, and the ongoing work to protect and preserve Ukraine’s cultural heritage.

It means a great deal to stay connected and in dialogue with the cultural and arts community in Ukraine, and to continue working together through shared initiatives, the exchange of experiences, common goals, and ongoing conversation.

The Ukrainian Museum’s SAFE program directly aligns with the Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Fund initiative of the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

The SAFE program was established by The Ukrainian Museum to support and provide a platform for museum and arts professionals in Ukraine. Our current SAFE Open Call offers microgrants of up to $2,500 to support arts and cultural organizations and institutions as they prepare for the winter in Ukraine.

We look forward to building on these conversations and turning shared priorities into meaningful support for cultural institutions and arts professionals across Ukraine.

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