Museum of Cultural Heritage (Kiev)

The museum was opened in Kiev on May 29, 1999. It was housed in an old estate built in 1785 in the classicist style on Moskovskaya Street. At the end of the 20th century, the building was completely reconstructed. The Museum of Cultural Heritage is one of the branches of the Museum of the History of the City of Kiev under the leadership of the Kiev City State Administration.

The Museum’s work is carried out to implement the state program “Foreign Ukraine”, approved by decree of the President of Ukraine of September 24, 2001 No. 892/2001 ^{[1] [2]} . The purpose of creating such a museum was to collect and exhibit for the general public the works of Ukrainian artists who, for one reason or another, live abroad.

The exposition tells about the figures of Ukrainian culture in exile: artists, choirmasters, writers, poets, choreographers and singers who were born and studied in Kiev and Ukraine, and then were forced to emigrate. Museum visitors have the opportunity to get acquainted with the biographies of these people. With the active assistance of the museum, many works of art were returned to their historical homeland.

Museum researchers conduct search and research work. During the operation of the museum, its funds were replenished with more than 900 storage units. The main collection of the museum of cultural heritage consists of about 3 thousand exhibits. The exposition is represented not only by paintings, but also by graphics, sculpting, objects of decorative and applied art, as well as books, personal items, photographs and documents of prominent Ukrainian artists - representatives of the Ukrainian diaspora in exile. Among them are paintings from the works of the art family of Krichevsky (Vasily Grigoryevich, brothers Vasily and Nikolai, Ekaterina Krichevskaya-Rosandich), Alexei Bulavitsky ( USA ), artist Lyudmila Morozova (USA). Among other equally famous Ukrainian artists - Vadim Dobrolyzh from Canada , who painted the Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John in Edmonton; I. Mashchak ( Great Britain ); Timothy Messak, Vladimir Savchak, Stepan Volna (all from Australia ). Among the notable exhibits are a collection of folk clothes M. Gorova-Mishanich ( Czech Republic ), a collection of monotypes and enamels I. Tverdokhleb (USA), a collection of folk icons presented to the museum by a famous collector V. Belyaev-Belanger (USA), a collection of documentary photographs of the Ukrainian diaspora ( Australia), books by the writer Evdokia Gumennoy, a collection of Easter eggs Nina Bulavitsky. The museum has a Serge Lifar Memorial Hall, where personal items and photographs of the dancer are exhibited. In this memorial hall, photographs of Lifar are presented along with Charles de Gaulle , Georges Pompidou , King of Sweden Gustav VI . The honorary medal of Serge Lifar presented to the dancer by the mayor of Paris is presented. There is a separate room dedicated to virtuoso pianist V. Horowitz, who was also born in Kiev. Another hall of the Museum of Cultural Heritage fully reflects the history of Pechersk - one of the central districts of Kiev.

Photographic materials are presented telling about Ukrainian theater groups from the USA, France, Australia. The museum presents documents telling about the Slovo Theater in New York, and the Ukrainian Theater in Paris. In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum of cultural heritage organizes various exhibitions.

• Museum of Cultural Heritage
• Museum Information (inaccessible link)
• About the museum on Kievtown.net