The National Slavic Museum is a public museum in the city of Baltimore ( Fels Point district) dedicated to the preservation of the Polish and Slavic heritage and culture of Baltimore, including Belarusian, Bulgarian, Ruthenian, Croatian, Czech, Lemko, Moravian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovenian and Ukrainian heritage. The museum is located in the former Polish public hall. Created by volunteers at their own expense and donations. Supporters of the museum unsuccessfully tried to buy the building of the church of St. Stanislav Kostka, closed in 2000, near the museum premises.
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The Baltimore priest Ivan Dornic, who participated in the creation of the museum, believes that the museum is the only one of its kind dedicated to Slavic culture in the United States [1] .
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- ↑ Pamela Wood (June 16, 2013). Slavic heritage celebrated at museum dedication . // The Baltimore Sun.