Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts

The Museum of Ethnography occupies the building of the Galician Credit Office. This is the second most important (after the main building of the Lviv Polytechnic ) work by Julian Zakharevich ( 1837 - 1898 ). The building stands out for its romantic interpretation of neo-Renaissance motifs. The architect and builders actively used the texture features and color of the materials: polychrome Nadraine brick, hewn Ternopol stone, majolica reliefs and metal forged lattices. The lobby, lined with polychrome tiles, decorated with colored stone panels and stained-glass windows of the Tyroler Glassmalerai company from Innsbruck, was vividly and expressively resolved. The interiors and facade of the building were decorated with numerous works from the sculptural workshop of L. Marconi. The building is completed by a dome with a spire; an allegorical sculptural group is placed near the base of the dome, which symbolizes the economic prosperity of Galicia (sculptor Yu. Markovsky ).

The museum was created in 1951 under the name of the State Museum of Ethnography and Art Crafts of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR . For the newly created museum, the collections of the Museum of Ethnography of the Lviv Branch of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (the former Museum of the Shevchenko Scientific Society) and the Lviv State Museum of Art Crafts (the former City Museum of Art Crafts) were combined, which were replenished in 1940 with collections of nationalized public and private museums (National Museum , Lubomirsky Museum, Dedushitsky Museum, Museum of the Basilian Sisters Gymnasium, O. Prusevich Ethnographic Collection

The exposition is divided into two departments: ethnographic (over 44,000 exhibits) and art crafts (over 28,000 exhibits). The museum owns a rich collection of ceramics, porcelain and earthenware , art glass products. The museum collection of watches from the 16th – 20th centuries deserves special mention. and has about 350 samples.

The museum published "Materials on Ethnography and Art Criticism" ( 1955 - 1963 ), albums (folk clothes, carving, etc.) and individual works (K. Mateyko "Folk ceramics of the western regions of the Ukrainian SSR XI-XX centuries", V. Rozhankovsky “Ukrainian art glass”, L. Sukhaya “Artistic metal products of Ukrainians of the Eastern Carpathians”, A. Budzan “Woodcarving in the western regions of Ukraine”, Y. Zapaska “Ornamental design of the Ukrainian manuscript book”, I. Seniv “Creation of E. L . Kulchitskaya ”, etc.), arranges periodic exhibitions, since 1955 has been standing This exposition “Life of the Ukrainian people” from the XVI century.

The publishing house "Art" in 1976 released an album with 400 color and black-and-white illustrations, which represent the masterpieces of Ukrainian decorative art collected at the Museum.

The director of the museum is Roman Petrovich Chmelik.

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