Branch Head:
Hanna Mykolaivna Leksina
Phone:
380 (44) 280-64-18
Email:
museum.diaspora@gmail.com
Year of Establishment:
1999
Address:
Kyiv, 40-B Kniaziv Ostrozkykh St.
Scope of Activities:
History, Culture
Opening Hours:
The Museum of the Ukrainian Diaspora, a branch of The Museum of Kyiv History, was founded on May 29, 1999. The museum’s exhibition presents the history and artistic heritage of Ukrainians around the world, beginning with the first Ukrainian settlers of the late 19th century and continuing through representatives of the third wave of emigration, who found themselves outside their homeland during the Second World War, as well as their descendants.
Among the notable figures represented in the museum are statesmen and political leaders Pavlo and Danylo Skoropadsky, the last President of the Ukrainian People’s Republic in exile Mykola Plaviuk, and Markiyan Paslavskyi, a hero of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian war.
A key focus of the exhibition is the story of Ukrainian communities abroad whose activities were aimed at restoring Ukrainian statehood and preserving national identity — the Ukrainian National Federation of Canada, the Ukrainian World Congress, the Plast scouting organization, and others.
Of great value is the museum’s art collection. Visitors have the opportunity to explore the works of prominent artists of Ukrainian origin: David Burliuk, Liudmyla Morozova, Petro Kapschuchenko, Oleksa Bulavytsky, Anatolii Kolomiiets, Petro Kravchenko, Tymofii Messak, Stepan Khvylia, Volodymyr Savchak, and the distinguished Krychevsky artistic dynasty.
The museum also tells the story of the Ukrainian Republican Capella and its founder, conductor Oleksandr Koshyts, thanks to whom the world discovered Ukraine’s music, as well as the renowned choreographer of Ukrainian origin — Serge Lifar.
The museum permanently hosts the only large-scale historical and memorial exhibition project in Ukraine dedicated to the outstanding aircraft designer and Kyiv-born “father of the helicopter,” Ihor Sikorsky — the project titled “Our Sikorsky.”
