The Ukrainian Museum
Maria Sverstiuk
203 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-0110
Museum hours: Monday - Sunday
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
If you wanted to view the works of Ukrainian artists of the 20th
century,or see examples of Ukrainian embroidery, folk costumes or
hundreds of pysanky,
WHERE WOULD YOU GO?
If you were interested in learning how to make traditional
gerdany, master Ukrainian embroidery stitches, or take a course in traditional
Ukrainian baking,
WHERE WOULD YOU TURN?
If you needed photographs and information about Ukrainian
history, architecture, the theater, or the Ukrainian immigration to the
United States,
WHO WOULD HAVE THEM?
The Philadelphia Regional Council of the Ukrainian National
Women's League of America has proclaimed 1994 as the Year of the
Ukrainian Museum.
Thus we are extending an invitation to you to become a member of
the Ukrainian Museum. The Ukrainian Museum needs your help.
YOU CAN HELP BY BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE UKRAINIAN MUSEUM. Our
goal is to increase the membership of the Ukrainian Museum to
twice its present number.
If you are already a member - we thank you - and sincerely hope
you will continue your membership. We also ask that in the
spirit of this membership campaign you give a gift membership to
a family member or a friend.
At present the Museum is in its final stages of fundraising
prior to commencement of construction of the new, contemporary,
representative museum facility in New York City. The new building is
located in the heart of the Ukrainian community in the NYC, Cooper Union
neighborhood.
The Ukrainian Museum was founded in 1976; its primary collection
was based on the one bought in its entirety in 1939 from the
Ukrainian Pavilion at the Chicago World Exposition. Currently
there are over 7,000 objects of this multifaceted collection, which
embraces major areas of Ukrainian folk art, such as full costumes,
embroidered textiles, kilims, woodwork and metalwork objects, ceramics, as
well as "pysanky" Ukrainian easter eggs. The Museum has the only fully
documented Ukrainian folk art collection in the United States.
Over the years the Museum has assembled an extensive archival /
photographic collection which is distinguished by a photographic
documentation of 100 years of Ukrainian immigration in the
United States. In addition to preserving one-of-a-kind photos of Ukrainian
architectural landmarks which no longer exist, historical or cultural scenes,
the archives contain programs of cultural events, posters, flyers
and personal documents of noted Ukrainian individuals.
The fine art collection comprised of paintings, drawings,
lithographs and sculptures of noted Ukrainian artists who worked in Ukraine,
Europe and the United States. Many prominent artists of
Ukrainian descent are represented in this collection, such as
Alexander Archipenko, Vasyl Krychevsky, the primitif painter
Nikifor, the Pennsylvania regional artists Nicholas Bervinchak
and the master of woodcuts Jacques Hnizdovsky, among others.
The Museum has a small, but developing collection of
numismatics, in which the oldest coin is a silver "hryvnia"
dating back to the princely era of Ukrainian history (9th -15th
century). The largest grouping of money is from the years of the
Ukrainian independence, 1918 - 1921. The Museum also has a
collection of Ukrainian exlibris and a growing philatelic
collection.
The collections at the Ukrainian Museum are significant because
they are a part of the great cultural diversity which is the
hallmark of our country. To the greater public which frequents
the Museum, the collection are a source of information about
Ukraine, its people and its culture.
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Maria Sverstiuk <sver...@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu>
Drexel University
College of Information Studies
Philadelphia, PA