Museums in Ukraine

Museum Crisis Center

On March 3, after the first week of full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war, Olha Honchar, director of Lviv museum “The Territory of Terror” asked on Facebook if there were any funds supporting Ukrainian artists and museums in wartime. She later updated her post: “Meanwhile, we start making such a fund ourselves.” In partnership with the team of the NGO Insha Osvita, Olha launched a new NGO "New Museum" a.k.a. the Museum Crisis Center, a grassroots initiative aimed at helping museum workers in the emergency regions and evacuating artworks. The next day, first donations were made to the newly established fund. The main task of the center is the rapid financial, psychological and organizational support of museum workers, many of whom found themselves face to face with the war and without means to support themselves.

11 to 50 staff

The Museum Of Civilian Voices, Founded By Rinat Akhmetov

The Museum of Civilian Voices founded by Rinat Akhmetov is the world's largest collection of stories from Ukrainian victims of Russian aggression since 2014. More than stories have already been collected from Ukrainians illustrating tragedy, triumph and resilience. The Museum is a source of first-hand storytelling for filmmakers and documentarians who are interested in preserving historical memory, showcasing the human experience and providing transparency to the world.

51 to 200 staff

War Childhood Museum Ukraine

The War Childhood Museum is an international independent institution that documents and tells the stories of children and teenagers, whose lives were affected by war. The museum opened its doors in 2017 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), telling the stories of children who grew up during the Bosnian War of 1992-1995. Over time, it became clear that millions of children around the world continue to face life in conflict, and their stories are also worthy of attention. So the museum collected testimonies from Lebanon, Serbia, Ukraine, and other countries. In 2018, the War Childhood Museum received the prestigious international award European Museum of the Year. In 2020, the War Childhood Museum established its first international office in Ukraine. The office's work initially consisted of documenting the experiences of children and teenagers (up to 18 years at the time of the start of the war), whose lives were affected by the war in the eastern part of Ukraine and the temporary occupation of Crimea. With them, we held two exhibitions in Ukraine - in the summer of 2021 in Kyiv and in January-February 2022 in Kherson. After February 24, 2022, we are collecting testimonies of children and teenagers from all regions of Ukraine, as well as those who moved abroad because of the war.

1 to 10 staff

The War Museum National Museum Of The History Of Ukraine In The Second World War. Memorial Complex

National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War. The Memorial Complex (the War Museum) is an institution based at an ancient historical site which in the late 20th century became a WWII memorial overlooking the Dnieper river in Kyiv, Ukraine. The museum exhibition presents documents and artifacts of the biggest military conflicts of the 20th-21st centuries and reveals the heroic struggle of Ukrainians for their freedom, independence and cultural identity. The mission of the Museum is to demonstrate the origins and the scope of tragedies the wars lead to, shed light on the ways of avoiding them, acknowledge the lessons of the past, document the challenges of the present and pave the way for the glorious future.

201 to 500 staff

Museum Of Contemporary Art Ngo

Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) NGO unites professionals working in Ukraine’s contemporary art sphere, works to develop the field, and advocates for creating a new type of museum institution in Ukraine. Since 2020 we put our minds and efforts into the art system developing projects. We focus on primary issues that grant more access to contemporary art in Ukraine for the professional community and broader audiences, in particular, through advanced museum activities; we work on conditions for productive work in the field of contemporary art, using comprehensive holistic approaches. Our strategic initiatives are in three directions: Institutional field; Science and Education; Interaction with the authorities. After Russia’s full scale invasion in February 2022, we have focused on projects reflecting on these days of war. To deal with the consequences of the Russian invasion and threats the war poses on the Ukrainian art community – MOCA NGO, in partnership with Zaborona, The Naked Room and Mystetskyi Arsenal established the Ukrainian Emergency Art Fund. Our mission only became more critical — boosting the vibrant and lively voices of Ukrainian cultural professionals and artists is crucial for sharing our values, vision for future, and understanding of what we’re fighting for. Our actual priorities: community: emergency support and development opportunities for the art community in Ukraine; wartime art practices observation, special curatorial projects; and country transformations caused by the development of advanced art system (a new type of professional museum as a core element)

11 to 50 staff

Ukrainedesignmuseum

We believe in the future of Ukraine as a new center for the creative industry in Europe. Our mission is to create a platform that will become an important element of cultural infrastructure for the exchange of ideas, gaining professional experience, implementing educational programs and promoting the idea of good industrial design to the masses.

11 to 50 staff

Meta History

META HISTORY is the largest charity NFT project in Ukraine. Officially supported by the Ministry of Digital Transformation & the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy. The project was launched in March 2022. So far, it has raised over $1,3 million through selling works of Ukrainian & foreign artists as NFTs. We create a unique collection of digital art Warline, dedicated to all significant events of the war in Ukraine from the first to the last day. 400+ artists illustrated the facts selected by the project team from official sources of information. That makes the story completely true. It tells about the greatest armed conflict since the 2nd World War & how Ukraine & the world experience it. We show the truth about the war to the audience abroad, where russian propaganda is most successful in distorting the facts. Develop through NFT an effective mechanism for raising funds to help the state. Open Ukrainian artists to the world, & help them enter the new NFT sphere, where they can earn money with their art. Implement the use of NFT at the state level in order to tokenize the artworks of national museums, provide free access to museums for NFT holders, open the national gallery in the metaverse, & legalize the transfer of ownership for physical objects through NFT. Many our events will become historical. In 2023, the worldwide Warline exhibition in augmented reality will take place. It will cover 20+ most popular locations worldwide where the course of history was changed. In 2025, the Ukrainian space company Promin Aerospace will launch servers with project data into Earth’s orbit. This will protect the collection from physical destruction for any length of time. In the metaverse, we'll move from events & exhibitions in existing spaces at various platforms to creating our own gallery. & after the victory, we'll create our own offline art museum with an exhibition that will combine NFT, AR, & VR technologies with various fields of physical art.

11 to 50 staff

Khanenko Art Museum

11 to 50 staff

Museum Of Odesa Modern Art

The Museum of Odesa Modern Art (MoOMA) was founded on April 10, 2008, by businessman and philanthropist Vadim Morokhovskiy. It originated from a unique collection of unofficial art from Odesa dating back to the 1960s-1980s, including works by artists of the “second wave of Odesa avant-garde” from the collection of collector Mikhail Knobel. This collection has been significantly expanded and continues to grow. Throughout its existence, MoOMA has successfully organized numerous important events, including international biennials of contemporary art, which have created a platform for creative collaboration among cultural institutions, artists, curators, art historians, and cultural experts from more than 30 countries worldwide.

1 to 10 staff

State Polytechnic Museum

The Boris Paton State Polytechnic Museum at the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute is one of the largest Ukrainian museums of technology and the largest university museum in Ukraine. Besides the history of the university, the expositions cover a wide range of technologies and engineering and consist of the following sections: electronics, instrument making, computer science, television, minerals, metallurgy, welding, mechanical engineering, industrial technologies, transport, energy, telecommunications, small arms, aviation and astronautics.

11 to 50 staff

Maidan Museum Museum Of The Revolution Of Dignity

During the Ukrainian revolutionary winter of 2013-2014, known as "Euromaidan", a group of like-minded people, understanding the historical scale and social significance of events, called for the preservation of unique evidence for the descendants and began collecting work on barricades and educational work in the media space on importance of museification of the Maidan Events. In January 2014, an initiative Maidan Museum was launched, which merged with the initiative Museum of Liberty and in 2016 the National Memorial Complex of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes project started. The National Memorial Complex of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes – the Museum of the Revolution of Dignity – is a museum dedicated to freedom. It serves as a multifunctional cultural and educational center, preserving the memory of the struggle for human rights and freedoms while elucidating the nuances of this endeavor. Moreover, it functions as an open and dynamic platform for the contemplation and reevaluation of the theme of freedom and the extensive historical processes of state formation. Currently, the Maidan Museum building is in the process of being created.(Currently, the building of the Maidan Museum is under construction.) You can visit several spaces of the Maidan Museum in Kyiv: Maidan Museum Information and exhibition center (Nezalezhnosti Maidan, 18/2, Trade Union Building, 2nd floor) Maidan Museum Gallery of protest art (Lypska Street, 16) There is a temporary Memorial on the Alley of the Heavenly Hundred Heroes, where the protesters were shot.

51 to 200 staff