Ukrainian Museum
The Ukrainian Museum, founded in 1976 by the Ukrainian National Women's League of America in New York City, is the largest museum of its kind outside of Ukraine and is dedicated to the enjoyment, understanding, and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of Ukraine. For centuries, Ukraine has been an epicenter for creative output — from traditional music, dance, and folk art to the birthplace of modern art and cinema. Today, the country celebrates its cultural impact on the world for people of all backgrounds.
Ukrainian Museum

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- Name
- Ukrainian Museum
- Founded
- 1976
- Founder
- Ukrainian National Women's League of America
- Headquarters
- United States
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The Ukrainian Museum, founded in 1976 by the Ukrainian National Women's League of America in New York City, is the largest museum of its kind outside of Ukraine and is dedicated to the enjoyment, understanding, and preservation of the artistic and cultural heritage of Ukraine. For centuries, Ukraine has been an epicenter for creative output — from traditional music, dance, and folk art to the birthplace of modern art and cinema. Today, the country celebrates its cultural impact on the world for people of all backgrounds.
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Overview
Overview
The museum's building was designed by Ukrainian-American architect George Sawicki of Sawicki Tarella Architecture + Design in New York City, and was funded by the Ukrainian-American community. The museum is located at 222 East 6th Street between Second Avenue and Cooper Square in the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Ukrainian Museum • Established — 1976 • Location — East Village, Manhattan, New York • Type — Heritage museum • Founder — Ukrainian National Women's League of America • Director — Peter Doroshenko • President — Adrian Hewryk • Architect — George Sawicki • Public Transit — MTA New York City Bus: • Website — https: www.theukrainianmuseum.org/
Maria Prymachenko: Glory to Ukraine
Maria Prymachenko: Glory to Ukraine
In spring 2024, the Ukrainian Museum exhibited 100 works from Ukrainian artist Maria Prymachenko. Maria Prymachenko: Glory to Ukraine was the largest exhibit of Prymachenko's work outside of Europe.
Directors
Directors
• Maria Shust, 1976 - 2022 • Peter Doroshenko, 2022–present
Identity
Identity
Ukrainian Museum is recorded as founded by Ukrainian National Women's League of America. Associated with United States. Recorded from 1976.
Institutional history
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Institutional history
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Ukrainian Museum established.
1976
Ukrainian Museum is recorded from 1976.
2026
Ukrainian Museum of Canada Alberta Branch - Repression, Resistance and Nationhood digitised by Internet Archive.
2026
Ukrainian Museum of Canada Alberta Branch - Repression, Resistance and Nationhood (2026) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
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- United States
Collection and exhibitions
The museum's collection falls into three primary groupings, "folk art", which includes festive and ritual attire and other items of clothing, ceramics, metalwork and carved wood items, as well as Ukrainian Easter eggs (pysanky); "fine arts", including paintings, drawings, sculptures and graphic works by noted Ukrainian artists such as the primitive artist Nikifor, Mykhailo Moroz, Vasyl Hryhorovych Krychevsky, Emma Andiewska, Mykhailo Chereshnovsky, Alexander Archipenko, Peter Kapschutschenko, Alexis Gritchenko, Oleksa Novakivskyi, Ivan Trush, Jacques Hnizdovsky, Liuboslav Hutsaliuk, Bohdan Borzemsky, Halyna Mazepa, Ilona Sochynsky, Arcadia Olesnka-Petryshyn and Edward Kozak, and Petro Cholodny among many others; and items documenting the history and cultural legacy of Ukrainian immigration to the United States, including photographs, personal correspondence, posters, flyers and playbills, stamps and coins. • Illustration — Collection Exhibition For over 45 years, the museum has worked to promote Ukraine's rich cultural heritage abroad, featuring regular exhibitions often drawing from its own collection of traditional folk costumes, textiles, rare books, stamps, woodworking and photographs and contemporary art. The museum regularly publishes catalogs documenting their scholarship. In 2015, recognizing the underrepresentation of women, the museum hosted its first major exhibition to examine the relationship between Ukrainian identity and women artists. The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists: 1908-2015 featured over 100 works by 43 artists, including Lydia Bodnar-Balahutrak, Sonia Delaunay, Inka Essenhigh, Slava Gerulak, Natalka Husar, Aka Pereyma, Yulia Pinkusevich, Christina Saj, and Yaroslava Surmach Mills. The exhibition included a catalog with an essay written by guest curator Adrienne Kochman. Since the Revolution of Dignity, the museum has hosted several exhibits documenting the ongoing war.
Literature
Literature
Literature
The Ukrainian Museum of Australia, Art and Education, 2025
Scholarly footprint
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- 1.About The Museum. www.theukrainianmuseum.org.
- 2.Ukrainian Museum. Sawicki Tarella.
- 3.Ukrainian Museum website
- 4.TV, UA. How one highly acclaimed New York museum preserves Ukrainians' heritage in the USA. Euromaidan Press. 2017-12-18.
- 5.Ukrainian Museum NYC News: The Ukrainian Diaspora: Women Artists 1908–2015. 2015-12-19.
- 6.NYC-ARTS The Ukrainian Museum NYC-ARTS News: February 15–22 Season 2018 Episode 379.
- 7.Steinhauer, Jillian. Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now. The New York Times. 2024-08-08. 0362-4331.
- 8.UNWLA, Communications. UNWLA - Ukrainian National Women's League Of America The Ukrainian Museum In New York Celebrates Its 45th Birthday. UNWLA - Ukrainian National Women's League of America. 2022-06-19.
- 9.Jacobs, Harrison. Ukrainian Museum in New York Appoints Peter Doroshenko as New Director. ARTnews.com. 2022-09-23.
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