The Ukrainian Museum in New York

The Ukrainian Museum in New York is the largest museum in the U.S that is committed to acquiring, preserving, exhibiting, and interpreting articles of artistic or historic significance to the Ukrainian heritage. When you visit with your 15 passenger van rental, you can visit this museum that opened in 1976 by the Ukrainian Women’s League of America. It is located on East 6th Street.

Why this is important

When you visit with your 15 passenger van rental, you will learn that this is the place to learn about the Ukrainian experience in the United States. Ukrainian history stretches back more than 1000 years, and is rich in culture and history. You will learn a lot while you are here.

Folk art

When you visit with your 15 passenger van rental, you will find that the museum is divided into three main areas. The first are is the folk art collection, with more than 8000 objects. It is one of the most important collections of folk art outside of the Ukraine. Some of the things that you will find here include wedding and festive attire from the different regions of the country, ritual clothes and kilims (flat tapestry-woven carpets or rugs), and textiles. There is also a collection of ceramics, metalwork, and wood-carved objects from the 19th and 20th centuries. There is also a collection of pysanky, which are Ukrainian Easter eggs.

Explore more fine art

The fine arts collection is the second part of the collection that you can see when you visit with your 15 passenger van rental. There are more than 2000 paintings, drawings, graphic works, and sculptures by Ukrainian artists who have worked around the world throughout the 20th century. They are home to an important collection by Nikifor, as well as large collections by Mykhailo Moroz, Vasyl Hryhorovych, and Mykhailo Chereshnovsky, among others.

Archived

Another important part of the museum are the archives, with more than 30,000 items, including photographs, documents, correspondence of important individuals, playbills, posters, flyers, and much more that documents the life, history, and culture of the Ukraine. Immigration to the United States from Ukraine has been taking place for more than 100 years, and it is all chronicled here in photographs and documents.

What does it mean to be Ukrainian?

Ukraine is located in eastern Europe and is surrounded by Russia, Belarus, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, and Moldova. Kiev is the capital city and the largest city in the country. As far back as the 9th century, it was the center of the East Slavs, which became a powerful country until the 12th century. It has passed through a number of hands, including being part of the Russian Empire and Austro-Hungarian Empire. In 1922, the country joined as one of the founding republics of the Soviet Union, and remained part of the USSR until the end of the Cold War in 1991.

Plan your visit

When you visit the Ukrainian Museum with your 15 passenger van rental, you will find them at 222 East Sixth Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues. Their visiting hours are 11:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday, except on Ukrainian Christmas Eve, which is January 6th, when they are only open to 3:00 p.m. They are also closed on New Year’s Day, Ukrainian Christmas Day, Latin rite Easter Sunday, Eastern rite Easter Sunday, Independence Day, Ukrainian Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for seniors and students. Children under 12 are free. There is no parking for your 15 passenger van rental when you visit, but there is limited street parking in the area.

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