Ivan Honchar Museum

Ivan Honchar Museum (National Centre of Folk Culture) is a museum in Kyiv, Ukraine showcasing the culture of Ukraine and preserving Ukrainian folk art.[1]

Ivan Honchar Museum
National Centre of Folk Culture
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EstablishedSeptember 1993
Location19, Lavrska, Kyiv, 01015
Coordinates50°25′55.9″N 30°33′27.9″E
DirectorPetro Honchar
Websitehonchar.org.ua

The museum was founded on a private collection of Ivan Makarovych Honchar shortly after his death in 1993. During the Soviet period, Ivan was accused of nationalism. Each individual showing an interest in his private collection was registered with the KGB.[2]

The collection consists of over 15,000 items from the 16th to the early 20th centuries. A good example is a painting of the Ukrainian folklore hero Cossack Mamay. Other items include over 500 icons from the 16th century, 100 paintings by famous Ukrainian artists, an impressive collection of over 2,500 items of textiles from the 18th and 19th centuries, pottery, toys, Easter eggs, wood carvings and Ukrainian folk music instruments. Another part of the museum consists of Honchar's private library with books containing material that had the possessor sent to prison during Soviet times.[3]

The Museum is a living institution, not only a collection of exhibits. There are folk art studios, shops, a theatre of folk songs and folklore, Ukrainian cuisine hands-on classes and other courses.

The musician Oleh Skrypka, (frontman of Vopli Vidopliassova) each year organizes vechornytsi (gatherings) at the centre, which include folklore singing, dances, customs etc.[4]

The museum conducts ethnological research, field expeditions, organizes scientific conferences, and cultural and artistic events (including the "Orly" festival), and establishes connections with folk artists, other bearers of traditional culture, and its researchers. The museum aims to comprehensively highlight Ukrainian traditional culture considering its integrity and uniqueness, the revival of national consciousness, preservation, and development of the best traditions of Ukrainian folk art, and perpetuating the memory of Ivan Honchar.

  • Religious icon depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds. Artist unknown, between 1650 and 1700.
    Religious icon depicting the Adoration of the Shepherds. Artist unknown, between 1650 and 1700.
  • Saint Varvara, 1810/1838.
    Saint Varvara, 1810/1838.
  • The Virgin of Pochaiv, 1840/1860.
    The Virgin of Pochaiv, 1840/1860.
  • St. George the Victorious, 1700/1740.
    St. George the Victorious, 1700/1740.
  • The Nativity of the Virgin, 1690/1710.
    The Nativity of the Virgin, 1690/1710.
  • Vyshyvanka.
    Vyshyvanka.

References
  1. "Музей Івана Гончара". Музейний Портал. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  2. "Київ. Скарбниця народної культури - Музей Івана Гончара | КПІ ім. Ігоря Сікорського". kpi.ua. Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  3. Kitsoft. "Національний центр «Музей Івана Гончара»". Офіційний портал КМДА - Головна (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2023-08-02.
  4. Oasis of Ukrainian culture — Ivan Honchar Museum, Welcome to Ukraine Magazine, April 2011
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