Events at the Museum

"Divine Gardens" an International Art Exhibit Opening: Friday, October 11, 7:00 pm $10.00 admission     from October 12 through November 3, 2024,  Thursday - Sunday, 11:00 am – 4:00 pm during business hours.    Join us for the opening of Divine Gardens, an evocative...

Day 2, June 15th - 93 minute presentation of 2024 Oscar Award Winning Documentary Admission: FREE   An AP team of Ukrainian journalists trapped in the besieged city of Mariupol struggle to continue their work documenting atrocities of the Russian invasion. As the...

"Our Soul Never Dies"     Exhibit Opening on Friday, May 17, 2024, at 7:00 pm. Admission $10.00   "Our Soul Never Dies" is an art exhibit dedicated to the memory of Eugenia Sakevych Dallas (1925-2014). The exhibit showcases her paintings, posters, and book, which...

Friday, May 10, 2024, at 7:00 pm.  Book presentation - "Wayne Called Me" by Volodymyr Mula Admission $10.00 Author Volodymyr Mula will give his presentation in Ukrainian. The events in Ukraine during the early 20th century resonate with us even today. The book "Wayne...

Tech Without Borders: Empowering Immigrant Women's Stories in the Workplace. Hosted By: Ukrainian IT C. and Latinas in Tech -Chicago C.   Details: Join the Ukrainian IT Cluster and Latinas in Tech Cluster for a powerful seminar that explores the inspiring stories of...

Saturday, February 3 UNM Art Sale Join us at the Ukrainian National Museum Saturday, February 3, 2024, 3 - 6 p.m. for a sale reception. Admission $20 Bask in the melodious sounds of pianist Nataliia Kuryliak, and enjoy tasty refreshments as you shop and mingle with...

Celebrate the enchanting tales of Roman Zavadovych on this Saint Nicholas Day, December 6th. Join us for a special literary evening on December 15, 2023, at 7:00 p.m. as we commemorate the 120th birthday of Roman Zavadovych. Immerse yourself in the magic of his...

 NEW EXHIBITION   By ROMAN VOVK "55"  AT 7:00 P.M.NOVEMBER 24, 2023 November 24- December 17, 2023 As we gather to celebrate the 55th birthday of artist, Roman Vovk, we invite you to immerse yourself in the enchanting world of his creations at the "55!" exhibition....

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Ukrainian Art Songs and Opera are an essential part of the world cultural treasury, and we could not imagine a better combination of the artistic program we prepare, the venue, and the cause.  This concert is not to be missed for those who love Ukrainian songs or are...

In 2022 the UNM received an Illinois State Historical Record Advisory Board (ISHRAB) grant of $4,012.00 to start digitizing the oldest collections, the First WWave immigrants to the USA, utilizing the PastPerfect software. Secretary Gainnoulias has jurisdiction over...

Український Національний Музей у Чикаго, як правило, обирають художники і колекціонери самі,щоб у його стінах показати колекції живопису і скульптуру, традиційне народне мистецтво.Травень презентує виставку сучасного українського живопису з колекції Андрія Супруненка...

UKRAINE WILL RESURRECT!    April 7-30, 2023. Opening: Friday, April 7 at 7:00 p.m. The international exhibit titled “Unissued Diplomas and their unwritten pysanky” showcases posthumously issued diplomas to students from Ukraine. The photos of students, the spiritual...

Parallel worlds - Art Exhibit by Luna Prysiazhniuk March 3-25, 2023 Opening on March 3 at 7 p.m Luna Prysiazhniuk creates sharp oil renderings of Chicago architectural scenes in plein air. The Ukrainian artist views the paintings as an alternative way of thinking...

 Organized by the Ukrainian National Museum & Association of American Youth of Ukrainian Descent in cooperation with the Versiti Blood Center of Illinois. More information on Versiti. We invite you to honor the out-pouring of support to Ukraine by donating blood...

 Ukrainian Filmmaker To Premiere NHL Documentary at the Ukrainian National Museum in Chicago. Proceeds To Benefit Ukraine! Starlink terminals - Lifeline for the Armed Forces of Ukrane January 27th at 7 PM (Friday) 2249 W. Superior St. Chicago, IL  60612    Ticket:...

The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago hosts international art exhibit  “Mom, I don’t want war.”January 20th - February 10th Opening: Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm The exhibition is part of the joint Polish-Ukrainian project, featuring children’s art made in Poland...

A Fundraiser for the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine’s Sacral Arts Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago 2249 W. Superior Street Chicago, Illinois 60612 Saturday, November 19, 2022 @ 5:00pm   The mission of the Foundation to Preserve Ukraine's Sacral Arts is to...

The UKRAINIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM 70th  ANNIVERSARY  BENEFIT GALA BANQUET     Saturday, December 10, 2022, at 6:00 pm Ukrainian Cultural Center  2247 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622 $ 125 per person to purchase tickets go to https://tinyurl.com/2p96sasu...

Do you remember the first time you heard the story of the mitten (Rykavychka) that hosted 6 rambunctious animals on a cold winter day? Remember the warm feeling you received when you envisioned them snuggled up in a sea of embroidery as vibrant and colorful as your...

The 31 st anniversary of the restoration of Ukraine’s Independence is approaching! The Ukrainian National Museum continues a series of exhibitions devoted to the struggle of the Ukrainian people for their freedom. In July and August, we show the American community...

Exhibition "Pylyp Orlyk - the path of the hetman. Baturyn” We present you a documentary film-exhibition for the Day of Ukrainian Statehood, created by our fellow museum colleagues of the National Reserve "Hetman's Capital". For the first time in history, an important...

American Music Festivals presents a concert by the Lincolnwood Chamber Orchestra. Features Ukrainian Composers, Mykola Lysenko, Mykhaylo Verbytsky, and others. On Saturday, June 18th at 4:00 p.m., at St. Volodymyr and Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church. Admission is $50.,...

Exhibit Opening May 6th, 2022, 7:00 p.m. and will run through June 26th.    A moving exhibit of Ukrainian and Polish photography opens at the Ukrainian National Museum.    The unimaginable terror Ukrainian children have faced since Russia’s February 24 th invasion...

April 8  - 7:00 P.M. Unique works of Ukrainian artists, in particular Jacques Hnizdovsky (1915-1985), a Ukrainian-born American artist, from the private collection of Christine Staruch (1944-2021). She was known as a supporter and enthusiast of Ukrainian culture in...

Please join the lecture by the artist Marilyn Hrymak that uncovers the secrets of the ancient Ukrainian civilization Trypillia.

UKRAINIAN CULTURE in CHICAGO: Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of the Ukrainian National Museum   Saturday, March 19, 6:00 PM at the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago, 2249 W. Superior St., Chicago. 312 421-8020. Tickets: $20.00 Proceeds will benefit Ukraine...

Join us on Friday, March 4, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. Elena Diadenko's solo art exhibition Colors of Life Acrylic, Mixed Media, Glass Painting Admission $10.00, Exhibition March 4th -March 27th     Elena has participated in more than 60 art exhibitions including solo...

We invite you to a Requiem “Memories unite us – Heroes do not die”, remembering Ukraine’s Fallen Heroes - the Heavenly Hundred who were brutally killed on February 20, 2014, and all those who gave their lives for Ukraine in the Russian-Ukrainian war. We will be heard...

On February 4th at 7:00 p.m. Exhibition Opening Admission $10.00 Home Away From Home By Tatiana Dulyaba February 4-28th, 2022 Tatiana comes from (Lviv - Outers Banks, North Carolina). By profession, Tatiana is an artist-decorator and designer of modern interior...

       MUSEUM HOLIDAY HOURS  Museum will be Closed January 1st  Will be re-open January 2nd Museum will be Closed January 7th. Will be re-open January 8th Roman Vovk is an artist whose work reflects man’s unity with nature. This is evident in the defining...

ART EXHIBITION:  HAPPIEST OF HOLIDAYS OPENING DECEMBER 10, 2021 at 7:00 pm Admission $10.00 Join the Museum for an evening of festive Christmas Shopping! Beautiful original acrylic paintings, original design pillows, hoodies, handbags, scarfs & many more gift...

Traditional Ukrainian Pavuk by Anna Chychula.“In this workshop you will learn how to make a traditional Ukrainian “Pavuk”. Symbolic in meaning, a "Pavuk" is also a talisman that protects the family and the home. ”Sat: December 11, 2021 - from 10 am through 1 pmCost...

In the 1940 - 50s tens of thousands of Ukrainian women were sentenced to long-term imprisonment in the Gulags for political accusations. Until recently their experiences of living in the most brutal conditions of the Soviet camps have not been a subject of special...

Book presentation - "A Life of One Hundred Years Dedicated to God, Ukraine and its People".  Lecture and book presentation by Father Ihor Kovalchuk, Ukraine. Sale of embroidered icons on canvas.  

"Amulet of the Kingdom " goes on a tour across the cities of the Canada. The authors will present the film, and explain the route they took to  create this film. Synopsis: A film group from Canada, led by a young journalist Sophie come to visit a  Ukrainian professor...

October 19, 2021, Tuesday, Ruslan Horovyi from Kyiv, Ukraine  Film Screening - "Just  Below the Sky", Tuesday, October 19, 2021. 7:00 PM., UNM. Donations An evening with Ukrainian  journalist, author of the “Children’s Search Service” TV-show (since 2001), documentary...

    Friday, October 1, 2021, 7:00 PM.  Photo-exhibition and PowerPoint presentation.  Chicago Ukrainians in the 1950s: through the photo lens of Petro Oleksijenko.         From the history of Ukrainian Chicago. 70 years ago, back in 1951, Ukrainians, along with other...

We invite you to an upcoming event, video presentation reportage about the Ukrainian National Museum’s participation in its very first international exhibition in Kyiv, Ukraine “Forever Free Ukraine”. Join us on Saturday, October 2, 2021 at 4:00 pm. Additionally, we...

Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary by Yuri Shevchuk The Ukrainian-English Collocation Dictionary compiled by Yuri Shevchuk, lecturer of Ukrainian at Columbia University, was recently published by the Hippocrene Books of New York. The 1000-page tome has no...

Documentary film - THE LONG BREAKUP (In English) by KATYA SOLDAK Q&A & Discussion with Katya Soldak Friday, JUNE 18, 2021 AT 7:00 P.M. Admission $20.00 Pre registration and payment required: Go to https://tinyurl.com/brdadtks The Long Breakup is a feature...

UNM Exhibition of Postcard and Banquet Invitations Exhibition presentation by Deltiologist Ihor Pavlishyn, Astoria NY Invitations designed by UNM curator and Chicago artists.

Recognizing the Gifted and Talented Child in Visual Arts Ready to tell your own story? - join our project:"My COVID-19 Storytelling"

“Buy an Icon – Save a Life” is an art project of Kyivan artists Sofia Atlantova and Oleksandr Klymenko aimed at supporting the Pyrohov First Volunteer Mobile Hospital (PFVMH), a non-government project that employs civilian medics to provide medical aid to both...

Ukrainian Gastronomic Identity: Tastes We Almost Lost By Marianna Dushar Friday, March 6, 2020, 7:00 pm Marianna Dushar, aka Ms. Stefa and the Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago invite you to:
A slide/lecture presentation on the topic of Ukrainian culinary...

UNWLA Branch #85 is proud to host the film screening of Baba Babee Skazala [Grandmother Told Grandmother] with a viewing, panel discussion, and wine/cheese reception at the Ukrainian National Museum on Saturday, March 7, 2020, at...

Ukrainian National Museum. Friday, February 21, 2020, at 7:00 PM. Presented by The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago. Sponsored by the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America, Illinois division

Are you looking for a place to celebrate Valentine’s Day?  There is no better venue than the Ukrainian National Museum. You will enjoy an evening of art, music, culture, friends, and refreshments for a mere $10.00.The Ukrainian National Museum invites you...

Do you know what Ukrainians contributed to the 1933 Century of Progress Fair? Now, thanks to our newly cataloged archival exhibit, you can learn all about the ONLY ethnic pavilion not funded by a government: Ukraine's! Come see 1300+ artifacts from this historic...

Opening night: Friday, October 4, at 7:00 pm. "Portal" exhibit is by a creative young artist  & photographer, Les  Panchyshyn from Ukraine.  Les graduated from the Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts. Continuing his...

Join artist Roman Vovk at the Ukrainian National Museum as he celebrates his 50th Birthday and presents his soulful exhibit of “Kozaks Advancing.” Featured will be his strong and vibrant Kozak depictions as well as extraordinary Ukrainian countrysides, landscapes, and...

You are invited to attend the opening of our fall Art Exhibit by upcoming Ukrainian young artists, Anna Vykhtyuk and Krystyna Kozyuk.  The exhibit will feature acrylics by Anna which will draw you into an imaginary world of beauty and color through her...

Ukraine: Overcoming Crisis. A Visual Arts Project In Photographs. Curated by Olena Prokopenko. August 3-August 26th. The project is dedicated to Ukraine as it threads its way through complicated challenges, overcoming the temporary occupation of its territories in the...

Ukrainian Catholic Education Foundation and Ukrainian Catholic University invite you for a Ukrainian-language presentation of Book «The Clergy of the Peremyshl Eparchy and the Apostolic Administration of Lemkivshchyna. Vol 2: Documents and materials (1939-1950)»...

  Exhibit opening: Friday, April 13, 2018, at 7 pm. The show will run through Sunday, April 29, 2018. Tickets $10. Anatole Kolomayets (1927-2014), is an artist well established in Chicago and within the international community. Kolomayets’s style blends both his...

The exhibitor is a creative 26-year-old artist & photographer, Les Panshysyn from Ukraine.  Les graduated from the Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts. Continuing his education at the Lviv National Academy of Arts.  He has exhibited across...

May the peace & joy of Christmas be with you today and throughout the New Year. Sincere wishes for a Merry Christmas &  a Happy & Prosperous New Year.  *In observance of the Christmas Holiday * the Museum will be closed Sunday, December 24, 2017,...

Documentary "Silent Witnesses of 20 Century". On Friday, December 22, at 6:30 PM, please join us for watching the documentary and meet the authors, Olesia Bida and Nastya Ivantsiv. The Premiere of this documentary is brought to us by the German-Ukrainian Video Academy...

FUSION Art Exhibition by four young culturally diverse Chicago artists: Anastasiya Kostyshyn, Alexa Van Dike, Jesus F Martinez, Jarema Khrusch. Anastasiya Kostyshyn’s paintings are transformations of traditional portraits. She paints people situated in natural...

We invite you to a literary evening - Saturday, November 18, 6 pm at the Ukrainian National Museum. An evening of poetry among the canvases of two artists, mother and daughter Olya Fedoruk and Oksana Kami. Oksana is a young artist and poet, with her metaphorical...

On Thursday, November 9, 2017, 7:00 pm at The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago. The Ukrainian Genocide Famine Foundation of the USA, The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago and the Kyiv Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International invite you to a...

We are honored to host the exhibit which explores the talent of two amazing Ukrainian artists, mother and daughter Olja Fedoruk and Oksana Kami. Oksana Kami studied art history at Lviv National Academy of Art (Ukraine). After graduating with an MA, she pursued...

  Join the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago - Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center, Haitian American Museum of Chicago-HAMOC, and Ukrainian National Museum for a panel discussion on the connection of traditional techniques in modern trends from...

    Saturday, October 7, 2017, at 6 pm the Ukrainian National Museum marks its 65th Anniversary with a Fundraising Banquet - celebratory program, dinner, and dance with Rendezvous at the Ukrainian Cultural Center. Tickets are $100/person.  

    Tomorrow at 3 PM - 5 PM         Chinese-American Museum of Chicago - Raymond B. & Jean T. Lee Center 238 W 23rd St, Chicago, Illinois 6061 Click on link for more information.......

The Ukrainian National Museum cordially invites you  to the Chicago Screening of the Multi-Award Winning Feature Documentary RECOVERY ROOM. A story of hope, resilience and compassion in a time of war.  

EXHIBITION OPENING: FRIDAY, AUGUST 11, 2017, 7:00 PM, $10.00 EXHIBIT RUNS THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 The Ukrainian National Museum of Chicago (UNM) will open a travelling exhibition from Ukraine The Courageous: Our Heroes to mark the Independence Day of Ukraine. An...

Opening Reception Friday May 5, 2017, 7:00 p.m., $10.00 Exhibition May 5- May 28, 2017 at the Ukrainian National Museum You are invited to attend the opening of the new Art Exhibit featuring two creative duos husband and wife Ukrainian artists, Olga & Ivan Karakul...

2-30 June 2017 A new independent Ukraine appeared on the political map of the world on August 24, 1991, recognizing Ukraine’s territory as indivisible and inviolable. To advance this knowledge and promote interest the Ukrainian National Museum (UNM) in Chicago has...

Opening Night images of the exhibit. For those that could not make it, you are invited to the "Ukrainian Soul" Art Exhibit by Nataliya Tyaglo! "Ukrainian Soul" is a collection of artwork inspired by Ukrainian traditions, rituals, and the energy of Ukrainian People....