Colleagues and friends of the Territory of Terror Museum, For your attention REPORT ON WORK IN 2022. The year was the most difficult for our state since independence, but we are here, each and every one of us in our place, doing what we should and for what we are fighting. We thank […]
The exhibition of the digitized post-war heritage of the Museum of Ukrainian Victory has been extended for another month, until January 20, 2023, the organizers of the NGO “Pixelated Realities” inform. The exhibition takes place at the Memorial Museum of Totalitarian Regimes “Territory of Terror”, Lviv, Vyacheslav Chornovil Avenue, 45G, Barrack No. 1. Tickets […]
As part of the cooperation of the “Territory of Terror” Museum with our partners – Skeiron, we managed to digitize our exposition, part of the funds and develop a virtual tour of the Museum. All this became possible thanks to the support of the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst and the NGO “New Museum”, as part of the […]
The speech of the director of the Museum, Olga Gonchar, on the topic: “The place of Ukraine in the process of decolonization of museum institutions”, which takes place within the framework of a discussion organized by the community from Birkbeck, University of London within the framework of the Season of Culture of Great Britain/Ukraine, by […]
On July 14, as part of the exhibition “Muses are not silent”, devoted to art during the war, a conversation between museum workers of Lviv, Odesa and Dnipro took place: “Museum rear: mutual aid in war”. Representatives of museums of major cities of Ukraine told how they worked in the first days of the war, […]
The «Territory of Terror» museum opened its doors to visitors for the first time since February 24. On September 20, the opening of the exhibition «TRIBUNAL» by the art photographer and artist Vera Blanche from Kiev was held here. The exhibition presents photographs by Vera Blanch, which she took during her trips to Kyiv, Bucha, […]
From August 20 to 28, the 26th General Conference of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) was held in Prague, at which one of the central topics was the protection of the cultural heritage of Ukraine during the Russo-Ukrainian war. Good afternoon, my name is Olga Gonchar, I am the director of the Memorial […]
On February 24, 2022, all employees of the “Territory of Terror” Museum met in the office of the museum, Sholom Aleichem str. We realized even then that we had a long struggle ahead of us. On the first day of the war, we taped the windows, bought the necessary household goods, and replenished water supplies. […]
Tvoemisto TV: Link by Viktoriia Savitska Photo: Ivan Stanislavskyi Translation: Halyna Vyliika Before the war, putin threatened Ukrainians that the Russians were ready to show what real decommunization means. They are ready to punish us for the demolished monuments that remind us of Soviet terror. But we didn’t throw them away, we preserved them in the […]
Hromadske radio – https://hromadske.radio/publications/duzhe-ne-khochet-sia-shchob-nash-skhid-asotsiiuvavsia-u-liudey-z-separatystamy-iak-pid-chas-viyny-luhans-kyy-muzey-evakuiuvavsia-do-l-vova by Yaroslava Tsybulska A conversation with the directors of the two museums, Olesia Milovanova and Olha Honchar, about the evacuation of the Luhansk Regional Museum of Local History to the Lviv Museum “Territory of Terror” and cooperation under the wartime circumstances. Photo: Luhansk Regional Museum of Local History How did you leave and […]
shotam.info – https://shotam.info/rosiyski-bomby-vluchaiut-u-zaklady-kultury-ne-vypadkovo-khto-riatuie-ukrainski-muzei-pid-chas-viyny/ by Boichenko Anastasiia Translation: Halyna Vyliika When it comes to saving Ukrainian museums during the war, it is not only about the evacuation of exhibits and collections. It is important to support their employees as well – people who have dedicated themselves to preserving culture and history. Olha Honchar, founder of the […]
Nakipelo.ua – https://nakipelo.ua/shvidka-muzejna-dopomoga-hto-ryatuie-ukrainski-muzei-yaki-postrazhdali-vid-vijni/ by Alona Nahaievshchuk Photo: Ihor Leptuha Translation: Halyna Vyliika The museum crisis center is an initiative that grew from one post on Facebook into a common Ukrainian project in a matter of days. It aims to help regional museums and their employees financially and technically and preserve museum collections during the war. Activists say […]
Hypotheses – https://trafo.hypotheses.org/39379?fbclid=IwAR3W4zq4AkHDv-0s5GAFy-AwhMlDBWM0IQH1XRojgzIApVa4nSwEsy1DV5k by Natasha KlimenkoTranslation: Halyna Vyliika In mid-March of this year, I interviewed Olha Honchar, the head of Territory of Terror Museum in Lviv and the initiator of the Museum Crisis Center. Since the escalation of Russia’s war against Ukraine on February 24th, the center provides financial support to museum workers with difficult life circumstances, […]
ArtReview – https://artreview.com/art-workers-at-war-how-the-ukrainian-artworld-has-rallied-to-protect-cultural-heritage/?fbclid=IwAR1l6ScGcRGp_76U0LRCIS-cPfGfHpGJgNH9N7QHr3wHbucrcVyUW6pt2Eg by Polina BaitsymTranslation: Halyna Vyliika A monument of the city founder Duke de Richelieu is seen covered with sand bags for protection, amid Russian attacks on Ukraine, in central Odesa, Ukraine on March 12, 2022. (Photo by Maksym Voitenko/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images) Amidst Russia’s criminal invasion, the destruction of lives goes hand in […]
The founders of Museum Crisis Center discuss what they are doing to help safeguard museum staff and save Ukraine’s cultural heritage. Hyperallergic – https://hyperallergic.com/719347/this-group-is-helping-museum-workers-in-ukraine/ by Lisa KorneichukTranslation: Halyna Vyliika (image courtesy Asortymenta Kimnata) Many art and cultural monuments in Ukraine fall victim to Russia’s full-scale invasion along with civilians. Over the first 20 days of the […]
On May 18, as part of the program of the International Day of Museums in Lviv, together with our partners from the Luhansk Regional Museum of Local History, we talked about how the life of two cultural institutions has changed since the beginning of the full-scale war. The directors of both museums shared stories about […]
Friends, we`d love to share the results of the restoration work carried out on the premises of the former Tiquat T`Zion synagogue, where the office of our Museum is now located. The works were carried out by Daria Borodenko, a student of the Ivan Trush Lviv State College of Decorative and Applied Arts, a paintings […]
100 days since the full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine. 100 days of struggle and new challenges. During all this time, our Museum team continued to work, combining professional responsibilities with volunteering. We are happy to share our achievements and small victories in recent times. From the first days of the war, the director of the […]
On May 19, as part of the International Museum Day program in Lviv, we met at the Lviv Municipal Art Center to discuss the new realities and challenges during the pandemic and war for museums. We talked about the power of innovations and digital projects, the need to develop digital ideas and new strategies for […]
der Direktorin des städtischen Gedenkmuseums der totalitären Regime „Territorium des Terrors“ und Gründerin des Museum Crisis Center, im Rahmen des Benefiztages für die Ukraine im Hamburger Museum am Rothenbaum – Kulturen und Künste der Welt (MARKK). 8. Mai 2022 Übersetzung: Natalya Stupka Fotocredits: Antonina Sievierova Guten Tag, Kolleg*innen! Mein Name ist Olha Honchar […]
