The buildings of several museums and other cultural institutions in the center of the capital were damaged by rocket attacks in Kyiv on the morning of October 10. Their teams are now assessing the extent of the destruction and dealing with the aftermath, but some of them have already announced fundraising for liquidation of the consequences. DTF Magazine tells more about who needs help and what kind of help
WHICH CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS HAVE BEEN AFFECTED
In general, according to calculations of the Ministry of Culture and Information Policy, the buildings of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (Red University Building and building of the Institute of Philology), the Maksymovych Scientific Library, the Institute of Literature of NAS of Ukraine, the Institute of Ukrainian Archeography, the National Philharmonic, which houses the Pedagogical Museum of Ukraine and the Museum of Ukrainian Revolution 1917-1921 were damaged.
The Bohdan and Varvara Khanenko National Museum of Arts, the National museum of Taras Shevchenko, the Kyiv Art Gallery, the National Research Restoration Center, the Mykola Bazhan Literary Memorial Museum and Pavlo Tychyna Literary Memorial Museum, the National Museum of Natural History at the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the Kyiv History Museum were left without some windows.
Khanenko Museum
How to help. Those who wish can transfer a donation to the account of a partner of the Khanenko Museum, namely the charity organization «Mizhvukhamy fund» («Фонд Міжвухами»):
UA323052990000026001016208973 UAH/840
UA753052990000026001046225528 EUR/978
UA633052990000026006026228830 USD/840
It is necessary to indicate «For the Khanenko Museum» in the purpose of payment.
The windows, frames and glass plafonds in the museum building were damaged most of all. Volunteers have already patched the windows up and removed shards of glass. Work to assess the damage continues.
The museum team secured the collection at the beginning of the full-scale invasion. But as museum communicator Olha Nosko pointed out in a commentary to DTF Magazine, the Khanenko memorial house is a monument of architecture.
Inside, the building is decorated with paintings by Hans Makart and Wilhelm Kotarbiński, and there is also a 100-year-old oak staircase and wooden trim.
The paintings and interior were not damaged by the debris, but it is important to conserve the building before the rainy and cold season begins. The Khanenko Museum team is now consulting with experts and waiting for final estimates on future restoration.
National Museum of Natural History
How to help. Museum сharity account:
UA 958201720313271001302009806
EDRPOU Code 19020229
Those who are able to help materials, please contact the director on museum and scientific work Chervonenko Oksana Volodymyrivna — +380503113256.
The windows of the first to the third floor, from the side of the inner yard of the exhibition halls of the geological, paleontological and zoological departments were broken as a result of the bombardment. The museum collections were not damaged because they were not removed during the war because the size of the exhibits was too big.
Now the institution needs materials or funds to purchase materials for the prompt repair of 57 broken windows.
«The windows need to be installed as soon as possible before the rains come, because we have a specific collection and the art forms need to be protected. Even the stones have to be protected — we can’t leave them in such an open room. Especially we can’t leave here natural objects like bones, stuffed animals — it would be just horrible if they were damaged by fungus. We will lose this collection, and it’s impossible to restore it. All that is in the museum was collected by our predecessors for many years from all over the world», director on museum and scientific work Oksana Chervonenko said in a comment to «Suspilne».
National museum of Taras Shevchenko
How to help. Museum’s charitable account for donations:
UA 438201720313271001301016007
EDRPOU Code 02226116
It is necessary to indicate «charitable assistance» in the purpose of payment.
The shock wave damaged the windows on the first and second floor of the building from the side of Tereshchenkivska Street and Shevchenko Boulevard. Rocket debris flew into the museum courtyard and fell on the glass dome of the atrium (the inner covered courtyard of the building).
The roof of the main building had not been surveyed at the time of writing, so it is not yet known what condition it is in.
The interior of the museum and the infrastructural parts of the building survived. The through damage to two rows of windows was only in one place. According to Dmytro Stus, director general of the National museum of Taras Shevchenko, almost all metal-plastic interior windows and structures survived the shock wave. Five or seven of them are deformed and need to be replaced.
The exhibits of the museum were not damaged as a result of the shelling.
Stus notes that at the moment, the main task of the museum team is to ensure the preservation of heat and maintenance of the temperature and humidity regime. Because of this, and because of possible future bombardments, the museum workers decided not to glaze the windows for the time being, but to cover them to protect against possible damage to the glass. This work has already begun, in particular, the museum received 26 sheets of plywood from the Center for the Salvation of Cultural Heritage.
The museum will try to cover its urgent needs by its own efforts, and its team plans to bring the museum «into a state of proper status» after the end of the war.
Kyiv Art Gallery
How to help. The institution is collecting donations for restoration through the charity fund in honour of Sholem Aleichem.
UA133052990000026009016711600 UAH
UA643052990000026005030123881 EUR
UA483052990000026007010123865 USD
The gallery team asks to indicate «Charitable contribution for the restoration of the National Museum “Kyiv art gallery”, which suffered from armed aggression on 10.10.2022» in the purpose of payment.
The shockwave broke most of the windows on the Shevchenko Park side and damaged the ceiling in the exhibition halls.
The institution is collecting donations for restoration through the charity fund in honour of Sholem Aleichem.
How to help. The institution is collecting donations for restoration through the charity fund in honour of Sholem Aleichem.
UA133052990000026009016711600 UAH
UA643052990000026005030123881 EUR
UA483052990000026007010123865 USD
The gallery team asks to indicate «Charitable contribution for the restoration of the National Museum “Kyiv art gallery”, which suffered from armed aggression on 10.10.2022» in the purpose of payment.
The educational platform Projector has launched a video course dedicated to Kyiv modernism. The team will use all the proceeds to restore cultural institutions in Kyiv that were damaged by russian missile attacks on October 10.
The funds will be transferred to the special funds of the Khanenko Museum, the National Museum of Natural History, and to the accounts of the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv for the restoration of the academic buildings, the Maksymovych Scientific Library, and the Institute of Philology.
Read more about the course here.
