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We passed this support on to the Zaporizhzhia Regional Museum of Local History , which was damaged by a Russian missile strike on January 23, 2025. We thank our colleagues in Budapest. We thank our colleagues in Zaporizhzhia. We thank everyone who supports Ukrainian museums. “The support from the Museum of Ethnography in Budapest was raised by museum staff as part of an internal fundraising initiative. Over its 153-year history, our institution has collaborated with Ukrainian museums and museologists on numerous occasions, and our collection includes items originating from Ukraine. Through this donation, we wish to express our professional and personal solidarity. We believe that Ukrainian museums will soon be able to continue their important work,” — Néprajzi Múzeum Learn more about the work of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Museum of Local History under wartime conditions .

These museums continue to operate in the regions of Ukraine most affected by the hostilities. They preserve cultural heritage and organise information, exhibition and documentation activities in their communities and in evacuation. Supported: - The Pokrovsky Historical Museum - Municipal Institution of the Trostianets City Council ‘Trostianetskyi Museum and Exhibition Centre’ - Municipal Institution "Okhtyrka City Museum of Local Lore" - Municipal Institution "Odesa National Fine Arts Museum" - Chernihiv Regional Historical Museum named after V.V. Tarnovskyi - Municipal Cultural Institution "Kharkiv Literary Museum" - Municipal institution “Art and memorial museum of I. E. Repin” - Museum of the History of the Toretsk City Territorial Community The project is made possible with support from ALIPH and the European Union.

“On behalf of the mayor, the deputy members of the Okhtyrka City Council of the VIII convocation and the executive committee, we express our sincere gratitude for your invaluable help and support to the Okhtyrka city territorial community. Thanks to your activity and kindness, we have received not only the necessary resources, but also the belief that together we can overcome any difficulties. Your contribution is not just help, it is a manifestation of humanity, care and desire to make the world a better place. You inspire us and many others with your example of caring,” said Pavlo Kuzmenko in his letter.

for providing financial support to the municipal institution "Art Museum of the Kramatorsk City Council" in preserving the Museum Fund of Ukraine under martial law. Together, we will overcome everything.

The main organizers of the project were our colleagues from the NGO Museum for Change and the Sloviansk Local History Museum. The Museum Crisis Center helped coordinate support for our partners and is grateful for the opportunity to do so. And one more thing — our NGO New Museum finally has a logo for the first time in three years of activity. The past turbulent years left little time to think about such things. We keep going — and we thank all museum professionals across Ukraine for their dedication and work! The project is made possible with support from ALIPH and the European Union / Проєкт став можливим за підтримки ALIPH та Європейського Союзу.

This assistance became possible thanks to the fundraising campaign "Saviors of culture in Ukraine". ICOM Germany raised funds to provide non-bureaucratic assistance to Ukrainian museum workers and support their living expenses. We are grateful to our expert colleagues who provided recommendations for the list of scholarship holders: Iryna Nikiforova, coordinator of the Ukraine Art Aid Center, head of the "Ukraine Art Aid Center - Kyiv" NGO and Igor Tymets, head of the Municipal Institution of the Lviv Regional Council "Museum of History and Local Lore", "Western Ukrainian Society of Museums" NGO. Among the criteria that had to be taken into account: - museum workers who continue to work in the frontline areas; - internally displaced museum workers who work and resume the museum activities or are working with the topic of cultural heritage in general; - leaders of the museum community - museum workers that host internally displaced museum or their collections. These can be both museum directors and representatives of other positions. The final list is completed by the NGO "New Museum". Congratulations to our colleagues, one of whom chose to remain anonymous: - Vasyl Ilchyshyn, Director, Kremenets-Pochayiv State Historical and Architectural Reserve - Igor Rusol, Deputy director, Kherson Regional Art Museum named after O.O. Shovkunenko - Yevheniy Kalashnyk, Director (dismissed for the period of military service), Bilyky Museum of Local Lore - Olha Bilas, Director, Lviv Regional Council's Historical and Ethnographic Museum “Boikivshchyna” - Anatoliy Matsipura, Director, National Reserve “Castles of Ternopil” - - Iryna Palamariuk, chief curator of funds, National Historical and Cultural Reserve “Hetman's Capital” - Yaroslava Tkachuk, Director General, National Museum of Folk Art of Hutsulshchyna and Pokuttia named after Y. Kobrynsky - Shvets Nataliia, Director, Krasnohrad Museum of Local Lore named after P.D. Martynovych of the Krasnohrad City Council. We thank all those involved for their help in implementing the support and all those who continue to work on preserving the cultural heritage of Ukraine.

214 colleagues from 8 museums and 5 regions (Donetsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Odesa, Chernihiv) received one-time non-refundable financial assistance to strengthen their professional activities. Thank you for your work and contribution to the preservation of Ukraine's cultural heritage. The project is made possible with support from ALIPH and the European Union

In 2022 Museum Crisis Center started to support the colleagues from the museums in the form of non-refundable financial assistance. More than 1796 guardians of the heritage received the assistance in a total sum of 5 557 073 UAH. This activity was supported both be Ukrainian and international foundations, organizations and private persons, as well as initiatives from all over the world, which we are extremely grateful for. These were the one-time payments in the amount of 1000 — 4000 UAH, We know that these sums were small, but very timely where it was most needed. These were especially useful for our colleagues in and after the occupations, as often museum workers encountered the issues with salary payment. Unfortunately, today this trend is deteriorating. At the same time, we wanted to implement the way to support the colleagues in a long-term perspective. Thus, with the help of the International Alliance for the Protection of Cultural Heritage in Conflict Zones ALIPH Foundation in 2024 we are conducting the scholarships for the museum leaders to support the routine professional activities of colleagues who have already done a lot and are willing to work further. The scholar is given an assistance in a way of monthly payment of 200 EUR (the taxes are covered by the project) during 5 months. As part of the support, 15 people will be honored with €1,000 each. Together with our colleagues, we managed to form the list of the scholars. Thank you for the recommendations: Mykhailo Zakopets, director of the Shevchenkivskiy Hai Museum; Irina Nikiforova, coordinator of the Art Aid Ukraine and head of the NGO Art Aid Ukraine-Kyiv; Ihor Poshyvaylo and Olha Salo, the leadership of the National Museum of the Revolution of Dignity and the Headquarters for the Rescue of Cultural Heritage; Alisa Gott, art-critic, curator of the NGO “Urban Re-Public”. Criteria for selecting candidates that were important for us to consider: museums-museum workers who continue to work under fire; displaced museums-museum workers who work and continue the activities of their museum or are engaged in the preservation of Ukrainian cultural heritage in general; leaders of the museum community - museums that host displaced museums or heritage from displaced museums; museum directors and representatives of other positions. So far, 15 colleagues have already received the first tranche of support and continue to work on museum development and heritage preservation. Welcome the colleagues: Angelina Rozhkova, director of Pokrovsk Historical Museum; Dmytro Cheban, tour organizer of Artsyz Historical and Local Lore Museum of Artsyz City Council; Mykola Lukin, senior researcher, Odesa National Arts Museum; Mykhailo Pidhainyi, Head of the Natural Sciences Department, Kherson Region Museum of Local Lore; Vira Yarova, main custodian of the funds of Kharkiv Arts Museum, Kharkiv Region; Olena Myrgorodska, director of Balkivskyi Historical and Local History Museum of Malobilozerska Village Council, Vasylivka District, Zaporizhzhia Region; Valeria Nasedkina, curator, Odesa National Arts Museum; Nadia Drobot, director of Beryslav Historical Museum of Beryslav City Council Yevheniia Kaluhina, director of Slavic Museum of Local Lore Olena Fidria, director of Donetsk Regional Art Museum Nina Denysiuk, director of Museum of the History of Katerynivka Village, Veselynivka District, Mykolaiv Region. And four colleagues who asked not to be named. For 5 months they will receive a scholarship to strengthen their professional activities. We thank you and wish you success in your work of preserving Ukrainian culture and history. The project is made possible with support from ALIPH and the European Union / Проєкт став можливим за підтримки ALIPH та Європейського Союзу

“What is the main outcome of the meeting in Madrid? New meetings for museum workers and practical workshops are in the stage of preparation. They want to conduct the conferences for the regional museums and we give contacts and recommendations. Also, we ground our foreign colleagues in their plans and programs. Together with Olha Honchar, the founder of Gallery 101, Marta Trotsiuk, attended the DECOPE meeting.”