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Museums News
Latest news and publications — events, exhibitions, interviews and reviews.
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Why the show has closed and the hall stayed
24 серпня 2026
After the run ended the museum did not dismantle everything — three cases remain.
A spoon with a bent handle
24 серпня 2026
The bend is not damage — the handle was shaped on purpose, and the museum explains why.
How flour was measured when there were no measures
24 серпня 2026
Four household vessels used for measuring stand in a case — and none of them is a measure.
A makitra reassembled from eleven shards
24 серпня 2026
The largest ceramic exhibit is assembled from fragments, and the joins were deliberately left untinted.
Poltava halushky: an exhibition about a dish easier to name than to define
24 серпня 2026
The Poltava Museum of Folk Gastronomy traces how the recipe changed — and why no single recipe exists.
'The Little Sculptor' — Children's Master Class in Porcelain Modelling
29 березня 2026
The museum launches a public children's programme 'The Little Sculptor' — children aged 7-12 together with parents...
Living Peasant Kitchen — Saturday Reconstructions of Folk Daily Life
28 березня 2026
The museum launches a weekly Saturday public programme 'Living Peasant Kitchen' — a complete functional reconstruction...
Cobalt Painting Master Class — Baranivka Tradition for Visitors
28 березня 2026
The Baranivka Museum launches a public master-class programme on cobalt painting — the traditional Baranivka technique...
Seasonal Cuisine of Poltava Region — Monthly Dish Reconstruction Programme
28 березня 2026
The Poltava Museum launches a monthly reconstruction of seasonal dishes of the Poltava traditional cuisine — from...
Summer Pottery Workshop — Reconstruction of the Traditional Process
27 березня 2026
The Opishne Museum launches a summer public programme for a complete reconstruction of the 17th-19th century pottery...
Borsch Workshop — Regional Versions from Polissia to Crimea
25 березня 2026
Pyrohiv launches the public 'Regional Borsch' programme — preparation of eight authentic regional versions of Ukrainian...
Ivan Honchar's Literary Circle — Stelmakh, Parajanov, Honchar the Writer
26 лютого 2026
The museum opens a cycle of six lectures on Ivan Honchar's correspondence circle — dialogues with Mykhailo Stelmakh,...
Kotliarevskyi's Eneida as a Culinary Anthology — Lecture Series
26 лютого 2026
The Poltava Museum launches six lectures on Kotliarevskyi's Eneida (1769-1838) as the first large-scale culinary...
Opishne 200 Years — From Peasant Craft to National Centre
24 лютого 2026
The museum launches a cycle of six lectures on the two-hundred-year history of Opishne pottery — from peasant workshops...
Ukrainian Porcelain Trinity — Lecture Series on Baranivka, Korosten, Kyiv
24 лютого 2026
The Baranivka Museum opens a cycle of six lectures on the Ukrainian porcelain trinity of the 19th-20th centuries —...
KEKHZ Artists — Biographical Lecture Series on Forgotten Masters
22 лютого 2026
The museum opens a cycle of eight lectures on leading KEKHZ artists — from the world-famous Zhnykrup to forgotten...
Chumak Roads — Lecture Series on the Salt Trade of Ukraine 16th-19th Centuries
20 лютого 2026
Pyrohiv launches six lectures on Chumak salt trade — from Crimea to Belarus, from kulish on the cart to the economy of...
Imperial Porcelain Restoration — Practice for Regional Museums
30 січня 2026
The Baranivka Museum launches a five-month conservation programme for 19th-century imperial porcelain for staff of...
Opishne Painting — School of Authentic Technique for Regional Masters
28 січня 2026
The museum launches a four-month programme of training in Opishne painting — the traditional floral technique on ochre...
Sourdough Preservation — Programme for Bakers and Researchers
28 січня 2026
The museum launches a four-month programme for preserving authentic Poltava bread sourdoughs that have been passed down...
