First Ladies of Ukraine and the USA Visit the Taras Shevchenko National Museum
01 April 2008 12:38
April 1, 2008, wife of the President of Ukraine, Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko and wife of the President of the United States Laura Bush visited the Taras Shevchenko National Museum in Kyiv.
The distinguished guests took a tour of the museum, familiarizing themselves with the Great Kobzar’s creative legacy.
Among other participants of the event were Director of the Ukraine 3000 Foundation Medical Programs Department Vira Pavliuk and Head of the Public Relations Department Maryna Antonova from the Ukrainian party, and Chief of Staff to First Lady Anita McBride and wife of the Ambassador of the USA to Ukraine Dr. Deborah Taylor, on the US party.
The Taras Shevchenko National Museum was created on the basis of the Kharkiv-based Shevchenko Art Gallery and Central State Shevchenko Museum in Kyiv. Its collection includes original paintings by Taras Shevchenko, documents reflecting his life and creative work, his poetry manuscripts, rarity photographs of the poet and his friends, autographed first editions of Shevchenko books, almost all publications of the poet’s works and books about him, starting with those published in his lifetime and finishing with contemporary Ukrainian and foreign publications. The 24 rooms display over 4,000 items. Several rooms feature evidence of the global meaning of Shevchenko’s works, and translations of his poetry to many foreign languages.
Mrs. Laura Bush is accompanying her husband, President George Bush of the United States, on his state visit to Ukraine. Earlier she had a meeting with Mrs. Kateryna Yushchenko.
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