24 June 2009 16:34
Ukraine 3000 Foundation Greets Kyiv Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos Art Museum on Its 90th Anniversary
June 23, 2009, Kyiv Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos Art Museum celebrated the 90th anniversary of the museum’s foundation as a state institution.
Vladislav Pioro, Director of the Cultural Programs Department with Ukraine 3000 Foundation, took part in the celebrations.
Mr. Pioro red out a greeting from Head of the Supervisory Board of the Ukraine 3000 International Charitable Foundation Kateryna Yushchenko. “Owing to you, this museum is truly alive, remaining the leader among the capital’s most popular museums. It has become a testing ground for introducing new technologies and innovative methods,” the greeting reads.
Mr. Pioro presented the Louvre album (Moscow, Slovo Publishing House] to the museum’s library on behalf of Ukraine 3000 Foundation.
Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos Art Museum preserves the most important and systemic collection of classic foreign art in Ukraine, numbering over 20,000 items. The basis of the museum’s collection is formed by Ukrainian philanthropists Bohdan and Varvara Khanenkos’ private collection. In his will, signed in March 1917, Bohdan Khanenko donated his collection of rarities and works of art, gathered in the 40 years of his collecting work, his valuable library, and mansion to the city of Kyiv. The collector charged his wife Varvara with turning his house in Tersghchenkivska St. into a world art museum, opened for the public. According to the 1919 decree On Nationalizing Treasures of Art, the museum was given a state status.
In 1924, the names of the owners were obliterated from its name, it becoming the Museum of Eastern and Western Art. In 1999, the names of the founders reappeared in the name of the art treasury, putting the historical record straight.
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