Lviv National Museum, Art museum at Svobody Avenue, Lviv, Ukraine
The Lviv National Museum is an art museum on Svobody Avenue in Lviv housing more than 175,000 artifacts of Ukrainian art and culture from the 12th through the 20th centuries. The collections span multiple artistic mediums and forms across these periods.
Metropolitan Andrey Sheptytsky founded the museum in 1905 as a Church Museum and transferred its collections to the Ukrainian people in 1913. This transfer marked an important step in preserving Ukrainian heritage for public access.
The museum holds the largest collection of Ukrainian sacred art, with medieval icons, manuscripts, and religious objects spanning different periods. Visitors can experience the region's deep connection to religious artistic traditions through these objects.
The museum is located in central Lviv and offers regular exhibitions along with guided tours through the collections. Visitors can explore the various sections at their own pace during their visit.
The museum preserves the Buchach Gospel, a manuscript created in Volyn before Lviv was founded. The collection also holds original prints by Ivan Fedorov, a pioneer of printing in the region.
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