Ukrainian Museum-Archives

The Ukrainian Museum-Archives is an archive and museum in Tremont housed in a three-story building at 1202 Kenilworth Avenue. The collection contains some 20,000 books, newspapers, and artifacts related to Ukrainian heritage, with a new annex providing additional archival space and gallery areas for rotating exhibitions.

Leonid Bachynsky founded the institution in 1952 to preserve Ukrainian cultural materials while Soviet authorities were destroying similar collections elsewhere. This founding effort helped rescue valuable records of Ukrainian history and heritage that might otherwise have been lost.

The museum holds extensive material about Taras Shevchenko, featuring rare books, documents, and commemorative items celebrating this major Ukrainian poet. Visitors can explore how this collection reflects the poet's importance to Ukrainian identity and heritage.

Visitors can explore the main building and its new annex, which provides additional archival space and gallery areas for changing exhibitions. Plan to spend adequate time here, as the collections are extensive and browsing them requires patience.

The collection preserves thousands of original newspapers, photographs, and sound recordings documenting Ukrainian immigration experiences in the United States. These materials offer rare personal accounts of how Ukrainians built lives in America and adapted to their new home.

Location: Cleveland

Inception: 1952

Website: https://umacleveland.org

GPS coordinates: 41.47996,-81.69021

Latest update: December 14, 2025 11:26