National Slavic Museum, Heritage museum in Fell's Point, Baltimore, United States.
The National Slavic Museum is a community museum in Fell's Point, Baltimore, documenting the Polish and Slavic heritage of the city across thirteen communities: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Croatian, Czech, Lemko, Moravian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, and Ukrainian. It occupies a former Polish community hall and was created by volunteers with their own funds and donations.
The museum was founded in 2012 to document the stories of Slavic immigrants who settled in Baltimore from the 1800s onward. It grew out of efforts by members of these communities who wanted to record their origins and experiences before those stories were lost.
The museum documents thirteen heritages: Belarusian, Bulgarian, Carpatho-Rusyn, Croatian, Czech, Lemko, Moravian, Polish, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene and Ukrainian. It occupies a former Polish community hall, and supporters tried without success to buy the nearby St. Stanislaus Kostka church, closed in 2000.
The museum sits on Fleet Street in Fell's Point, a walkable neighborhood with several other points of interest nearby. A visit pairs well with a stroll through the area, since many places of historical interest are within a short walk.
The museum occupies a former Polish community hall, was set up by volunteers with their own money and donations, and its supporters tried without success to buy the nearby Church of St. Stanislaus Kostka, closed in 2000. Father Ivan Dornic, who took part in founding it, considers it the only museum of its kind devoted to Slavic culture in the United States.
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