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Ukrainian social media was stirred by a call for nominations for the UNESCO award, which carries the loud name “The UNESCO-Russia Mendeleev International Prize in the Basic Sciences.” However, the announcement was published on the institution's website on January 7, 2026. 

The National Museum of the History of Ukraine calls on UNESCO to cancel the Mendeleev Prize

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Registration for the educational project on inclusive practices, “A Museum for Everyone,” is still open — and your response has been truly inspiring! Over 400 registrations have been completed


The Lecturers of the educational project inclusive practices “A Museum for Everyone

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Registration for the educational project on inclusive practices, “A Museum for Everyone,” is still open — and your response has been truly inspiring!

At the end of last year, the National Museum of the History of Ukraine acquired a priceless collection of artifacts from the Ukrainian War of Independence in the 20th century — the collection of the National Military History Museum and Archives of the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences in Canada

The museum's funds has been supplemented with the collection of the National Military History Museum of Ukraine and Archives of the Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences in Canada

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Standard of the First Sich Hetman Petro Doroshenko's regiment. 1918.

The National Museum of the History of Ukraine (NMHU) in Kyiv and the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) in Mainz, Germany, have signed a memorandum that strategically enhances their scientific cooperation.

National Museum of the History of Ukraine and LEIZA, Germany, Strengthen Collaboration!

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Olena Zemliana, Director General of NMHU, has signed a memorandum to enhance the scientific cooperation with the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA). Photo: Viktoriia Sidorova, National Museum of the History of Ukraine

leading researcher in the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine

In Warsaw, a Russian archaeologist, Alexander Butyagin, head of the Hermitage department, was arrested. He has been wanted in Ukraine since last November for participating in illegal excavations in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

We urge the international community not to cooperate with Russian "scientists" involved in excavations in the occupied territories of Ukraine

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A stand from the exhibition “Treasures of Crimea. Return” in the Treasury of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine

On 12 November 2025, the National Museum of the History of Ukraine hosted a roundtable titled «Rus in the History of Ukraine: How Should Museums Present It?».

Roundtable «Rus in the History of Ukraine: How Should Museums Present It?» Held at the Museum

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Today, 21 July, Olena Zemliana was appointed Director General of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine – a lawyer and specialist in cultural policy and heritage protection with many years of experience in the cultural sphere, including museum work and the publishing sector.

Olena Zemliana Appointed Director General of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine

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Our colleagues at the National Museum of Lithuania have shown deep understanding and solidarity with the challenges faced by Ukrainian museums amid the current war unleashed by Russia. 

Lithuanian Colleagues Support the Museum Following the Exhibition «Kyivan Rus. Origins»

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Photo by Silvestras Samsonas, National Museum of Lithuania

On September 18, the National Museum of Lithuania opened an international exhibition project titled «Kyivan Rus. Origins,» held under the patronage of the President of the Republic of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda. 

Rus Period Artifacts from the Museum Collection Presented at the Exhibition in Lithuania

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When the full-scale war began, the team of the National Museum of the History of Ukraine was incredibly touched by the help of colleagues from Scandinavia. 

Thanks to colleagues from Scandinavia, who during the full-scale war were the first to offer help to the Museum

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After almost 10 years of trials, artefacts from four Crimean museums, which were presented at the exhibition “Crimea – Gold and Secrets of the Black Sea” in Amsterdam, returned to Ukraine. The Allard Pierson Museum transferred them to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine.

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