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Kozakevych Olena

Documentary heritage of “Lemkivshchyna” Society Myseum in Archive of Historical Museum in Sanok: to issue about cooperation with Ukrainian and Polish Institutions

Section: Studies in Special Historical Disciplines

Abstract: The purpose is to study and analyze archival materials, which are stored in the Archive of the Historical Museum in Sanok (Poland), related to the activities of the “Lemkivshchyna” Society Museum in Sanok during 1931—1944. Attention is focused on the museum’s cooperation with Ukrainian and Polish institutions in the field of museology, exhibition practices, and tourism. Methodology. Historical-comparative and historical-chronological methods wereused for the classification and study of archival documents, as well as methods of synthesis, systematization, and analysis. The scientific novelty is due to the necessity and relevance of information dissemination of little-known pages about the Museum “Lemkivshchyna” functioning in cooperation with the relevant Ukrainian and Polish institutions in the context of the outlined period socio-cultural factors as an important center for the preservation and promotion of the Lemko region cultural heritage. Conclusions. The “Lemkivshchyna” Society Museum’s active function during the 1930s attracted the attention of the community’s widecircle not only of the Sanok region but also of Lviv, Warsaw, Krakow, Berlin and Paris. The value of the museum’s collection was indicated by invitations to participate in exhibitions or requests to borrow exhibits, as evidenced by many documents from the archive. During morethan 10 years of selfless devotion, a valuable collection of artworks and historical documents was collected, and a number of exhibitions and popularization events were (co)organized. The “Lemkivshchyna” Museum officials were active members of the “Committee of Ukrainian Regional Museums”, of which there were 14 at the end of the 1930s, and the “Association of Museums in Poland”. The materials in the “Lemkivshchyna” Society Museum’s archive are almost unknown in Ukrainian and Polish studies. Publish original are an important historical source for studying the activities of Ukrainian museums institutions during the 1920s and early 1940s. These are sources that allow us to characterize the corporation of the “Lemkivshchyna” Museum with Polish institutions and exhibitions activity.

Keywords: Archive of the Historical Museum in Sanok, “Lemkivshchyna” Society Museum, Ukrainian museums, “Association of Museums in Poland”, “Committee of Ukrainian Regional Museums”, museum work, exhibitions, Lemko culture.


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Kozakevych Olena. (2025). Documentary heritage of “Lemkivshchyna” Society Myseum in Archive of Historical Museum in Sanok: to issue about cooperation with Ukrainian and Polish Institutions. Manuscript and book heritage of Ukraine, (3) 173-195 . https://doi.org/10.15407/rksu.38.173

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