The Drohobychchyna Museum has opened its annual exhibition dedicated to Easter, showcasing exhibits from the museum’s collection. Visitors can view 170 unique Easter eggs, each with its own distinctive pattern, ranging from traditional symbols to original works by renowned artists such as Halyna Pyatnychuk-Syrotyuk and Oksana Nakonechna from Lviv, Bohdan Kovalchyn from Drohobych, and Roman Kovalyk from Toronto.
The exhibition also features essential Easter attributes from the Boyko region, including a large shovel for placing the Easter bread in the oven, Easter bread moulds, original embroidered towels and shirts from the late 19th to mid-20th century, as well as motanka dolls by Oksana Smereka-Malyk and Kateryna Surma.
Visitors can explore Ukrainian Easter postcards from 1903-1943, created by artists such as Olena Kulchytska, Sviatoslav Hordynsky, Yaroslav Pstrak, Osyp Kurylyas, Vasyl Dyadyanyuk, as well as interwar periodicals from Volodymyr Sadovyi’s collection.
Residents of Drohobych and city guests are invited to learn about the traditions of celebrating one of the greatest holidays in Ukrainian culture and how a Boyko family prepared for Easter. The exhibition will run from 20 March to 20 May, open to visitors from Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 17:00 at the History Department, 32 Ivana Franka Street, as reported by the Drohobych City Council.
Source: Drohobych City Council