The \u201cMHP-Gromadi\u201d Charitable Foundation has established and is implementing a nationwide project, \u201cPreservation of Cultural Heritage,\u201d to support Ukrainian museums.<\/p>\n
The project provides financial support to 5 rural museums. Two of the five, the Vasyl Stus Museum and the Mykola Leontovych Museum, were modernized, and the expositions were updated at the beginning of October.<\/p>\n
The Vasyl Stus Museum is located in a village school of Rakhnivka, Vinnytsia region. As part of the project, the museum received a TV and a laptop for a total amount of UAH 100,000, in addition to exhibit stands. Unique exhibits have also been added: Vasyl Stus’s military overcoat and other clothes, shoes, and personal belongings.\u00a0 The Head of the museum, Dmytro Omelianchuk, personally knew the prominent Ukrainian as a child, and already in his adult years, he set himself the goal of glorifying the gifted countryman.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I created this museum, there were six or eight homemade frames with inscriptions about Stus. There were almost no documents. I was interested in recreating the image of Vasyl as I remembered and saw him. Cooperation with the \u201cMHP-Gromadi\u201d Charitable Foundation gave us the opportunity to attract as many visitors as possible. We have new exhibits and equipment, and it has become more beautiful, convenient, and accessible. Today, we have about 820 different items,\u201d comments Dmytro Omelianchuk, director and founder of the Vasyl Stus Museum in Rakhnivka.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t