Museum and Society  

Amy Levin

An introduction to our themed issue on museums in Ukraine after the full-scale Russian invasion of February 2024. This introduction summarizes the main aspects of the articles and describes the process of editing the issue.A key point of the article is th... see more

Diána Vonnák

Museums in Ukraine’s Donbas region have endured a protracted war since 2014: many were occupied, looted, and re-established in Ukrainian government-controlled territory, leaving behind collections. Against the backdrop of the events of 2014, this paper of... see more

Ievgeniia Ivanova

Museums lose their conceptual complexity and polysemy under conditions of war, forced confrontation, and struggles for survival, which may lead to a loss of diversity in the long run. Parametric General Systems analysis allows us to consider a museum as a... see more

Anfisa Doroshenko

In this article, I consider the Khanenko Museum as noble and double-wounded, a concept that emerges from two trains of thought. The first pertains to the attack on Kyiv on 10 October 2022, which destroyed the Khanenko Museum, famous for owning the largest... see more

Oksana Koshulko

This article presents research on museums during the occupation and annexation of Crimea since 2014, as well as information relating to institutions in the Kyiv, Kherson, and Zhytomyr regions of Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. The ... see more

Svitlana Muravska,Iryna Hnidyk

The extraordinary and brave work of Ukrainian museum workers to protect collections and to continue activities in the face of war exemplifies the possibilities for similar institutions in conflict situations. This paper illustrates some of the main activi... see more

Tetyana Zhurunova

The essay presents the exhibition activities of the Vinnytsia Regional Museum during the first year of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine (February – December 2022), conducted in the conditions of the closure of the main museum exposition, the inf... see more

Olena Hanusyn,Yuliia Kurdyna

Ukrainian women received military experience during the First and Second World Wars and in the contemporary Russian-Ukrainian War in services such as the Ukrainian Sich Riflemen (USS), the Ukrainian Galician Army (UGA), the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA),... see more

Polina Verbytska,Svitlana Muravska

The author highlights the importance of museum activism as institutions become agents of social change in war. The article provides an understanding of how local stakeholders in conflict scenarios such as the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 can bec... see more

Kiley Jolicoeur

The purpose of this paper is to provide a brief and preliminary examination of lessons learned by Saving Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Online (SUCHO) in its efforts to web-scrape Ukrainian cultural heritage websites and develop educational materials, follow... see more

Tetyana Filevska,Maria Blyzinsky

A new partnership project aims to create a guide to decoloniality for use in Ukraine, the UK and globally. Decoloniality – a developing practice in the UK and elsewhere – is essential for the long-term protection of cultural heritage in Ukraine and other ... see more

Sandra M. Samolik

"Why the Museum Matters" by Daniel H. Weiss is a captivating exploration of the challenges and responsibilities faced by museums, with a particular focus on those in the United States. It provides a selective history of art museums, highlighting their cul... see more

Anna Tulliach

Suzanne MacLeod

An obituary for Jim Roberts