Author: Секретар Фундації

On May 25, the National Museum of the History of Ukraine hosted the grand opening of the exhibition “PATH OF HEROES. In Memory of Symon Petliura.” This project, created with the support of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, is significant for restoring the integrity of Ukrainian historical memory — as we wrote earlier, for the first time since independence, visitors in Ukraine can see in person the belongings of Symon Petliura, Supreme Commander of the Army of the Ukrainian People’s Republic, details of the uniforms of prominent figures of the Ukrainian liberation movement Yevhen Konovalets and Andriy Melnyk, and artifacts belonging to other distinguished military and political leaders of the Ukrainian Revolution of 1917–1921.

The city of Odense hosted the third meeting as part of the “Koreni ta Kryla: A History That Unites” (Roots and Wings: A History That Unites) project, implemented by the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation. Over three days, teachers from Ukrainian schools in Denmark and Sweden worked with methodologies for teaching Ukrainian history, culture, and language, and discussed how to support children who today are forced to live between two countries, languages, and cultural environments.

Ukraine’s Permanent Representative to the UN Andriy Melnyk and Chief Consultant of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ihor Kharchenko held a meeting in New York following a UN Security Council session, as part of the implementation of the Memorandum between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation.

The Ivan Franko National University of Lviv hosted the 2nd International Scientific and Practical Conference “Invisible Trauma: National Practice and International Experience in Recovery.” Among the invited guests was Rostyslav Prokopjuk, Director of the Ukrainian Institute in Prague, who delivered a speech and presented his musical-poetic confession “Coffee Is Drunk by the Living.”

The exhibition draws on over 200 artifacts from the collection of the Military History Museum and Archive of the Ukrainian Free Academy of Arts and Sciences (UVAN) in Canada. The Ukrainian diaspora preserved them for decades with the intention of returning them to Ukraine after the restoration of independence. In accordance with the “Testament” of the Military Museum’s founders, the collection was transferred to the National Museum of the History of Ukraine. The return of this heritage has become a historic event — it is not merely about museum objects, but about restoring the wholeness of Ukrainian memory.

In New York, the large-scale international exhibition Modern Freedom has opened, presenting works by ten Ukrainian artists alongside artists from Central and Eastern European countries. At the invitation of the Polish Pilecki Institute (US branch), the Ukrainian Pylyp Orlyk Foundation organized the presentation of Ukrainian art among more than 80 contemporary European artists.

The first day of the educational laboratory “YELLOW BUS. WORD 2026” in Kharkiv has officially launched. Participants met the project team and took part in the first workshops and lectures on film, journalism, history, and memory work. As we previously announced, the laboratory brought together teenagers, young authors, journalists, and aspiring filmmakers.

On May 19, 2026, an emergency session of the UN Security Council took place in New York, convened by Ukraine in response to a sharp escalation of Russian strikes against civilian population and critical infrastructure. Ihor Kharchenko, Senior Consultant of the Pylyp Orlyk Foundation and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine, was present at the session.

May 18 is International Museum Day. The theme for 2026 is “Museums Uniting a Divided World,” announced by the International Council of Museums (ICOM), which emphasized the role of museums as spaces of memory, dialogue, and cultural understanding.