Spring programming at the Ukrainian Museum 🌱

Learn from Local Artisans This Spring

Join us at the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch for our spring series of workshops and a lecture led by local artisans and folk culture experts. Learn traditional techniques, creative practices, and cultural knowledge rooted in Ukrainian folk art and traditions. Be sure to visit our current exhibition, Making a Museum, on view until June 27, 2025!

Basket Weaving with Paper Workshop WORKSHOP with Lyudmila Derkach
Thursday, May 15, 2025 • 7:00 p.m.
Learn how to weave your own chick, duckling or pencil holder using specially treated paper. Participants will learn what paper weaving is, how to cut and prepare the paper and then how to weave it into various shapes. More details…

Embroidered Talisman WORKSHOP with Bozena Hrycyna
Thursday May 22, 2025 • 7:00pm
Bozena is excited to offer an introduction to the world of Ukrainian embroidery, in this Ukrainian Talisman workshop. Join her at the Museum for an evening embroidery workshop dedicated to Ukrainian embroidery, and the Great Goddess - Mother, Life. More details…

Motanka Doll WORKSHOP with Lucy Ireland
Sunday June 1, 2025 • 2:00pm
This workshop will provide participants the opportunity to create a traditional Motanka doll from a kit prepared by the workshop leader. These kits will include everything one needs to create your own Motanka! More details…

Baba Yaga’s Palette LECTURE presented by Patricia Robin Woodruff
Thursday June 12, 2025 • 7:00pm
Discover the hidden connection between Baba Yaga and the Triple Goddess, a figure found in Celtic, Slavic, Greek, and Indian traditions. Patricia Robin Woodruff explores the three symbolic colors shared across these cultures, revealing their ancient roots and shared themes. More details…

Hearts for Ukraine WORKSHOP with Christina Dashko
Thursday June 19, 2025 • 7:00pm
Christina will walk participants through a small cross stich embroidery project using waste canvas, to make a blue and yellow heart on a plaid or denim shirt. More details…

These workshops and lecture are part of our Making a Museum programming series and are generously sponsored by:

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Making a Museum:
Safeguarding • Sharing • Celebrating

Through June 27, 2025

This exhibition honours the Museum's founders and their ongoing contributions over eight decades. It showcases treasured and rarely displayed artifacts, telling the story of our donors, collection, and diaspora while highlighting the Museum's rich history.

UPCOMING EVENTS

May 15 Vyshyvanka Day
May 15 Workshop: Basket Weaving with Paper Workshop
May 17 Closed for Victoria Day weekend
May 18 International Museum Day 🌎
May 22 Workshop: Introduction to Ukrainian Goddess Embroidery
June 1 Workshop: Motanka
June 12 Lecture: Baba Yaga’s Palette: The Secrets of her Three Sacred Colours
June 18 UMCO Annual Meeting

May is Museum Month! 🏛️
May is Museum Month is an annual program led by the Ontario Museum Association. This year’s theme is Discover Ontario’s Museums, and we can’t think of a better place to start than the Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch! Read more…

Vyshyvanka Day is on May 15 💙💛
Celebrate Vyshyvanka day at the Museum! Visit us wearing your vyshyvanka and receive a free gift!
Shop our Boutique to pick out vyshyvanky for the whole family!

Support Ukrainian Artists 🎨
Illustrations from the Three Years: Ukraine Illustrated exhibit are now available as a commemorative set of postcards in our Boutique. $20CAD per set of 10, all proceeds support Ukrainian artists through the Canada-Ukraine Foundation’s Aid for Artists project.

MEMBERSHIP NEWS
📅 Save the date for our Annual Meeting on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. If you haven’t already renewed your membership, or would like to become a member, click here to join our community of supporters of Ukrainian culture, history and identity in Canada!

The Ukrainian Museum of Canada, Ontario Branch is a member of the Canadian Museums Association and the Ontario Museum Association.

Learn from Local Artisans This Spring

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Making a Museum:Safeguarding • Sharing • Celebrating

UPCOMING EVENTS

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Making a Museum:
Safeguarding • Sharing • Celebrating